Josh White

簡(jiǎn)介: by Barry Lee Pearson
Most blues enthusiasts think of Josh White as a folk revival artist. Its true that the second half of his music ca 更多>

by Barry Lee Pearson
Most blues enthusiasts think of Josh White as a folk revival artist. Its true that the second half of his music career found him based in New York playing to the coffeehouse and cabaret set and hanging out with Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and fellow transplanted blues artists Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. When I saw him in Chicago in the 1960s his shirt was unbuttoned to his waist à la Harry Belafonte and his repertoire consisted of folk revival standards such as Scarlet Ribbons. He was a show business personality — a star renowned for his sexual magnetism and his dramatic vocal presentations. What many people dont know is that Josh White was a major figure in the Piedmont blues tradition. The first part of his career saw him as apprentice and lead boy to some of the greatest blues and religious artists ever, including Willie Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (with whom he recorded), and allegedly even Blind Lemon Jefferson. On his own, he recorded both blues and religious songs, including a classic version of Blood Red River. A fine guitar technician with an appealing voice, he became progressively more sophisticated in his presentation. Like many other Carolinians and Virginians who moved north to urban areas, he took up city ways, remaining a fine musician if no longer a down-home artist. Like several other canny blues players, he used his roots music to broaden and enhance his life experience, and his talent was such that he could choose the musical idiom that was most lucrative at the time.

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  • 2024年推出專輯:《Prison Bound & Hard Time Blues》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Alabama Bound, Vol. 3》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Josh At Midnight》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《American Folk - 50 Classics》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Josh White》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Good Night Irene》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Blues Singer (1932-1936)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Josh White Vol. 3 1935-1940》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《The Roots Of Mumford & Sons》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Josh White Vol. 2 1933-1935》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《American Roots Music (Remastered)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1929-1933) (HD Remastered)》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《No. 12 Train》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Waltzing Metilda》
  • 2023年推出專輯:《Josh White Comes A-Visitin》