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I was talking with a blues playing friend this afternoon and asked him if he had heard of Jimmy Dawkins and the answer was no. I said i would post him a link to this ‘Fast Fingers’ Album and thought it would be a great one to post here. For those of you who don’t know of him but like the Chicago sound this I will be an ear opener a pure Chicago blues album. I really hope you like it.
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“It serves me right to suffer, serves me right to be alone” reminded me of a Johnny Winter song. Johnny opens the song, “Memory Pain” with those lyrics. Plagiarism in blues is very interesting. It’s a great album, called “Second Winter” and available on YouTube. The way Johnny pronounces it though, it sounds a lot like “send me right to supper”, kind of a “scuze me while I kiss this guy” scenario.
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John I got to see Johnny and his brother Edgar playing together in Brighton England way back in about 1972/3 they were quite the wild men of guitar playing as far as I was concerned but what a show! Too bad they aren here it was sad to see Johnny Winter going down with his health but what a fantastic legacy. jimmy Dawkins can certainly get you sitting up shame he is not better known. Regards JohnStrat
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That’s some fine guitar pick’n.
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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Hey Don Thanks for posting the really young Mr John Lee. I love his boogie and all the rest. He played with just about everybody or they played with him as you know so well but i particularly like his tracks with Bonnie Raitt who I believe was a bit like a second Daughter to him. I got to meet him one time in Berkley not only was he such a wonderful player but seemed like a real nice guy. I couldn’t believe he could play a hall at the top of Telegraph that famous camapus street of the Vietnam protests etc and not pack the place but it was a really small affair and he took time out half way to come off the stage and have a chat with some to us for his break period… one to remember again about 1974 or so many years ago now. Best Regards JohnStrat
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Hi John (charjo), my pleasure! It’s no wonder Johnny Winter was crazy about Percy Mayfield. He was most known for “Please Send Me Someone to Love” (you’ll find many covers) and “River’s Invitation” but he wrote a lot of really great, deep songs with sharp lyrics.
Hi John (johnstrat), that’s a beautiful memory. Thanks for sharing!
Don D.
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That Second Winter album was really something. It’s a 3-sided vinyl, the 4th side is blank.
I just tried posting a little more comprehensively than this. It appears that I can’t post more than one playlist at a time. I’ll be back as many a four more times.
Here’s a broad Chicago blues guitarists playlist. Click through so you can access the description area below the title. You’ll find 27 more individual-artist playlists.
Don D.
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Dedicated to the music of Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor (April 12, 1915–December 17, 1975) and the Houserockers, Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924–August 30, 1999), Ted Harvey (December 21, 1930–October 6, 2016) and related artists.
There’s a link in the description that takes you to the section featuring the other guitarist, Brewer Phillips.
Hound Dog Taylor famously said, “When I die, they’re going to say he couldn’t play shit but he sure made it sound good.”
Don D.
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