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Blind Blake, Charlie Spand – “Hastings Street” mp3
When the legendary Blind Blake and Charlie Spand teamed up for this exquisite recording in the 1920s, they could scarcely have guessed that their contribution would be enjoyed for almost 80 years, and how would you explain their song being ripped to mp3 and played through and I-Pod. Here is one helluva track for your enjoyment, from two masters of ragtime and blues whose influence continues to grow in the new millennium.
Here’s a fun song from one of the greatest songwriters ever, Mr. Irving Berlin.
Nice clean mp3, considering it was ripped from a 78 RPM vinyl record recorded in 1914!
This is one classic bit of true blue blues you can use. Just a great lyric that hits home no matter where you roam. Memphis Slim delivering the real.
Man, this is some roadhouse bustin’ piana ticklin’ fiddle faddlin’ saloon gristle. Every riff in this nugget has been been refried, and served up a zillion times. But imagine, as you listen, how it sounded when this was first made. Cliches only become cliches after people repeat them over and again. This would have blown the roof off any public watering hole, for sure, in its day, and that’s why it sounds so darn familiar in these modern times.
