00:45 Miner recalls meeting Smither in late 60’s on a friend’s recommendation that he was the best guitarist to come out of New Orleans. Claims he’s the only musician of his genre – folk/country blues singer songwriter - to come out of New Orleans. Raised Uptown with parents who were professors at Tulane. Had to leave to make it. Has lived in Boston since. Was going to be an anthropologist. When he was initroduced to Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mississippi John Hurt in college, light bulb went off about guitar picking and syncopation. Hurt says he admired Doc Watson. 09:35 Demonstrates that style of finger picking on “Candyman” 10:50 Miner talks about where white kids could go hear black music in New Orleans before the civil rights movement; the Dream Castle. Babe Stovall played (National Steel guitar) there and played in the streets. White students from Tulane followed him. Refers to the Blues Project album and Cambridge, MA scene. Met Eric Von Schmidt, Jim Kweskin, Bonnie Raitt, Goeff and Maria Muldaur. 17:00 Demonstration One of the first songs he wrote called “Devil Got Your Man.” 22:20 Vietnam War going on, made first album in 1970, “I’m a Stranger Too.” Met Bonnie Raitt who recorded several of his songs. 29:20 Demonstration “Love Me Like A Man” 36:00 Demonstration “She’s in the Jailhouse Now” 39:50 Audience Q & A 41:55 Demonstration
