Posted by John Miller on January 24, 2003, 11:32 am, in reply to "Re: Blake question for Ari" Hi Ari,
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: Actually he did record in E, standard tuning.
: One of his last recordings, if not his
: very last, is Depression Gone From Me
: Blues, which is in E standard. There are
: also one or two from his early recordings
: including, I believe, Ashley Street Blues
: in which Blake is on guitar and Leola B.
: Wilson is the vocalist.
: Not much, but some!
After I posted the message I got out my records and started listening, and there was "Depression Gone From Me". It strikes me as barely sounding like Blake, though. Not that crisp touch you would normally associate with him and a very dull vocal. "Champagne Charlie Is My Name" from the same period sounds much better to me. I have never heard "Ashley Street Blues". Does he sound more like himself on there?
John
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: Ari,
: I was thinking about this recently, and it
: occurred to me that I have never heard a
: recording by Blind Blake in which he
: played in E, standard tuning (at least I
: couldn't remember any). I have heard
: most, but not all of his records, and am
: certain that you have heard them all. Did
: he do any tunes in E standard? If not,
: what a curious omission, sort of akin to
: Lemon never recording a tune in D, as was
: discussed with Frank's listing of Lemon
: tunes by key. Any thoughts on this?
: All Best,
: John
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