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Tampa Red and the birth of resonator guitars

by Paul Merry | Sep 27, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

“Interesting, keep up the good stuff.” ResonatorGuitarGuide @ResonatorGuide, October 5, 2013. “The story of National/Dobro/Rickenbacher guitars would make a great movie. Roaring 20s, Great Depression, etc.” Al (@Resoguitar), October 5,...

White imitates black, black imitates white; and today’s blues is initiated.

by Paul Merry | Sep 23, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

“Good Blues blog. I really enjoy the trivia and often obscure facts associated with this musical genre. Nice job.” Al @Resoguitar, September 25, 2013. BLUESMUSE36. Back in June, I wrote a post about Charles Matthews, the English comedian who basically...

Hoochie coochie was in the water long before Muddy emerged.

by Paul Merry | Sep 18, 2013 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

“Fascinating!!! Where do you research this stuff???” Richard Wall @writinblues, September 20, 2013. “Awesome research.” nora j mckiddie @mckiddie_j, September 21, 2013. BLUESMUSE35. Just like rock & roll, hoochie coochie was old-time...

The despair of having your musical talent go unrecognized

by Paul Merry | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized | 1 comment

“Paul, just bookmarked the page. It’s extremely informative. Great read.” Pete, The Honest Mistake Band @fsrocko, California. 13 September 2013. One of the reasons that working in the music business used to be so soul-destroying was seeing just how...