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ponedjeljak, 25.11.2013.

John Dee Holeman - John Dee Holeman & The Waifs Band

Styles: Piedmont Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Texas Blues
Label: Music Maker
Released: 2007
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 118,3 MB
Time: 51:41
Art: full

1. John Henry - 2:31
2. Country Gal - 7:22
3. Mojo Hand - 3:05
4. Give Me Back My Wig - 5:36
5. I'm A Pilgrim - 2:28
6. Comin' Home To You - 7:39
7. Dust My Broom - 4:29
8. Little Queenie - 4:24
9. I Miss You Huggin' - 6:03
10. Looking Yonder Comin' - 3:21
11. Baby Please Don't Go - 4:38


Personnel:
John Dee Holeman - Guitar, Vocals
Josh Cunningham - Guitar
Ben Franz - Bass, Guitar (Bass)
Dave MacDonald - Drums
Donna Simpson - Drums (10)
Vikki Thorn - Harp, Vocals

Notes: "All you have to do is start listening to the music the Waifs and John Dee recorded and you’ll see how special a player and singer Mr. Holeman is." -Richard Marcus, Blogcritics

"The Waifs had converged at Music Maker studios in North Carolina for a week’s rehearsal before our US tour started. Toward the end of the week Tim Duffy suggested he invite some of the Foundations artists over to make some music. John Dee Holeman turned up. He's a real gentleman, very gracious & after a quick round of introductions he picked up an old guitar and started to play like ...well like he'd been doing it all his life.
We were in awe. There are rare occasions when one sits in the presence of living legend and experiences one of the last true forms of authentic music. Tentatively we joined in. I remember being nervous about playing harmonica. I was trying to play Sonny Terry licks, to be bluesy, to feel it. You can hear that...me trying.
That’s the thing you see. All week we had been going over songs, arrangements. Arguing over this and that. Trying to create our final version. When John Dee picked up that guitar and started playing it was the most natural thing in the world. Not something you thought about, or planned, or crafted. Just something you felt, as natural and easy as taking a walk.
So here it is. That afternoon at Music Maker studios when John Dee Holeman took a walk with his guitar and the Waifs tagged along, sometimes in step, sometimes a step behind. But the closest step we'd ever taken toward the blues.
We wish to thank John Dee Holeman for the music and Tim & Denise Duffy for putting us up & bringing it together." -Vikki Thorn
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John Dee Holeman & The Waifs Band



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nedjelja, 10.11.2013.

John Dee Holeman - Bull Durham Blues

Styles: Piedmont Blues, Acoustic Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Texas Blues
Released: Jun 8, 1999
Label: Music Maker
File: mp3 @320k/s
Size: 103 MB
Art: full

1. Give Me Back My Wig (Hopkins, Taylor) - 4:12
2. Step It up and Go (Traditional) - 3:11
3. Little Country Gal (Spann) - 3:15
4. Sweet Home Chicago (Johnson) - 3:53
5. Hello Central (Hopkins) - 3:12
6. Early Morning Blues (Morganfield) - 3:06
7. Crow Jane (Traditional) - 2:26
8. Mistreated Blues (Traditional) - 4:51
9. Big Boss Man (Dixon, Smith) - 3:40
10. Stranger Blues (Traditional) - 3:16
11. Hambone (Traditional) - 2:20
12. God Loves His Children (Flatt, Scruggs) - 2:48
13. Chapel Hill Boogie (Holeman) - 2:56

Personnel:
All songs performed by
John Dee Holeman - Guitar, Vocals, Hambone
Täj Mähäl - Bass (4), Guitar (13), Piano (8), Hambone (11)

Notes: Piedmont bluesman John Dee Holeman mixes a little Texas into his North Carolina guitar approach, even covering Lightnin' Hopkins' "Give Me Back My Wig" as the first track of Bull Durham Blues, his debut album. Holeman isn't as irascible as Hopkins, with a gentle vocal approach that's closer to Mississippi John Hurt in demeanor, and his guitar playing isn't as distinctive as either Hopkins or Hurt, but he gets the job done with a good deal of charm. On songs like the easy, relaxed "Crow Jane" (a wonderful example of how to use the floating verses that are in every good bluesman's tool kit), the gentle "Little Country Gal," and the slightly paranoid "Stranger Blues," Holeman conjures up a timeless, back porch feel without getting too about it. The half-spoken, half-rapped "Hambone" is a clear highlight, with Holeman doing the hambone with a buckdancer's grace. Recorded in 1998 in Pinnacle, N.C., Bull Durham features Taj Mahal on several tracks helping out on bass, guitar, piano and the hambone, too.

Bull Durham Blues



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