Booker White

[tomsk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsMpHHSLSlc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkhj9z14TBo

Aberdeen Mississippi blues....
Bukka White but he preferred to be called Booker White..

I'm getting into the Blues more now too!


Lyrics

I was over in Aberdeen
On my way to New Orlean
I was over in Aberdeen
On my way to New Orlean
Them Aberdeen women told me
Will buy my gasoline


Hey, two little women
That I ain't ever seen
They has two little women
That I ain't never seen
These two little women
Just from New Orlean


Ooh, sittin' down in Aberdeen
With New Orlean on my mind
I'm sittin' down in Aberdeen
With New Orlean on my mind
Well, I believe them Aberdeen women
Gonna make me lose my mind, yeah


Aber-deen is my home
But the mens don't want me around
Aberdeen is my home
But the men don't want me around
They know I will take these women
An take them outta town


Listen, you Aberdeen women
You know I ain't got no dime
Oh-oh listen you women
You know'd I ain't got no dime
They been had the po' boy
All up and down.

[yogi]

Booker only used three fingers for the chords. Amazing.

[tomsk]

I heard and seen this guy way back but did not know his name...
thanks to this blues magazine there was an article about him...
this for me is real music...
he must have practiced real hard because he makes it look so easy...top man!

[yogi]

Although it's not shown in the videos, Bukka apparently has mastered the slide guitar technique. I've seen it done on electric guitars, but it looks like this guy is prepared to do it on that acoustic model. He has a style that is most unique but I'd bet he didn't go out of his way to learn it. I think it just came naturally to him.

He plays what is called Delta Blues which is foreign to my Chicago Blues ears. When I looked it up I was astounded by the number of blues styles:

• Acid blues
  African blues
  Blues-rock
  Boogie-woogie
  British blues
  Canadian blues
  Chicago blues
  Classic female blues
  Contemporary R&B
  Country blues
  Delta blues
  Detroit blues
  Dirty blues
  Electric blues
  Gospel blues
  Hill country blues
  Hip Hop
  Hokum blues
  Jazz blues
  Jump blues
  Kansas City blues
  Louisiana blues
  Memphis blues
  New Orleans blues
  Piano blues
  Piedmont blues
  Punk blues
  Rhythm and blues (R&B)
  Soul blues
  St. Louis blues
  Swamp blues
  Texas blues
  West Coast blues

[tomsk]

Wow,
we need a Yogi blues!

So much to listen,study and enjoy anyone who says they is bored are dullards....
Thanks for that Dennis my discovery list keeps betting bigger which is a fine thing...

[yogi]

I'm certain that I can tell there is a difference between a couple of those genres, but I can't see how "the blues" can be divided down into so many categories. What is it that makes each one unique?

A while back I was talking to somebody about "metal" music. Basically I was saying it made my ears bleed. Then he asked what kind of metal and rattled off about a dozen different genres of that style. I asked the same question. Given that it all sounds the same to me what are the distinguishing characteristics that separate them? He just laughed and said it's obvious if you listen to it.

I don't think so.

[tomsk]

I don't like defining music it's all about personal taste...

[yogi]

Music is like wine to me. It's white, red, or a combination. Some of it ages well. Others turn to vinegar.

[tomsk]

I agree in a way...
there are some songs given so much air time I immediately turn off when I hear them ..like Elvis Suspicious minds or Simon and Garfunkel Bridge over troubled water or Marvin Gaye I eard it through the bovine....

[yogi]

Paul Simon is my favorite. I can listen to his replayed music all day long.

[tomsk]

Graceland is one of my favourite albums of all time but all you hear mostly is Simon and Garfunkel tracks...
We saw Paul live on 'The rhythm of the Saints' tour here in London and it was excellent..
Here is such an astute performer..songwriter...

[yogi]

The Graceland album was my introduction to zydeco. I was glad to see the new music from Paul, but a lot of his older recordings are classic.

[tomsk]

You said it Mister!
'one trick pony' the album is very good it has a lovely jazzy feel...

[yogi]

Many years ago I bought an album by Edie Brickell - probably her first one. It wasn't until a few years after that I learned she married Paul Simon

[tomsk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDl3bdE3YQA

She's mighty purty!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5T6s25XK4

brilliant..

[yogi]

Paul and Edie made a great couple. They were both exceptionally talented, but I think Paul was more well known.

[tomsk]

To be sure to be sure..

i'm off the radar for two weeks but look forward to reading you all when I return...
God bless and peace be with us all...
x

[yogi]

Hope your holiday is exceptionally good. We will miss your delightful comments, but look forward to a full report of all the wondrous things you did in your absence.

[tomsk]

errrrr
Mundane stuff really but necessary stuff..
Time off ends too soon...

[yogi]

Sounds like the kind of holidays I take. Been on one since I retired more than a dozen years ago.