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Comment by Michael S. Jackson on May 17, 2013 at 3:16pm

Interesting but I think he puts more importance on lynching than on slavery as the gensis of blues and the true meaning of "Hellhound on my trail." He also misinterprets the rising wind and rustling leaves of a tree as a reference to lynching. Nope. Without going into too much detail, it means movement, spirituality, mystery. Or as my people used to say, "Skan taku skan, skan."
Much deeper meanings than the superficial, false remorse of lynching...
RIP, Robert.
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Comment by Gary Burnett on May 17, 2013 at 2:22am

Robert Johnson's Hellhound on my Trail - and the specter of lynching

http://downatthecrossroads.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/robert-johnsons...

Comment by Gary Burnett on January 15, 2013 at 11:20am

Brand new interview with Texas blueswoman Carolyn Wonderland at:

http://downatthecrossroads.wordpress.com

Comment by Gary Burnett on July 5, 2012 at 4:57pm

“It makes me mad, it makes me sad”. Royal Southern Brotherhood’s vi...

http://downatthecrossroads.wordpress.com/

Comment by Michael S. Jackson on June 15, 2012 at 3:33pm

Hi all. Just ordered a Loar 309 VS from a local dealer/luthier (Loar is sold through The Music Link and these are all solid top, hand carved and graduated. Not from school but top thickness). I've wanted one for a while but finally did it. I found one from a music store on the internet for $525 and this guy matched the price. I'd much rather buy locally.

I don't know if you read Vintage Guitar, but they did a short article on them this month. They suggested using medium flat wound strings as regular wound are too harsh for an archtop. I already own the LH-600 and it's a fantastic guitar (bought new for $450 two years ago; now selling for $1,000 - $1,200).

When I was in the shop doing the ordering, the owner had a Loar 300 which is the same as the 309 but the 300 doesn't have the P-90 pickup in it. He had it set up low, using flat wound strings. Sounded fantastic! I'll have to try these strings on my LH-600 (see The Music Link Instruments group).

He offered to sell me the 300 for $380... tempting, very tempting.

I'll let ya'll know how she sounds when I get her.

Comment by Gary Burnett on June 6, 2012 at 3:24am

Joe Louis Walker in his song Soldier for Jesus on his new ablum Hellfire continues a biues tradition of fighting with the devil. Blogged at Down at the Crossroads

Comment by Patrick on June 5, 2012 at 10:55pm

Delta players, have some new studio audio for your dosing: www.reverbnation.com/patrickmcewen or

www.riverhouseband.com

Patrick

Comment by Larry Shone on December 28, 2011 at 7:00am

Hey this is my kind of place!

Comment by Wayne Estep on December 23, 2011 at 10:38am

Merry Christmas from Mississippi .

Comment by Nate Lopez on May 18, 2011 at 3:04am

New delta style vid up. check it out...

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