Podcast appearances and mentions of etta baker

The first time Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers walked into a recording studio in New York City, they blew the doors off the place.It was July 27, 1925, and the first record by the three of them — banjoist Poole, fiddler Posey Rorer, whom he had met in West Virginia eight years earlier, and guitarist Norman Woodlief — sold more than 100,000 copies.That was raging success in anyone's book. It is especially true, considering that at the time there were only about 6,000 phonographs in the entire American South, the intended market for what Columbia Records called its “Hillbilly series.”It didn't make Charlie and guys rich, though. Alas, in 1925, artists were paid by the song recorded, not by the copies sold. The Ramblers got $75 for the session.About the SongThe song that made all those wave — “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down” — was an old blues that was a favorite of Piedmont pickers from Virginia down to Georgia.A year after Poole's waxing of it, Ernest Stoneman recorded a version. So did Vernon Dalhart. West Virginia singer/guitar Frank Hutchison did it as “The Deal” in 1929.Thirty years later, bluegrass pickers were loving on it. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs recorded a rendition in August 1957. Since then there have been tasty takes by Doc Watson, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Grateful Dead, David Bromberg, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Bob Wills and many others.The song apparently has deep roots — a man named Tyler Meeks once told a folklorist that he learned the song in 1911 from a guitarist named Charlie Blackstock — and while “Don't Let Your Deal Go Down” is often referred to a “white blues,” Black Piedmont artists like Etta Baker and John Jackson also have taken swings at the song.The Deal? What Deal?But what “deal” are we supposed to not let go down? The song's title seemed to refer to card playing, but what game?Author Zora Neale Hurston, who beautifully documented much 20th Century culture, recorded in her 1935 book Mules and Men that “Let the deal go down" was a chant associated with what card fanciers used to call “The Georgia Skin Game.” Of this largely forgotten game, Hurston wrote:Any number of “pikers” can play at a time, but there are two principals who do the dealing. Both of them are not dealing at the same time, however. When the first one who deals “falls,” the other principal takes the deal. If he in turn falls, it goes back to the first dealer. The principals draw the first two cards. The pikers draw from the third card on. Unless a player or players want to “scoop one in the rough,” he can choose his own card which can be any card in the deck except the card on top of the deck and that one goes to the dealer. The dealer charges anything he pleases for the privilege of “scooping,” the money being put in sight. It is the player's bet. After the ones who wish to have scooped, then the dealer begins to “turn” the cards. That is, flipping them off the deck face upwards and the pikers choose a card each from among those turned off to bet on. Sometimes several pikers are on the same card. When all have selected their cards and have their bets down, they begin to chant “Turn 'em” to the dealer. He turns them until a player falls. That is, a card like the one he is holding falls. For instance, one hold the 10 of Hearts. When another 10 falls he loses. Then the players cry “hold 'em” until the player selects another clean card, one that has not fallen. The fresh side bets are down and the chant “turn 'em” and the singing “Let de deal go down” [continue] until the deck is run out."Whew! That's a long trip to take to a title, but, hey, now you know….Our Take On the TuneDave Peyton and Charlie Bowen first heard this song back in the mid-1970s when they were lucky enough to regularly sit in with the good folks of The Kentucky Foothill Rambler. Band founder H. David Holbrook already was a walking/talking encyclopedia of all-things Charlie Poole — he still is! — and taught the fledgling Flood so many of those good old tunes.So it was only natural when The Flood got re-energized 30 years ago, this old tune was on the playlist. And it still here, as you can hear in this track from last week's rehearsal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

The Queens of the Blues podcast celebrates the prolific female blues music from the early 1920's to present times. This show, entitled “One Dime Blues” is entirely about Etta Baker.#etta baker

