Apr 27
Buzz Me Babe - Slim Harpo
1960
Swampy, slow-burning blues with a sly sting
Slim Harpo delivers a fine example of his signature swamp blues sound here: sparse, hypnotic, and rhythmically loose.
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Buzz Me Babe - Slim Harpo
1960
Swampy, slow-burning blues with a sly sting
Slim Harpo delivers a fine example of his signature swamp blues sound here: sparse, hypnotic, and rhythmically loose.
Dear listener, if there’s one genre of music that has been nearly absent from my profile over the last half-decade, it’s the blues. It’s not that I don’t enjoy the blues, I’ve just never really had an excuse to immerse myself in the tone. But upon migrating to the US South in the last few years, I’ve become more and more sensitive to blues and jazz, which both have big roots in the US South. About a year ago, I was introduced to the catalog of Adia Victoria by fellow Tumblr and my occasional gaming buddy, mindful-hempress. Big shout out, hempress, wish you’d come back and post to Tumblr again; I know I’m not the only one who misses your art and poetry. Miss Victoria describes her own tunes as ‘the Gothic Blues’ and happens to touch upon some folk vibes that I’m only used to from songwriters with far less observable melanin. That video just above is Magnolia Blues from 2021’s A Southern Gothic. Scroll down on this post for more Southern-style steak tips and gravy.
I’ve never really posted anything that even feels like country music to my page before, and that’s because I think modern pop-country pretty much ALL sounds the same. But if you slather country in some improvisational jazz, OR mix it with some gothic Americana, OR sharpen it up with thoughtful prose… all the sudden it’s not just some generic country tune anymore. Born in Spartanburg, SC (less than a two-hour drive from my spot in North Carolina) and working primarily out of Nashville, TN, this artist specializes in a rural style of vintage acoustic with a side of storytelling sadness. This is a rare musician that manages to make music that almost sounds like it’s from a previous decade or even a previous century. She’s also got a uniquely expressive voice which, rather uncommonly, is potent enough to make me close my eyes and bob my head up and down like I’m in total agreement with her. Like any decent folk artist, her catalog feels distinctly like a travelogue. Miss Victoria has a close and personal relationship with the US South, and she’s gonna tell you all about her experiences down here like nobody else really can. She tends to capture the cultural and literary spirit of the region with poetry that is melancholy and comes from the perspective of a black girl/lady who has both struggled and grown significantly as a person due to her experiences down here. As a means of coping with a rough childhood she wrote poems and short stories as a creative outlet and developed her superb writing skills to transform the South into a mindset and not just a locale. As a northerner who recently went southern, I can tell you that listening to her tunes is perfectly immersive and atmospherically precise. If you’re looking for more of her perspective, smash play on Horrible Weather from 2016’s Beyond the Bloodhounds, try closing your eyes for a beat while listening, trust me, and enjoy!
I’ve got to make it a point to drive out to Nashville sometime soon and check out the Grand Ole Opry and maybe visit a few local jazz clubs. I’m really starting to enjoy blues and jazz, due in no small part to jams by the musical maven featured this week. Image source: Smart Music for All: Adia Victoria Leaves the High Art/Low Art Duality Behind » LIVING LIFE FEARLESS
Silas Hogan - Trouble at home blues
“Fantastic swamp blues from 1962!! This is the flip to You're too late baby. Audio transferred from original vinyl 45.”
Swamp Blues
Johnny Cash & Tony Joe White - Polk Salad Annie (Live) | The Johnny Cash Show, 1970
Tracklist:
How Long • The Zombie • Get On The Floor • The Thing I Done • Tomorrow Gon' Be Too Late • Mama Got The Blues • Goin' Back South • The Jungle Swing • Good Luck Charm • I'm the Jungle Man • On A Desert Isle • We Gon' Boogaloo
Have you listened to Gon' Boogaloo by C.W. Stoneking (2014)?
Yes, the entire album!
Partially, some but not all songs
No, but familiar with it
Haven't heard of it before
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Since subgenres are basically just micro labels for music care we start making them pride flags?
