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Here we go

By gavagai, on June 22, 2007

blues


Well, here we go.

I won’t be making no statement, but I declare we’ll be listening to some good music. We’ll be tapping. Moaning. Shouting and jumping.

Mainly, I’d like to write about forgotten songs, incomprehensible lyrics, rare albums or bluesmen’s lives. I won’t be following no structure, no rational lead, no nothing. I won’t make (too many) technical remarks. And I’ll try not to bother you too much.

I’ll be blogging, perhaps with some exceptions, about the pre-war blues – to a lesser extent about the classic blues and to a greater about the country blues and Chicago style. If you express particular demands about such and such artist or song, I’ll be glad trying to respond.

The best introduction to the blues I can think of is the classic Mandel documentary Bluesland, which happily is available on Google Videos. I’ll embed it here and hope you’ll enjoy watching it.



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11 Comments to “Here we go”

  1. Well, I got the blues » Jurnalul Dumnezeului ales al Nepalului says:
    June 22, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    [...] Asa, ca sa nu mai lungim vorba, puteti sa vedeti documentaru taman aici. [...]

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  2. Mihaela says:
    June 24, 2007 at 1:15 pm

    Multumesc!

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  3. gavagai says:
    June 24, 2007 at 4:38 pm

    Cu mare placere :) Multumesc pentru link.

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  4. Mihaela says:
    June 25, 2007 at 5:07 pm

    Placerea e de partea mea.
    Linkul de mai jos are emisiunile saptamanle ale lui Bob Dylan (sezonul 2006-2007)si o gramada de lucruri interesante:
    http://patrickcrosley.com/?q=node/90.

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  5. gavagai says:
    June 25, 2007 at 11:37 pm

    mmmm, foarte frumos, multumesc mult. aproape ca uitasem :)
    ps quick quiz: cine a scris My girl / About a girl?

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  6. Mihaela says:
    June 26, 2007 at 12:19 am

    smokey robinson? nirvana?

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  7. gavagai says:
    June 26, 2007 at 12:27 am

    nup :p leadbelly. in acordurile cunoscute, cu ritmul cunoscut; o sa scriu candva si despre asta.
    ps io sunt gavagai; bucuros sa o cunosc pe prima membra a comunitatii got the blues :)

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  8. Mihaela says:
    June 26, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    la sectia comunitare, sper sa vina in curand multi altii. cu ortografie mai buna :) .
    cat despre globalizare, articolele originale (ale tale adica) pot merge la expectingrain.com si atunci sa vezi succes international. merci pentru buna-primire.

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  9. gavagai says:
    June 26, 2007 at 11:54 pm

    cu cea mai mare placere
    da, or sa vina :) (btw, tocmai mi s-a zis ca sunt pesimist).
    pai ce-i in neregula cu ortografia?
    m-am uitat pe expectingrain, foarte misto, dar nu stiu cat de potrivite-ar fi articolele mele acolo; si nici cum ar putea ajunge :) io am un blog mic de tot, unde scriu despre blues ca amator

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  10. Mihaela says:
    June 28, 2007 at 12:47 pm

    stii cum e,
    “I have a dream”.
    incet incet o sa ajung sa si citesc, deocamdata ascult inserturile youtube-ulare, ca sa stii ca bloguletul e mic da interesant.

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  11. gavagai says:
    June 29, 2007 at 11:07 am

    pai in timp o sa mi se-mbunatateasca engleza si-atunci o sa poti citi si textele :) si tot in timp o sa si creasca, nici nu-ti inchipui ce mai pregatesc

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