Rok 1982. W kraju bieda, terror i smutek. Mimo to środowisko wodniaków co jakiś czas urządza mniejsze lub większe koncerty piosenki żeglarskiej i szant. Ba już mamy za sobą pierwszą, jeszcze nieśmiałą edycję Festiwalu Shanties w Krakowie. A szanta w tych czasach to naprawdę egzotyczne słowo. Od kilkunastu miesięcy nie działa zespół Refpatent, środowisko żeglarskie jeszcze nie wie, że czeka na jego reinkarnację pod szyldem Cztery Refy. Coraz aktywniej na scenie poczynają sobie Jerzy Porębski, Ryszard Muzaj, Mirosław Peszkowski i Marek Szurawski, jeszcze nie wiedzą że za młodu zostaną Starymi Dzwonami, na własne życzenie. Na wiosnę 1982 roku w katowickim Teatrze Ateneum organizowany jest koncert z udziałem Witolda Zamojskiego, dziś już legendy i wspomnianego kwartetu. Katowiczanom podoba się, postanawiają zorganizować cykliczną imprezę i tak w listopadzie 1983 w teatrze Młodego Widza na Koszutce odbywa się pierwsza edycja Festiwalu Tratwa. Tak, to już 40 lat. Na festiwalu pojawia się grupa młodzieńców. Śpiewają razem od paru miesięcy, pierwszy raz wyszli na scenę pod szyldem Ryczące Dwudziestki, zaśpiewali między innymi „Hiszpańskie dziewczyny” i zdobyli III nagrodę. A potem było coraz lepiej. I tak śpiewają od czterdziestu lat. Za parę dni 12 listopada będą obchodzili swoje czterdziestolecie właśnie na kolejnej edycji Festiwalu Tratwa. No właśnie za parę dni, a few days. Zatem dziś opowieść o jednej z najpopularniejszych piosenkę zespołu, „Few Days” właśnie. Sprawa nie taka prosta. Pojawiła się niespodziewanie w 1854 roku w kilku publikacjach naraz, i to w kilku odmiennych wersjach tekstowych. Badacze folkloru, szperacze i zbieracze piosenek do dziś się zastanawiają, i dyskutują która z wersji była pierwsza. Ciekawostką jest, że powszechnie uważana, nawet w Stanach Zjednoczonych, za piosenkę górniczą, Few Days piosenką górniczą w swojej istocie nie była. Ale o tym już posłuchajcie w podcaście

James Booker "Feel So Bad"Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five "June Tenth Jamboree"Eilen Jewell "Breakaway"Elvis Costello "Dr. Watson, I Presume"Precious Bryant "The Truth"The Yardbirds "Smokestack Lightning"Fats Waller "Whose Honey Are You?"Lyle Lovett "This Old Porch"Lucinda Williams "Minneapolis"The Replacements "Kiss Me On The Bus"Joe Hill Louis "Hydramatic Woman"Built To Spill "Aisle 13"Neil Young "Out On The Weekend"Art Blakey "A Night In Tunisia"Howlin' Wolf "House Rockin' Boogie"Cory Branan "No Hit Wonder"Sister Rosetta Tharpe "Didn't It Rain"Sonny Burgess "Red Headed Woman"Bruce Springsteen "I Ain't Got No Home"Billie Holiday "Travelin' Light"Bonnie "Prince" Billy "This Is Far From Over"Etta Baker "Bully of the Town"Bob Dylan "Visions of Johanna"Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "A Bottle of Buckie"Nina Nastasia "What's Out There"Little Esther Phillips "Cherry Wine"Hank Williams "Cool Water"Jason Isbell "Cover Me Up"Effie Smith "Water! Water!"Jeff Beck "I Ain't Superstitious"Howlin' Wolf "Sitting On Top Of The World"Lucero "At the Show"Sleater-Kinney "Call the Doctor"Gillian Welch "Look At Miss Ohio"Tom Waits "Jersey Girl"Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers "Fan It"Amos Milburn "My Baby's Boogying"Willie Dixon "Big 3 Boogie"John Moreland "Blacklist"Elizabeth Cotten "I'm Going Away"ZZ Top "Sure Got Cold After the Rain Fell"Howlin' Wolf "Back Door Man"John Coltrane "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye"

