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JACK DAPPA BLUES INTERVIEW W/ JIMMY DUCK HOLMES
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley This week on Talking Bout The Blues I have the honor of speaking with one of the last remaining threads to original Blues….and owner of the longest running Juke Joint in America, Bentonia Bluesman Jimmy Duck Holmes, as he breaks down the real Blue.
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JACK DAPPA BLUES INTERVIEW W/ JONTAVIOUS WILLIS
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley On this episode I will be talking with Blues Sensation Jontavious Willis. This young man is the rebirth of real Roots Blues, and we will be discussing the regional styles of Blues such as Piedmont, Delta and the like…along with hearing some great Original Blues records that will…
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JACK DAPPA BLUES INTERVIEW W/ DOM FLEMMON
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley I had the pleasure and honor yet again to rap with the American Songster himself, Dom Flemons, who pulls from traditions of old-time folk music, about the show he performed in and hosted to honor the legendary Folk Singer Huddie William Ledbetter, AKA Leadbelly at the Leadbelly fest…
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SON HOUSE SINGER SONGWRITER
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley When most hear the term singer songwriter, they usually think James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and the like. I love them both..as well as the others that have taken on that title from that era. When you think of singer songwriter, some would suggest it falls into the range of folk. Leadbelly would…
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BLUES LEGACIES AND BLACK FEMINISM
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley In our quest to cultivate the African-American, Black American, Negro, Nubian etc, community to not only accumulate a wealthy Library of African American Literature, but to actually read and study our history, heritage and continued climate in the world, I’ve come across a book that I would like to…
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CAN THE BLUES BE TRACED TO THE ORIGINAL HEBREWS
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley Some time ago, I wrote an article called “Can The Blues be Traced to The Lost Tribes“. I raised the point of many similarities between African American and the Hebrews that were slaves to the Egyptians, Babylonians, Romans…etc.
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CAN THE BLUES BE TRACED BACK TO THE LOST TRIBES
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley “ Spirituals & Slave songs are America’s only folk music and the finest distinctive artistic contributions she has to offer” – James Weldon Johnson On my journey researching and studying my heritage, it’s connection to Blues Music and the traditions of christianity the generations of both sides of my…
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BLUES AND GOSPEL
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Published By Lamont Jack Pearley The Gospel According to The Blues is a book I not only read, but interviewed the author. This topic is very dear to me because I believe the Gospel and The Blues are one and the same. And according to Gary Burnett, he belies the same as well. The…
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THE STORY OF THE BLUES – LANGSTON HUGHES
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley As you all know, I am a big advocate that the Blues, African American Literature and it’s heritage is one and the same..The Blues birthed the Sterling Brown’s and the Zora Neale Hurston’s, of the world…as well as their literature describing the culture of the Blues, which gave it…
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LANGSTON HUGHES BLUES LITERATURE
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Published by Lamont Jack Pearley African American History, The Blues, African American Literature and our culture is and has always been one in the same. And in celebrations to that, I wish to post an excerpt of a great short story by the amazing Langston Hughes called — “The Blues I’m a Playin’” Enjoy…