Big Jack Johnson, July 30, 1940-March 14, 2011
Live (Deep Blues, 1992)
“Catfish Blues”
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“Daddy, When Is Mama Coming Home”
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lagniappe
art beat
American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White
Art Institute of Chicago (through 5/15/11)
Walker Evans, Barbershops, Vicksburg, Mississippi (1936)
four takes
“Rainy Night In Georgia” (Tony Joe White, 1962)
Brook Benton, 1970 (Billboard Soul Singles #1, Hot 100 #4)
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Otis Rush, 1976 (rec. 1971)
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Conway Twitty with Sam Moore, 1994
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Tony Joe White, TV broadcast (Netherlands), 2006 (?)
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