Johnny Cash "Get Rhythm"The Replacements "I Hate Music"Lil Hardin Armstrong "Harlem On Saturday Night"Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses) "After Mardi Gras"Jake Xerxes Fussell "Jump for Joy"The Two Poor Boys - Joe Evans & Arthur McClain "Sitting On Top of the World"S.G. Goodman "Patron Saint Of The Dollar Store"Joseph Spence "We Shall Be Happy"Jimmie Lunceford "I'm Nuts About Screwy Music"Shovels & Rope "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (feat. John Moreland)"Bessie Jones "Titanic"Etta Baker "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad"Freakwater "Bolshevik and Bollweevil"The Breeders "Do You Love Me Now?"Billie and De De Pierce "Lonesome Road"Joan Shelley "Pull Me Up One More Time"Amos Milburn "After Midnight"The Both "Volunteers of America"Aretha Franklin "Never Grow Old"Slim Cessna's Auto Club "Port Authority Band"Butterbeans & Susie "Been Some Changes Made"Nina Nastasia "Just Stay in Bed"Bo Diddley "Cops and Robbers"McKinney's Cotton Pickers "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - Take 1"Andrew Bird "Underlands"Superchunk "My Gap Feels Weird"John Fahey "St Louis Blues"Gillian Welch "I Made a Lovers Prayer"Huey "Piano" Smith "Don't You Just Know It"Billie Holiday "Sugar"Songs: Ohia "Blue Chicago Moon"Mississippi Fred McDowell "Poor Boy, Long Way From Home"Joel Paterson "Callin' the Cat"Chicago Stone Lightning Band "Do Yourself a Favor"Johnny Cash "You Win Again"Emile Barnes & Peter Bocage "When I Grow Too Old to Dream"The Yardbirds "Evil Hearted You"Muddy Waters "Hey, Hey"Bonnie "Prince" Billy "I Have Made a Place"Bessie Smith "After You've Gone"Elvis Costello & The Attractions "Colour of the Blues"Ruth Brown "Teardrops from My Eyes"Furry Lewis "Judge Boushay Blues"Sons of the Pioneers "One More River to Cross"Marty Stuart "Hey Porter"Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash "Girl from the North Country"Johnny Cash "I See a Darkness"Chisel "The Last Good Time"

Glossary "These City Light Shine"The Ronettes "Be My Baby"Eilen Jewell "Sea Of Tears"Eilen Jewell "Worried Mind"Howlin' Wolf "Smokestack Lightin'"The Gaslight Anthem "Old White Lincoln"Elvis Costello & The Imposters "Country Darkness"Beck "He's a Mighty Good Leader"Beck "Sleeping Bag"Brown Bird "Fingers to the Bone"Sister Rosetta Tharpe "There Are Strange Things Happenin' Every Day"Guy Clark "It's About Time"Maggie Bell "Coming On Strong"Mavis Staples "99 and 1/2"James Booker "King of the Road"Bob Dylan "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You"Bessie Smith "Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle"Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys "Bring It On Down to My House, Honey"Jerry Lee Lewis "Crazy Arms"Drive-By Truckers "Wilder Days"Bo Diddley "Say Man, Back Again"Uncle Tupelo "Graveyard Shift"Ramones "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement"The Hold Steady "Stay Positive"The Wallflowers "One Headlight"Two Cow Garage "My Dearest Constituents"Kathleen Edwards "Back To Me"R.E.M. "All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star)"Clem Snide "Moment in the Sun"Julien Baker "Something"Buddy Guy "Gunsmoke Blues"The 40 Acre Mule "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"JD McPherson "You Must Have Met Little Caroline"Adia Victoria "Devil Is A Lie"Skeets Tolbert and His Gentlemen Of Swing "The Stuff's Out"Dr. John "End Of The Line"Hank Williams "Lovesick Blues"Aretha Franklin "Good to Me As I Am to You"Vic Chesnutt "Coward"Albert King "Born Under A Bad Sign"Billie Holiday "Sugar"The Deslondes "Good to Go"Wynonie Harris "Drinkin' by Myself"Etta Baker "Railroad Bill"

It's our 100th episode! To celebrate this Same Difference milestone, we're taking a look at the King-Oliver-written-but-made-famous-by-Satchmo classic "West End Blues". Join AJ and Johnny as they listen to and discuss versions by King Oliver, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Doc Severinsen, Cornet Chop Suey, and new-to-us artist Etta Baker.

