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GuitarSite.com Guitar News Weekly Edition #128, February 05, 2001 |
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POLICE DOG BLUES
Blind Blake The Bluesman and "Police Dog Blues" Blind Blake was quite the Bluesman and Finger Style Guitarist. He is one of the most imitated Guitarists that ever recorded. Blind Blake has a unique Style that just grabs you and holds you. He does not have a bad voice either and can really put a song across. Blind Blake was one of the Truly Great Bluesmen who first recorded way back in the 20s. >From what I can see Blind Blake and Blind Lemmon Jefferson Recorded about the same time. Many modern Blues Guitarist and singers know every lick that Blind Blake ever recorded. They have devoted themselves to learning his Guitar Licks, exactly as the Great Bluesman Played them. I know a great Guitarists in St. Louis who goes by the Name of Tom Hall that is expert when it comes to playing the Blind Blake Blues Licks. When I first heard Tom Hall I had never heard of Blind Blake. But when Tom Played that Round Neck National Guitar I heard some music that was great. And Tom Hall Could play the Great Blues Licks all night long. I immediately became a Tom Hall Fan. A few years later I was working in A Collectible Records Shop which had a few thousand 78RPM Records from the Old Days. Jean Haffner, the founder and owner of the Record Exchange in St. Louis let these gems go for one dollar each. Jean had an old 78RPM Record Player so I listened to the one Blind Blake record I found, Man it was great.
Years later I was on MP3 COM, in the Acoustic Blues Genre, when I saw a
recording of the "Police Dog Blues." I downloaded and listened. There on
the Recording were the Exact Same Guitar Licks that Tom Hall had played the
first time I saw him. And this MP3 COM artist had some other Great Blues
Songs that were high on the Acoustic Blues Charts at that time. His
recordings stayed high on the MP3 COM Acoustic Blues Top 40 Charts for a
very long time because his Blues were very well played on the Guitar, and
his Blues Singing is Quite Good. Listen to the Police Dog Blues On MP3 COM
a Great Recording by Bradley N. Litwin ~ 'self-made madman'
Police Dog Blues Later on I acquired access to many Blind Blake Recordings. I heard Tom Hall Playing Guitar, as I was listening to the many Blind Blake Recordings. Then I discovered that many of the modern Blues Players, who for the most part play locally, all knew the Blind Blake Licks. Well there is little wonder that so many fine Blues Guitarists learn the Guitar Licks of Blind Blake, he was nothing short of being Great. Many Recordings have been made of this song, by some of the Greatest Blues Players. I did a search on "Police Dog Blues" on CDNow and came up with all these CDs that have Artists who have recorded the song. CDNow is the only Web Site Selling CDs that I know of where you can search on a song. You can see by the number of Artists who have recorded the Blind Blake Song, that it is one of the most Recorded of all Blues Songs. That is the Impact that Blind Blake had on the world of music. CDNow Search Results More than one song title matched police dog blues. POPULAR ARTIST Etta Baker One-Dime Blues Police Dog Blues Blind Blake Ragtime Guitars Foremost Fingerpicker Police Dog Blues Blind Blake Georgia Bound Police Dog Blues Master Of Ragtime Guitar: Essential Recordings Police Dog Blues Roy Bookbinder Polk City Ramble Police Dog Blues Cephas/Wiggins From Richmond To Atlanta Police Dog Blues Guitar Man Police Dog Blues Ry Cooder Ry Cooder Police Dog Blues Mike Dowling Beats Workin Police Dog Blues Stefan Grossman How To Play Blues Guitar Police Dog Blues John Jackson Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Police Dog Blues Jorma Kaukonen Magic Two Police Dog Blues Various Artists-Blues Crossroads Blues Crossroads Police Dog Blues Various Artists-Men Of Blues Men Of Blues Police Dog Blues Hot Tuna Splash Down Two Police Dog (Splashdown) Blues Giroux/Mahjun Jail Of Love Police Dog Blues/Poor Boy
Though I never imitate, I have been strongly influenced by many of the Old
Blues Players. I used to practice playing Slide Dobro with many of the
Great Slide Blues Players. Many Saturday Nights I have spent playing my
Dobro to the Great Blues songs that were played by DJ Leroy Pierson, in St.
Louis, on the Missouri University FM-Station KWMU. And this practice must
have done some good for I got a number one in Acoustic Blues on MP3 COM:
Resonator Blue #2, and the song was in the Top 10 of MP3 COM Acoustic Blues
for 5 months. Hear Resonator Blue #2 at this web Page:
Resonator Blue #2 And as of this date of January 10, 2001, my "Baritone Guitar Blues" has been in the TOP 5 of the MP3 COM Country Blues Top 40 Charts for 3 months, so I think my listening to Blind Blake and all the other great Blues Players has rubbed off on me pretty Good.
Listen to Baritone Guitar Blues at: I think you will hear a little Blues in all the Music I play. Blues licks just fit in so well in My Guitar Music. Just listening to these great artists is bound to rub off on you and cause you to play better Guitar whether you play Blues or not, for Blues Licks can be heard in most every genre of music. And most assuredly you will enjoy listening to Blind Blake along with all the Acoustic and Electric Blues Guitarists. If you have never heard Blind Blake, and you love the Blues, you most definitely should get some of his Recordings and hear the best. Blind Blake's 5 Most Sold Recordings on Amazon COM
1. The Master Of Ragtime Guitar : The Essential Recordings Of Blind Blake Price: $11.97
2. The Best Of Blind Blake (Yazoo) Price: $15.99
3. Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927-30 Price: $15.99
4. Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1 (1926-1927) Price: $15.99
5. Georgia Bound Price: $13.27
A Great Blues Recording You will enjoy listening to is
This Finger Style Blues By Tony Whetstone is currently in the # 11 Position
of MP3 COM Acoustic Blues Top 40 Charts as of this date January 10, 2001.
By Robert Lee Johnson |
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