Charlie Parr, perhaps I will see you soon? The music fills my soul. Divine.
HERBERG DE KELDER
This recording is from 1929. It’s Blind Willie Johnson’s song “God Moves on the Water”, about the Sinking of the Titanic. (lyrics)
The Titanic in dry dock, Belfast, c. 1912. (original post here)Ah, Lord…Year of nineteen hundred and twelveApril the fourteenth dayGreat Titanic struck an icebergPeople had to run and prayGod moves, oh, God moves, ahAnd the people had to run and prayThe guards who had been a-watchingAsleep for they were tiredWhen they heard the great excitementThen a gunshot was firedGod moves… and the people had to run and prayCaptain Smith gave ordersWomen and children firstMany of the lifeboats piled right upMany were liable to crushGod moves… and the people had to run and praySo many had to leave their happy homeAll that they possessLord Jesus, will you hear us nowHelp us in our distressGod moves… and the people had to run and prayWomen had to leave their loving onesSee ‘bout their safetyWhen they heard the liner was doomedHearts did almost breakGod moves… and the people had to run and prayA.G. Smith, mighty manBuilt a boat that he couldn’t understandNamed it a name of God in a tinWithout a C, Lord, he pulled it inGod moves… and the people had to run and prayWell… ahh, ah, Lord
~ For Black History Month, I’ll be featuring Black music and Black musicians from all different genres, countries, and eras on my blog all month. Check out those tags if you want to diversify your music taste! ~ HERBERG DE KELDER
Wait a minute Charlie Parr covered this song too?!?
The inspiration for Peter Green's ‘Black Magic Woman’ – subsequently a worldwide million-seller for Carlos Santana – was two-fold: his girlfriend at the time, model Sandra Elsdon, and Otis Rush’s classic ‘All Your Love’. Peter liked to call Sandra his ‘magic mama’ and, as she now recalls bluntly and with fond amusement, when he wrote the lyrics, Peter wasn’t getting his oats: ‘I had decided to be celibate as part of some lofty spiritual quest I was pursuing at the time, and so in that second verse, when Peter sings “Don’t turn your back on me, baby,” his blues are all about frustration!’The melody line Peter developed from the opening notes of ‘All Your Love’. ‘When I was in The Bluesbreakers,’ he explains, ‘John got me started with songwriting, and one of the things he said was that, if you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that’s what I did with “Black Magic Woman”. But then it turned out sounding more like BB King’s “Help The Poor”.Source: Peter Green: Founder of Fleetwood Mac by Martin CelminsPhoto: Curt Dahlgren
"It’s #TBT to (we think) Belfast 1995, and a rare clip of Ian performing ‘Upminster Kid’ with Blockhead Mick Gallagher on Hammond organ. They’re accompanied by Rod McVey (piano), Johnny Scott (guitar), Brendan McGarrity (drums), Michael McGinty (bass), Liam Bradley (percussion/vocals) and Michael Buckley (saxophone). The footage and music credits are from the @oldflat YouTube channel.Does anyone know the TV show?"
With the incorporation of more Jimi Hendrix songs into his set, Stevie Ray Vaughan decided to tune his guitar down a half step all of the time, just as Hendrix had done. Detuning the instrument facilitated the move to even heavier string gauges, all the way to .013s, several steps thicker than the norm. Detuning serves to decrease the tension and make the heavy strings easier to bend while yielding a better tone and a meatier sound. Playing them required enormous hand and arm strength and a level of sacrifice in terms of ripping up his fingertips that few would be willing to embrace.
Doyle Bramhall II: He paid a price for being as committed as he was to the kind of string bending he was known for. He had a “callus kit” to make new calluses on the spot: a wallet with compartments for nail files, manicure scissors, super glue, and baking soda. He often had massive holes, like a quarter-inch deep, in his fingertips. Before shows, he would fill the holes with baking soda and put super glue over it and stick it to the other palm of his hand let it dry and rip a new piece of skin off to form the new callus. Then he’d file it down smooth so it wouldn’t catch on the strings. He was very ingenious and inventive.
John Martyn was born as Iain McGeachy in New Malden, Surrey on this day in 1948. ROUTE
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