Shellac "The End of Radio"Booker T & The MG's "Green Onions"Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers "55th Street Boogie"Merle Travis "Blue Smoke"James Booker "Tico Tico"Cleo Brown "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"Spade Cooley and His Orchestra "Three Way Boogie"Chet Atkins & Les Paul "Caravan"Etta Baker "Carolina Breakdown"Fleetwood Mac "Albatross"Otis Spann "Five Spot"Jimmy Bryant "The Night Rider"Daniel Bachman "Levee"Trans Am "Armed Response"Albert Ammons "Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera"Shake 'Em Up Jazz Band "Washboard Wiggles"Tyler Childers "Midnight on the Water"Pete "Guitar" Lewis "Ooh Midnight"Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys "Draggin' The Bow"Bob Dylan "Main Title Theme (Billy)"Little Walter "Blue Lights"Dizzy Gillespie "Salt Peanuts"Albert Collins "Frosty"Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton "Hyena Stomp"Various "Traveling Through The Jungle"Beastie Boys "In 3's"Max Roach "Triptych ( Prayer, Protest, Peace )"Freddy King "Hide Away"Fats Waller "Handful of Keys"Joel Paterson "Because"Funkadelic "Maggot Brain"Tuba Skinny "Deep Henderson"Dr. John "Mac`s Boogie"Cindy Cashdollar "Waltz for Abilene"Blind Willie Johnson "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"John Coltrane "Alabama"Little Freddie King "Bad Chicken"James Brown "Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose"Gastr Del Sol "For Soren Mueller"John Fahey "Poor Boy Long Ways From Home"Bo Diddley "Aztec"Tom Waits "Closing Time"Fred McDowell "Amazing Grace"

Tex Beneke "The Blues Of The Record Man"Spencer Dickinson "Body (My Only Friend)"MC5 "Ramblin' Rose"Precious Bryant "The Truth"Eilen Jewell "One of Those Days"Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers "Bustin' Loose"Minutemen "I Felt Like a Gringo"Wanda Jackson "Riot in Cell Block Number 9"Waylon Jennings "Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me"Etta Baker "Carolina Breakdown"Bob Dylan "Fixin' to Die (mono version)"Bukka White "Streamline Special"Blind Lemon Jefferson "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean"The White Stripes "The Nurse"Neko Case "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man"Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys "Ida Red"Chuck Berry "Havana Moon"Ella Fitzgerald "All Through The Night"Hartman's Heartbreakers "Please, Mr. Moon, Don't Tell on Me"The Ink Spots "Slap That Bass"Guitar Slim "The Things That I Used to Do"The Yardbirds "The Train Kept A-Rollin'"Muddy Waters "Hey Hey"Lucinda Williams "Crescent City"Fats Waller "You're Not the Only Oyster In the Stew"Palace Music "Work Hard / Play Hard"ZZ Top "Just Got Paid"Jason Isbell "Stockholm"Nina Nastasia "You Can Take Your Time"Faces "Miss Judy's Farm"Funkadelic "Friday Night, August 14th"Dr. John "Where Ya At Mule"Eric Clapton and Duane Allman "Mean Old World"Elmore James "Done Somebody Wrong"Blind Willie McTell "Statesboro Blues"Wilson Pickett "Hey Jude"The Allman Brothers Band "Dreams"Coleman Hawkins & his Orchestra "Body and Soul"Isaiah Owens "You Without Sin"Bettye LaVette "Just Say So"Bruce Springsteen "Incident on 57th Street"Drag The River "Fleeting Porch of Tide"Loretta Lynn "This Old House"Roger Miller "I Ain't Coming Home Tonight"Built to Spill "Ripple"

Justin Townes Earle "Midnight At the Movies"ZZ Top "Francene"Lucinda Williams "Real Love"Albert King "Personal Manager"Precious Bryant "You Can Have My Husband"Ted Hawkins "California Song"The Clash "The Sound of Sinners"Sister Rosetta Tharpe "This Train"Reverend Gary Davis "Blow, Gabriel"Victoria Spivey "Detroit Moan"Ray Price "Crazy Arms"Jerry Lee Lewis "Ballad of Billy Joe"Valerie June "On My Way / Somebody To Love (Acoustic Version)"Jon Snodgrass "Don't Break Her Heart (feat. Stephen Egerton)"Joan Shelley "Brighter Than the Blues"Billie Holiday "Summertime"Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny "Delta Bound"Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys "All Night Long"Hank Williams "Honky Tonk Blues"Peg Leg Howell and His Gang "Too Tight Blues"Etta Baker "Carolina Breakdown"James McMurtry "Hurricane Party"John Lee Hooker "I'm In the Mood (feat. Bonnie Raitt)"Hezekiah and The House Rockers "Baby, What You Want Me to Do"Roosevelt Sykes "Sister Kelly Blues"Tiny Bradshaw "Walk That Mess"Johnny Cash "Home of the Blues"Superchunk "Why Do You Have to Put a Date on Everything"Various Artists,Joseph "Come on up to the House"Jake Xerxes Fussell "Let Me Lose"Mississippi Fred McDowell "Red Cross Store Blues"The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) "Want to Woogie Some More"John Lee Hooker "Boogie Chillen"Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys "Bring It On Down to My House, Honey"Merle Haggard & The Strangers "If I Could Be Him"Wynonie Harris "Drinkin' By Myself"Lula Reed "Bump On a Log"Louis Jordan "Blue Light Boogie"Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown "Guitar In My Hand"The Black Keys "Crawling Kingsnake"Charlie Feathers "Can't Hardly Stand It"Eilen Jewell "Shakin' All Over"Bob Dylan "Political World"Bing Crosby "Street of Dreams"Dave Bartholomew "That's How You Got Killed Before"Jessie Mae Hemphill "Run Get My Shotgun"Big Joe Williams "Levee Camp Blues"Steve Earle "Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold"

