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John Koerner

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"Spider" John Koerner, traditional American folk and country blues musician, rhythmic guitarist, song-crafter, singer, and humorist, shapes his musical style from a solid foundation of study of the old blues masters, respect for the traditional song, and a firm command of his source material.
"Alone among the young blues revivalists, Koerner had a sound that was completely idiosyncratic and personal. From the first guitar riff, there was never any doubt about who was playing.
Today the material has changed but the sound is intact...spare and funky, with lots of open spaces between oddly placed notes, all of it held together with his impeccable timing."--Blueswire
From Bob Dylan's autobiography, Chronicles, Volume One.
"With my newly learned repertoire, I then went further up the street and dropped into the Ten O'Clock Scholar, a Beat coffeehouse. I was looking for players with kindred spirits.
The first guy I met in Minneapolis like me was sitting around in there.
It was John Koerner and he also had an accoustic guitar with him. Koerner was tall and thin with a look of perpetual amusement on his face.
We hit it off right away. ... When he spoke he was soft spoken, but when he sang he became a field holler shouter.
Koerner was an exciting singer, and we began playing a lot together."
Buy the book at Bob Dylan's website, and read more of what he has to say about his early relationship with Spider John Koerner and the amazing influence that John had on him.

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Member Since: 9/10/2006
Band Website: http://www.mwt.net/~koerner/
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Sounds Like: SPIDER JOHN KOERNER DISCOGRAPHY. . .A Nod to Bob Red House Records, a tribute to Bob Dylan on his 60th birthday. 14 Red House recording artists, one track by Spider John and Dave Ray (5/8/01) Flight 653 Coldwind/Narnian, by Norwegian artist Ole Ask, one song w/John Koerner (spring 2001) Forget Your Truffles and Dance 2 songs with the Front Porch Swinging Liquor Pigs Coldwind/Narnian (2000) The Mississippi: River of Song (collection) Koerner and others Smithsonian/Folkways SFW 400086 (1999) Kerrville-The Early Years (collection) Koerner and others Kerrville ..9 CD (1998) Root Awakening (sampler) Koerner and others Red House RHR 123 (10/98) StarGeezer Koerner with Willie Murphy & and others Red House RHR 84 (5/96) House on Fire Volume, An Urban Folk Collection (sampler) Koerner and others Red House RHR 58 (8/95) Running Jumping Standing Still Koerner with Willie Murphy Red House RHR 63 (2/94) Raised By Humans Koerner with Willie Murphy & and others Red House RHR 44 (3/92) Legends of Folk Koerner with Ramblin' Jack Elliott & Utah Phillips) Red House RHR 31 (1/90) Blues With A Feeling Newport 1963-1968" (collection) Vanguard ECD2-77005 (1993) Folk Song America (collection) Smithsonian RD 046-3 1991 Still Amazing After All These Years (collection) Koerner and others ROM Records ROM 21007 (1989) Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Been Koerner with Glover & and others Red House RHR 12 (1/86) Some American Folk Songs Like They Used To Koerner w/Ray, Glover, etc. Sweet Jane SJL 1074 (10/¹74) Music Is Just a Bunch of Notes Koerner with Willie Murphy & and the Bees Sweet Jane SJL 5872 (5/72) Running Jumping Standing Still Koerner & Willie Murphy Elektra EKS 74041(12/67) The Blues Project Elektra EKL 7264 1964 Spider Blues K (with Glover) Elektra EKL-290/EKS-7290 (5/65) Folksong 1965 Elektra EKL Sampler 1965 Festival Newport Folk Festival 1965 (collection) Koerner and others Vanguard VRS 9225/VSD 79225 (1966)KOERNER, RAY & GLOVER 1. Blues, Rags and Hollers Koerner, Ray & Glover Audiophile AP-78 (6/63) 2. Blues, Rags and Hollers Koerner, Ray & Glover Elektra EKL-240 (11/63) 3. The Blues Project (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al Elektra EKL-264/EKS-7264 (3/64) 4. Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers Koerner, Ray & Glover Elektra EKL-267/EKS-7267 (6/64) 5. The Folk Box (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al Elektra EKL 9001 (1964) 6. Newport Folk Festival 1964 (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al. Vanguard VRS 9186/VSD 79186 (5/65) 7. The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover Koerner, Ray & Glover Elektra EKL-305/EKS-7305 (10/65) 8. Folksong 1965 (sampler) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al Elektra S8 (11/65) 9. Good Old Koerner, Ray & Glover (live 1963-1964) Koerner, Ray & Glover Mill City MCR 172 (1/72) 10. Bleeker & MacDougal Folk Scene of the 1960¹s (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al. Elektra 60381-1-V (1/84) 11. Crossroads White Blues In The Nineteen Sixties (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al. Elektra 60383-1-U (1/84) 12. Troubadours of the Folk Era (collection) Koerner, Ray, Glover et al Rhino R270264 (8/92) 13. Blues, Rags and Hollers Koerner, Ray & Glover Red House RHR 76 (2/95) 14. One Foot In The Groove Koerner, Ray & Glover TimKerr Records TK96CD137 (1996) 15. Lots More Blues, Rags & Hollers Koerner, Ray & Glover Red House RHR 130 (1/¹99) 16. The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover Koerner, Ray & Glover Red House RHR 131 (4/99)
Record Label: Red House Records Inc.
Type of Label: Indie

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