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Jewell "Babe" Stovall
Jewell “Babe” Stovall was a unique Mississippi Bluesman, his finger picking style combined by his use of the National Steel Guitar, gave him an original and distinctive tone.
Stovall was born in Tylertown, Mississippi and began playing around with the guitar at an early age. His guitar technique was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whom he met in Mississippi during the 1930s Depression era. He started with the usual playing at local parties and social functions, before moving to Louisiana sometime in the ‘30’s. He traveled between there and his hometown for quite a spell doing a series of odd jobs yet kept playing, winding up in New Orleans in the 1960’s.
Though there were some sessions done in the late ‘50’s, Stovall’s first recognition came for Verve in 1964, released as “Babe Stovall.” He was back in the studio in ’66 and ’68 which are now out as “The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs,” released on Arcola in 2003.
Stovall was an excellent and adaptable blues guitarist who could move from Delta blues to folk to gospel. With his original and dramatic picking, he was fortunate to enjoy the Blues Revival, being active on the folk and blues college circuit, and played regularly at the Dream Castle Bar in New Orleans, where he died in 1974.
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Ochion Jewell - First Suite for Quartet (Mythology Records 2011) ****
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Free Jazz by Stef Gijssels
By Joe Higham Ochion Jewell's CD titled First Suite For Quartet released on David Binney's Mythology label, seems already one step ahead of your 'average' first CD release that I often get to hear. With such a grandiose title I was curious to see if a through composed piece of 48 minutes could hold my attention, and especially for a first album! Many first albums often attempt negotiating tricky chord progressions combined with displays of multiple time signatures and out ...
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Laura Mae Gross, 'Mama' Nurtured the Blues at Babe's and Ricky's Inn in L.A. Dies
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Michael Ricci
In Laura Mae Gross' club, bluesman Ray Bailey said, “it didn't matter if you were a total amateur or a seasoned professional. Everybody gave you the same respect."
Laura Mae Gross, a strong-willed Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene, died Saturday of heart failure, according to relatives. She was 89.
Gross, also known as “Mama," opened Babe's and Ricky's Inn on Central Avenue in 1964 ...
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Town in India Rocks (No Use to Wonder Why, Babe)
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Michael Ricci
Worshipers sway to gospel music.Phu Baba, an Indian musician with a liking for Pink Floyd, rocks at the Roots Festival in Shillong.The rocker Lou Majaw salutes Bob Dylan's birthday.
SHILLONG, India -- Lou Majaw wore his signature skin-tight, cutoff short-shorts. His long gray hair hung like dirty threads around his face. Eyes closed in prayer, a guitar cupped in arms, he strummed the chords to “Blowin' in the Wind." Fans danced in Shillong, a town in northeast India known for ...
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Eilen Jewell's National Debut CD Due out on Signature Sounds on July 10
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conqueroo
Once in a great while, you put on a CD by an artist you've never heard of before and time stops. The voice is new, yet timeless. The lyrics are all original yet feel immediately familiar, lived-in, knowing. And the melodies -- expertly performed by a first-rate band -- carry the easy groove.
This is the story of Eilen (rhymes with feelin') Jewell, as she prepares to release her national debut album Letters From Sinners and Strangers on Signature Sounds ...
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