Washington Social Club "Breaking the Dawn"Howlin' Wolf "Back Door Man"The Kills "Pots and Pans"Jimmy Duck Holmes "Buddy Brown"Ramblin' Jack Elliot "Riding In My Car"The Felice Brothers "Woman Next Door"Tommy Johnson "Big Road Blues"Palace Brothers "I Tried To Stay Healthy For You"Etta Baker "Going Down the Road Feeling Bad"Jimmy Reed "I Ain't Got You"Jessie Mae Hemphill "She-Wolf"ZZ Top "Mushmouth Shoutin'"The White Stripes "You've Got Her In Your Pocket"Precious Bryant "The Truth"Peppermint Harris "There's a Dead Cat on the Line (with Maxwell Davis and His All-Stars)"Eilen Jewell "One of Those Days"Kiki Cavazos "Two Bit Gambler"Neko Case "Deep Red Bells"Roy Harper "The Same Old Rock"Led Zeppelin "Hats Off To [Roy] Harper"Blind Gary Davis "Samson And Delilah"Courtney Barnett "Nobody Really Cares If You Don't Go To The Party"Jon Latham "Kimberly Met Billy"Cory Branan "Yesterday (Circa Summer 80 Somethin)"Superchunk "Shallow End"Drag the River "Next Time Not Around"Cafeteria "Gorgeous Friend"The Delgados "Everything Goes Around The Water"Louis Armstrong "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You"Tommy McClennan "Cotton Patch Blues"Billie and De De Pierce "Mama Don't Allow"Fred McDowell "Drop Down Mama"Nina Simone "Blues for Mama"The Black Keys "Sinister Kid"Steve Earle "Hard-Core Troubadour"Elvis Costello "Radio Sweetheart"Valerie June "Fallin'"Bob Dylan "Simple Twist of Fate"Billie Holiday "It's Too Hot for Words"Fats Domino "Your Cheatin' Heart"Colter Wall "Big Iron"Drunken Catfish Ramblers "Smokestack Lightning"Cousin Joe "Juice On The Loose"Elvis Presley "Trying to Get to You"Howlin' Wolf "Ridin' In the Moonlight"John R. Miller "Relaxation"

