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Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Lyin' Joe Holley - So Cold In The U.S.A.
A1Rock Bottom
A2Big Legs
A3Crying Won't Help
A4It Was A Dream
A5Punkin Head
B1Cherry Red
B2Fatso
B3Lonely World
B4It's Raining
B5You Went Away
Wow!, rough piano blues new for me!!. Great thanks!
b. c.1915, USA. Holley was recorded in April 1977 by George Paulus of Barrelhouse Records, who estimated his age as ‘early sixties’. Holley had travelled throughout the southern USA and played in St. Louis and Detroit before settling in Chicago. He reputedly played blues piano at house parties and at the Provident Barber Shop on Saturdays for many years, and his recordings reveal a traditionally based pianist with a large repertoire and an ability to improvise memorable lyrics over a tough piano accompaniment. Holley is important as ‘one of the last of the house party entertainers’ but remains a very obscure figure, although he is reportedly still living in the Chicago area.
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Never heard of this artist previously. Thank you very much.
Wow!, rough piano blues new for me!!. Great thanks!
b. c.1915, USA. Holley was recorded in April 1977 by George Paulus of Barrelhouse Records, who estimated his age as ‘early sixties’. Holley had travelled throughout the southern USA and played in St. Louis and Detroit before settling in Chicago. He reputedly played blues piano at house parties and at the Provident Barber Shop on Saturdays for many years, and his recordings reveal a traditionally based pianist with a large repertoire and an ability to improvise memorable lyrics over a tough piano accompaniment. Holley is important as ‘one of the last of the house party entertainers’ but remains a very obscure figure, although he is reportedly still living in the Chicago area.
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