Thanks for the blog, John!--here's some info re BLUES

Here's some info I emailed to all of you:

Allen Lowe invites any of you to write him with questions (you might want to check out
AllenLowe.com first to get ideas of what to ask):
allenlowe5@gmail.com

AND below is more info from Elijah--also you can see him performing blues
etc on youtube.
Lewis

Below is more info from Elijah--also you can see him performing blues
etc on youtube.
Lewis

Below is more info from Elijah--also you can see him performing blues
etc on youtube.
Lewis

Dear Lewis,
I very much enjoyed talking with you and your grad students, and have
a couple of quick notes to pass on to your students:

--The chapter I recommended on the roots of African American as
opposed to Afro-Latin rhythms was from Ned Sublette: Cuba and Its
Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. It's an amazing book for
many reasons, and that chapter is the best short summation I have
found of the influence of slave importation patterns on the music of
the Americas.

--When the student asked about slide guitar, I mentioned banjo, and he
asked if there was any slide banjo, I had a momentary lapse. Yes, Gus
Cannon recorded a slide banjo blues (or pre-blues), "Poor Boy, Long
Ways From Home," in 1927. But in general, no, in a large part because
slide guitar depends on the instrument's sustain and banjos have
notoriously fast sound decay.

All the best,
elijah
Elijahwald.com