On this special episode of Smoky Mountain Air, guest hosts Dr. William Turner and Dr. Ted Olson kick off an exciting new mini-series called Sepia Tones: Exploring Black Appalachian Music. Guests Loyal Jones, Sparky Rucker, and James Leva contribute to this lively conversation about the roots of Appalachian music and their own roles in preserving these musical influences.Loyal Jones served as director of the Appalachian Center now named in his honor at Berea College. He established the annual festival of traditional music at Berea and the Appalachian Sound Archive. Jones is the author of numerous books of regional interest.Sparky Rucker grew up in Knoxville, TN, and has become an internationally recognized folk singer, musician, and storyteller. He has been an educator, performer, and social activist and has been involved in the Civil Rights movement since the 1950s.James Leva is a multi-instrumentalist playing the fiddle, guitar, and banjo, and he’s a singer and songwriter. His work with The Lost Tribe of Country Music transcends racial and generational boundaries as well as musical genres.Dr. William Turner is a long-time African American studies scholar who first rose to prominence as co-editor of the groundbreaking Blacks in Appalachia (1985). He was also a research assistant to Roots author Alex Haley. Turner retired as distinguished professor of Appalachian Studies and regional ambassador at Berea College. His memoir called The Harlan Renaissance is forthcoming from West Virginia University Press in 2021.Dr. Ted Olson is a professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University and the author of many books, articles, reviews, encyclopedia entries, and oral histories. Olson has produced and compiled a number of documentary albums of traditional Appalachian music including GSMA’s On Top of Old Smoky and Big Bend Killing. He’s received a number of awards in his work as a music historian, including seven Grammy nominations.Music selections in this episode:“John Henry” performed by Amythyst Kiah and Roy Andrade from GSMA's Big Bend Killing (https://www.smokiesinformation.org/big-bend-killing-the-appalachian-ballad-tradition-2-disk-cd)“Careless Love” performed on guitar by Etta Baker, used courtesy of Berea Sound Archive (https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/2455)“Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss” performed by Ali Farka Touré with Lee Sexton and others from an informal gathering at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, used courtesy of Bryan Wright of Rivermont Records“We Shall (We Will) Overcome” from the Highlander Collection of the Southern Folklife Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, UNC Chapel Hill; used courtesy of the  Septima Clark Learning Center at Highlander Center (https://youtu.be/5YkTUeFViUY)“Come Sit By My Side Little Darlin’” performed by Bill Livers, Berea Sound Archive (https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/6937)“Jola Gambia” performed by Daniel Jatta and the Lost Tribe of Country Music, used courtesy of James Leva (https://soundcloud.com/raisin-music/akonting)“My Home’s Across the Smoky Mountains,” performed by Sparky Rucker at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music, 1981, used courtesy of Digital Library of Appalachia’s Berea College collection (https://dla.acaweb.org/digital/collection/berea/id/2625/rec/11)

Сегодня предлагаем послушать и обсудить пластинку, которая вышла 1991 в исполнении Etta Baker – «One Dime Blues». Работа появилась на лейбле Rounder, а запись пластинки была осуществлена за 3 сессии звукозаписи. Etta Baker играла на гитаре с трехлетнего возраста, так что ее музыкальный стаж составляет ровно 90 лет.

Show 103 – Recorded 10-31-20 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 12 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1929 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Sunnyland Slim, Etta Baker, Sonny Terry and Bownie McGhee, Earl Hooker, Marcia Ball, Cephas and Wiggins, Blind Willie McTell, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Dewey Corley, Susan Tedeschi.

Show 103 – Recorded 10-31-20 This podcast features 12 outstanding blues artists and 12 great performances to enjoy. These songs were recorded from the late 1929 – 2011. Our featured artists are: Sunnyland Slim, Etta Baker, Sonny Terry and Bownie McGhee, Earl Hooker, Marcia Ball, Cephas and Wiggins, Blind Willie McTell, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Reed, Muddy Waters, Dewey Corley, Susan Tedeschi.

Dooner’s World – Episode 66 – Amanda Ayala • First concert – Marc Anthony at Jones Beach – she got to sit on stage and he kissed her hand  • Simple Plan at Irving Plaza • Performing Pat Benatar’s Heartbreaker at a Halloween block party back in the day• Mississippi Queen and Leslie West • Working with John Fogerty • Mike recommends Etta Baker to Amanda – queen of the Piedmont Blues  • Mike discusses his deep dive into the Mississippi blues, Son House, Rev Gary Davis, RL Burnside, and Dick Waterman, author of Between Midnight and Day”.• New music and web casts coming to Amanda’s YouTube live – stay tuned!! • Mike discusses the big Halloween week on the show: o Monday - Ed Palermo o Tuesday - Ed Manno Wednesday - Dawn – Phemale-Centrics (Phish special)o Thursday - Stephen Perkins o Friday - Dale Bozzioo Saturday - Ike Willis with Scott Parker Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=39941006&fan_landing=true)

