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Roosevelt ‘Giant’ Hudson – Field Holler
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley John and Ruby Lomax recorded Roosevelt ‘Giant’ Hudson at the Cummins State Farm in Gould, Arkansas, Camp #1 Jack Dappa Blues Public Media and Heritage Preservation Foundation reintroduces African American Traditional Music and the Black Experience to the People of the Blues!
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Elisha Cox – WPA Slave Narrative
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley Jack Dappa Blues has been producing podcasts re-introducing the WPA’s Slave Narrative to our audience. We are currently working on more…however, here’s a nice littles something to wet your whistle. Jack Dappa Blues Public Media is where you come to be re-introduced to your African American Traditional Music history…
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African-American Spirituals of the Civil War
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SPEAKER: J. Weldon Norris, Steven Cornelius, Samuel Perryman EVENT DATE: 2013/03/30 RUNNING TIME: 46 minutes TRANSCRIPT: View Transcript (link will open in a new window) DESCRIPTION: A panel discussion on African-American spirituals of the Civil War. Reference:Library Of Congress
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On The Porch at Augusta Heritage’s Blues n Swing Week
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I sit and speak with Piedmont Blūz Ben and Valerie Turner, Dena Ross Jennings, Jim Bunch, and Steve and Melissa Waggy, all musicians and attendees of Augusta Heritage Blues and Swing week in West Virginia. We engage in a deep conversation about Society, Stereo Types, Traditions…
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Joel Bailes at Blues & Swing Week
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode of The Jack Dappa Blues Podcast, I speak with Joel Bailes, historian, musician, and husband of a Blues Harp Woman at Augusta’s Blues & Swing Week, which provides participants with the opportunity to work with some of the finest performers and educators in the Blues and…
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We The Blues People F/ Marquis Knox
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley “We The Blues People” is a biweekly broadcast produced and hosted by Jack Dappa Blues Public Media, in partnership with Knox Entertainment located in St. Louis, which is a live feed broadcast that discusses events and laws from the past which results continue to leave a strains on African…
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The Black Spirituals Are The Expressions of Freedom
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode, I speak with Reverend, Dr. Derrick McQueen, New Testament Scholar and Black Spirituals Historian about how The Black Spirituals Are The Expression of Freedom, along with the history of the Black Spirituals, it’s importance and it’s truly the songs and expressions of revolution. In an earlier…
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Billy Branch Blues
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley In this episode I’m honored to talk with 3 Time Grammy Nominee the “Son Of Blues” Billy Branch, who was discovered by Willie Dixon, the “father of modern Chicago Blues. He’s recorded with Willie Dixon, Johnny Winter, Lou Rawls, Koko Taylor, Eddy Clearwater, Honeyboy Edwards, Syl Johnson, Lurrie Bell,…
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Peetie Wheatstraws Great Nephew
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Published By: Lamont Jack Pearley on this episode I speak to the great nephew of the legendary Blues Pioneer Peetie Wheatstraw. Peetie Wheatstraw was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, taking it from Black American folklore. According to author Ralph Ellison, who made use of the Wheatstraw legend to model characters in his…
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Coffle Gang America’s Domestic Slave Trade
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Coffle Gangs America’s Domestic Slave Trade by Lamont Jack Pearley I’m learning to deal with this nostalgia people have for the antebellum south that birthed a tribal music that became an internationally commercial success, making non African Americans extremely wealthy. International wealth off of the backs of Black people isn’t a new concept either.…