[78-L] R Johnson, was Re: Louis Armstrong

[Doug Pomeroy]

I agree there are many blues artists whose recordings are as, or more,
important than those of Johnson.

Let's not forget that John Hammond made it possible for Frank Driggs to
produce many reissues for Columbia, including, in addition to both  
Johnson LPs,
the "Bukka White, Parchman Farm" (Col 30036), and "Leroy Carr, Blues  
Before
Sunrise", (CL 1799).

Doug

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On Jan 23, 2010, at 4:45 PM, 78-l-request at klickitat.78online.com wrote:

> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Louis Armstrong
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 3:51 PM
>>
> In fact, as a blues fan and sometime blues performer, I have always  
> been
> convinced that Robert Johnson
> is vastly over-rated! It just happened that prior to the "British  
> Blues
> Revival" of the sixties, Johnson's
> CBS compilation was essentially the only easily-found source for
> acoustically-played blues available.
> IMHO, Bill Broonzy's recordings of the same era are much more  
> interesting;
> he was developing the
> "small combo" approach to blues, as "Big Bill and his Chicago  
> Five," during
> the same period!
>
> Steven C. Barr