Sundancer
204 posts
Feb 07, 2018
7:29 PM
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Sitting in my local earlier tonight with my wife at happy hour. The only table was next to the night’s entertainer - an earnest bearded young man on an acoustic guitar.
After he got done with “Deep Ellem Blues” I leaned over and said “well done, liked your version of Blind Lemon Jefferson.” He said “that’s the Grateful Dead”
I said “you may not know you’ve done it, but you’re playing a song from the 1930s”. He googled it. And was gobsmacked.
Made me feel a bit like Keith Richards. For the right reasons. My guess is that I’m not the only member of this forum to have this trainspotting experience.
Last Edited by Sundancer on Feb 07, 2018 8:29 PM
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Fil
370 posts
Feb 07, 2018
7:34 PM
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You’re not.
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jbone
2486 posts
Feb 07, 2018
8:22 PM
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Many many times. Early on we were doing "I Can't Quit You" ala Willie Dixon, full electric with harp in front, and other songs which had been covered by rockers. It was a job trying to inform without alienating people.
These days I try to do my homework and give credit where due, to inform and also just to show gratitude to the Masters.
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Sundancer
205 posts
Feb 07, 2018
8:41 PM
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My bad! Song was actually recorded by the Shelton Brothers in 1933, not Blind Lemon. But deep Ellum is where Blind Lemon, Blind Willie Johnson and Leadbelly hail from. I was sorta kinda right. It ain’t a Gtrateful Dead original.
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Andrew
1777 posts
Feb 08, 2018
2:55 AM
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By coincidence our uke group leader dug out the original Crescent City and Crescent City Blues last week.
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Flbl
102 posts
Feb 08, 2018
3:30 AM
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https://archive.org/details/78rpm
I think this was posted on this forum a while back,
thanks to whoever posted.
even if you are aware that a lot of common rock songs made famous by bands from the 60s and 70s, had earlier origins, you will find some surprises I did.
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johnleewfan
3 posts
Feb 08, 2018
11:02 AM
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That doesn't really qualify as trainspotting.
Trainspotting is like "That was first recorded by Blind Lemon Jefferson, on Gennett 3274, recorded in Chicago in November 1926" and another guy says "No you're wrong, it was 3279."
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Sundancer
206 posts
Feb 08, 2018
7:07 PM
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Too right John Lee W fan. I should’ve written “...a bit of an old trainspotter”
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johnleewfan
4 posts
Feb 09, 2018
12:49 AM
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Hey, at least you're not an anorak!
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Raven
130 posts
Feb 10, 2018
4:14 PM
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I was corrected a number of times by my mother who was born in 1917 and passed away at 99 one year ago. I would think I knew the oldest recording of a song and she would one-up me with a much earlier version. Now I do the same thing to my kids!
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