Stop Breakin' Down
Long time no see... Sorry folks, I had all sort of computer problems, and I also left for about a week of business/holydays. check it out here:
And yes, I'm finally back online.
Now, some guy nicknaming himself "glennthebull" as put on
YouTube a set of three clips about
Robert Johnson's story that he shot for his thesis, and I thought I'll show 'em to you. The certainly are very well done and give a strong feeling of how the black scene in the south of the States could have been in the '20s and the '30s: TOUGH!
It ain't the real thing, but still it is great stuff for real blues lovers...
And by the way, the videos mention a few more bluesmen, Son House, Willie Brown and Ike Zinneman. There's a lot to be found about Son House, who restarted performing and recording in the 'sixties, even on YouTube videos, some about Willie Brown, who was recorded by John Lomax and his son Alan Lomax for the Library of Congress, but practically nothing about Johnson's mentor, Ike Zinneman, who never recorded, thus only being known like a part of Robert Johnson's legend.