Roger SmithRoger W. Smith was born in Kentucky, grew up in Texas and grew up in New York. He found his love for the guitar late, but since then he has not put it down. He finds inspiration in Pop, Folk and Country Blues Fingerpicking. Elizabeth Cotten, Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Johnson, Etta Baker, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Alabama Shakes and Gary Clark Jr just to name a few. Also folk, pop and rock elements flow into his songs. Every person who learns an instrument has a story to tell. Roger hopes you like his. His EP was released on November 22 and can be found on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google, Deezer, Soundcloud and Youtube: TheRWSmithTRACKS: I Wanna be YouCowboysWhat we doIG: https://www.instagram.com/therwsmith/Michael AllanOriginally from Ontario Canada, Michael Frazier has been dancing, singing and entertaining since the age of 7. His family moved to Texas at a young age where Michael began pursuing his dreams. Whether it was singing the National Anthem for the Dallas Stars, performing at Mary Kay conventions, or simply dancing around in his bedroom, Michael has always had a deep passion for entertaining. While studying at the University of North Texas, he was a member of two dance teams including one that he founded, directed and choreographed for. The team even performed as opening act for Patti LaBelle during a special appearance. After graduating, Michael moved to Los Angeles, California where he continued to dance, sing and entertain. Some of his most outstanding accomplishments include choreographing flash mobs at Universal Studios, performing at House of Blues and other well known LA venues, releasing his first single on iTunes and teaching several hip hop and jazz funk classes. Now back in the Dallas area, Michael teaches a Popstars dance class at Caulfields Dance Fitness where he hopes to inspire and teach other dancers and entertainers to follow their dreams. He also recently recorded and released a new single titles “Automatically.”TRACKS: BoomerangAutomaticallyIG: https://www.instagram.com/michaelallanmusic/

  Show 84 – Recorded 6-13-20 This podcast provides 14 recordings of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1933 to 2016. The blues artists featured are: John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Oates, Rory Block, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Big Bill Broonzy, ZZ Top, Etta James, JK Terrell, Charles Brown, Jesse Fuller, Little Walter, Etta Baker, Blind Willie McTell.

  Show 84 – Recorded 6-13-20 This podcast provides 14 recordings of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1933 to 2016. The blues artists featured are: John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Oates, Rory Block, Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughn, Big Bill Broonzy, ZZ Top, Etta James, JK Terrell, Charles Brown, Jesse Fuller, Little Walter, Etta Baker, Blind Willie McTell.

  Show 76 – Recorded 4-18-20 This podcast provides 12 performances of blues songs performed by 12 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1942 to 2012. The blues artists featured are: Alabama Shakes, Albert Macon & Robert Thomas, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Cora Fluker, Big Bill Broonzy, Algia Mae Hinton, Booker T Laury, Cedell Davis, Etta Baker, Albert Collins, Big Head Todd and The Monsters with John Lee Hooker, Furry Lewis.

  Show 76 – Recorded 4-18-20 This podcast provides 12 performances of blues songs performed by 12 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1942 to 2012. The blues artists featured are: Alabama Shakes, Albert Macon & Robert Thomas, Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, Cora Fluker, Big Bill Broonzy, Algia Mae Hinton, Booker T Laury, Cedell Davis, Etta Baker, Albert Collins, Big Head Todd and The Monsters with John Lee Hooker, Furry Lewis.

  Show 43 – Recorded 7-23-19 This podcast provides 14 performances of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1939 to 2010.  These blues artists are: Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Oates, Rory Block, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Big Bill Broonzy, ZZ Top, Etta James, JP Soars, Charles Brown, Jesse Fuller, Little Walter, Etta Baker      

  Show 43 – Recorded 7-23-19 This podcast provides 14 performances of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1939 to 2010.  These blues artists are: Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Mississippi Fred McDowell, John Oates, Rory Block, Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Big Bill Broonzy, ZZ Top, Etta James, JP Soars, Charles Brown, Jesse Fuller, Little Walter, Etta Baker      

Etta Baker is one of North Carolina’s most famous Piedmont blues guitarist. Born in Caldwell County, she started learning guitar from her father when she was three. Her masterful, emotive pickin’ first appeared in 1956 on the album Instrumental Music from the Southern Appalachians, but it took 35 years before her next recording and first solo record One Dime Blues appeared. That album arose from many years of recording sessions produced by Wayne Martin, our host of “Director’s Cut.” “I felt like she was one of the most extraordinary expressive musicians who I had ever met,” says Wayne Martin. “I remember hearing her play John Henry with a slide and I can remember my thought: I’m in the presence of a musical genius.” Etta Baker’s sound and style influenced the likes of Bob Dylan and Taj Mahal. In this episode of Director's Cut, Wayne Martin shares "Broken Hearted Blues,” a rare recording that features Baker both playing guitar and singing. “Most of the time she would let the guitar do the talking for her,” says Wayne. “But just very occasionally she would sing.” ______ Director's Cut is a special music themed season of Arts Across NC, curated in celebration of Come Hear North Carolina, a campaign for the 2019 North Carolina Year of Music. In each episode NC Arts Council Director Wayne Martin will unearth a field recording from the archive he built during his 30+ year tenure with our agency. Each song represents a different region of North Carolina. "These pieces that I've chosen are part of the fabric of who we are as a people," says Wayne. "They are pieces that tell the story of North Carolina. Arts Across NC is a podcast by and about the North Carolina Arts Council.

