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1989 James Son Ford Thomas with Walter Liniger
001.1989.013
Sun Apr 30 1989
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00:00 Introduction; James Son Ford Thomas from Leeland, MS; sculptor; Walter Liniger; researcher and harmonica player 04:18 Demonstration: “Sugar Mama”; “I Love the Way She Walks”; “Rock Me Mama” 15:05 Demonstration: (“I know some of you don’t know much about the blues, you’ve only heard music like this”) 15:55 Son heard that song when he was a little boy when he didn’t hear any black folk on the radio but for 15 minutes a day; doesn’t understand why white folk play the same sound and over again to make it the same 16:42 Demonstration: “Catfish Blues”; “Woman Got Washed Away”; “Good Morning, Little School Girl”; “You Caught Me Crawlin”; “Big Fat Mama”; “Smokey Mountain Blues” 45:13 Black people didn’t have steel slides; had to break bottlenecks off and use in place of steel slides; this is the way the white people played the steel slide; this is a steel guitar and this is the way white people play 46:20 Demonstration; When I was a little boy this was on the radio coming out of Cincinnati, OH; another white song 51:04 Demonstration: “Dust My Broom” 54:30 Demonstration: “It Hurts Me Too” 59:19 Interview ends
Allison Miner interviewer. This item is part of the “Crescent City Living Legends Collection” that was admitted to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress in 2002.
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