Show 9 – Recorded 7-25-18 This podcast provides 11 performances of blues songs performed by 11 Blues Women who's artistry is highlighted here. Performances range from the 1940's up to the early 2000's.  These female blues artists are: Bettye LaVette, Bonnie Raitt, Etta Baker, Etta James, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Samantha Fish, Shaun Murphy, Sue Foley, […]

Show 9 – Recorded 7-25-18 This podcast provides 11 performances of blues songs performed by 11 Blues Women who’s artistry is highlighted here. Performances range from the 1940’s up to the early 2000’s.  These female blues artists are: Bettye LaVette, Bonnie Raitt, Etta Baker, Etta James, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Samantha Fish, Shaun Murphy, Sue Foley, Susan Tedeschi, Mable John, Grace Brim

Etta Baker picked up her rag-time influenced style of fingerpicking at the age of 3 from her father. She became a master of the Piedmont Blues, influencing musicians like Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Etta practiced her two-finger picking style an hour every day in addition to raising nine children with her musician husband. After working 26 years at a Morganton textile mill, she quit at age 60 to become a professional musician, and at 78, she cut her first album. In 1991, she received the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship. Etta Baker died in 2006 at age of 93, but her legacy lives on with a statue at Morganton Municipal Auditorium.

Etta Baker picked up her rag-time influenced style of fingerpicking at the age of 3 from her father. She became a master of the Piedmont Blues, influencing musicians like Bob Dylan, Taj Mahal and Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Etta practiced her two-finger picking style an hour every day in addition to raising nine children with her musician husband. After working 26 years at a Morganton textile mill, she quit at age 60 to become a professional musician, and at 78, she cut her first album. In 1991, she received the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Heritage Fellowship. Etta Baker died in 2006 at age of 93, but her legacy lives on with a statue at Morganton Municipal Auditorium.

Toby Walker – Toby’s passion for blues, rags, folk, and other traditional American music drove him to leave an apartment crammed full of recordings, books and instruments for the Mississippi Delta, Virginia and the Carolinas where he tracked down some of the more obscure – but immensely talented – music makers of an earlier era. He learned directly from Eugene Powell, James “Son” Thomas,Etta Baker, and R.L Burnside, among others. The talent, passion, and soul of a Toby Walker performance reflects these travels. Whether it is telling the humorous and heartwarming tales of other masters, talking about his inspirations, or astounding you with his mastery, his performances are a feast for the senses. The audience is moved in ways that delight them long after the encores. You can catch a taste of these stories on his Web site in “The Masters” section. But make no mistake about it – he is to be experienced live. Those fortunate enough to attend one of his shows will vouch for that. In 2006, Carnegie Hall acknowledged his rare talents and hired him to augment and teach in their “American Roots” program aimed at honor level middle school students. This one-of-a-kind series demonstrates the ...

David Holt talks to three talented artists and experiences the whole spectrum of Piedmont Blues. Etta Baker, a well-known artist in the North Carolina mountains, plays old favorites like "Knoxville Rag" and "Careless Love." She also plays a traditional blues song, showing the difference between the type of beat most people associate with "blues" and the ragtime style of Piedmont Blues. She also plays some slide guitar with "John Henry." David also plays his guitar beside George Higgs, another artist who plays the blues in the style of Blind Boy Fuller, a blues artist of the 1930s. George also slides the blues on his harmonica, as David accompanies him. Finally, David introduces us to John Dee Holeman of Durham, North Carolina, who plays the modern style of blues that emanated from the war. Playing his electric guitar in the styles of both Blind Boy Fuller and Lightning Hopkins, John concludes Piedmont Blues with a beat that will get your toes tapping.