i am interested in early black gospel, southern burial practices, Delmore (that fuzzy lil' thing), cowboy guns, piedmont blues, black country blues, white country blues, hillbillies with a southern drawl and a hiccup in their song, candy (sweet sweet candy), drumming, vinyl, portable phonographs, shortnin' bread, the Memphis Jug Band, pie ala mode, Richard Pryor's sense of humor, things that aren't dated- (ie. ideas, clothes, craftsmanship, an old pair of broken-in cowboy boots, good fitting jeans, white t-shirt), 100% agave tequila, taking things apart, cordless drills, Leatherman pocket tools, Radio Shack, adhesives, adapters, polyrythyms, low-budget beauty, over-active imaginations, rockin' bones, seedless watermelon, perfecting the mix-tape (email me for trading), field hollers, songs about chickens, hens, roosters, rattlesnakes, crawdads, monkeys, milk cows, rats, cats, and wolfs.
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Clint Eastwood, gunslingers, Memphis Minnie, Casey Bill Weldon, Richard Pryor, Al Ferrier, Peg Leg Howell, Hank Williams (Sr), (and all the others from my top friends list I've yet to meet), John Zacherle, Pop Staples, Mac Curtis, Whitey McPherson, Jack Earls (or anyone that can sound like him), people who practice compassion on animals because they are more sensitive, wearers of cowboy boots, people who laugh at themselves and others whenever possible, washboard players, those of you with a file cabinet full of historically unknown rock-n-roll trivia in your head, and anyone that wants to give me a 1960 Plymouth Belvedere.
Memphis Minnie , Charlie Patton, Furry Lewis, Leadbelly, Macon Ed, Tampa Joe, Hasil Adkins, Skip James, Esquerita, Freddie Slack, Jimmy Ruffin, Little Willie John, Sonny Til & The Orioles, Anthology of American Folk Music, Barbecue Bob, Chester Burnett, McKinley Morganfield, Fuzztones, The Creation, Sam Cooke, Blind Willie McTell , Hank Williams Sr, Blind Boy Fuller, Jesse Fuller, The Memphis Jug Band, Banjo Joe, The Sonics, The Wailers (from tacoma), Peg Leg Howell, Washboard Sam, Papa Charlie Jackson, Pink Anderson, Gus Cannon, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Mississippi John Hurt, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, Otis Redding, Don & Dewey, King Coleman, Chuck Willis, Chuck Berry, Buster Brown, The Coasters, Big Bill Broonzy, Sleepy John Estes, Cow Cow Davenport, Walter Coleman, Blind Blake, Jack Kelly (& The South Memphis Jug Band), Son House, Mighty Clouds Of Joy, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Velvet Underground, The Rationals, The Remains, Norton Records, Back From The Grave comps, Merseybeats, Liverpool 5, Trashmen, Gene Vincent, Sandford Clark, Tommy Blake, Gene Simmons, Sonny Burgess, Buddy Holly, Don Cavalli, Hayden Thompson, Terry Dene, Jimmy Haggett, Johnny Powers, Mac Curtis, Andre Williams, Buddy Moss, Curley Weaver, Kansas Joe, Ernest Tubb, Red Foley, Webb Pierce, The Gants, The Modern Lovers, The Clash, Tarheel Slim, Mahalia Jackson, Lefty Frizzell, Bunker Hill, Sun Records, Specialty Records, Fidelity Records, Teenage Shutdown comps, Them, Zakary Thaks, The Gonn, Sir Henry and His Butlers, Richard Berry, Kid Thomas, Screamin' Jay Hawkins
early (pre-stax) Staple Singers, Ike Turner, James Brown, Rosco Gordon, Wilson Picket, Tommy Johnson, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers, Herbie Duncan, Billy Briggs, The Fendermen, Jack Baymoore, Chet Atkins, Tibby Edwards, Danny Wolfe, Johnny Bond, Andy Starr, Don Woody, Ray Smith, Wanda Jackson, Malcolm Yelvington, Little Junior's Blue Flames, Rudy Ray Moore, Screamin' Joe Neal, Tommy Tucker, Sue Records, Sam & Dave, The Stones, The Stooges, JOHNNY CARROLL, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, MC5, Can, The A-Bones, Downliners Sect, Soul Agents, Chessmen, Missing Links, The Cynics, The Lyres, The Chesterfield Kings, Rogrio Duprat & Os Mutantes, The Fall, The Gories, The Oblivians, The Mummies, Billy Childish, The Make-Up, The Cramps, Soledad Brothers, Golliwogs, The Black Eyed Snakes, Q65, Johnny Thunders (& The Heartbreakers), The New York Dolls, Gun Club, The Ramones, (early) Misfits, The Pretty Things, ? and the Mysterians, Television, Love, Chocolate Watch Band, The Eyes, The High Numbers, Robert Wilkins, Hokum Boys, Kokomo Arnold, Gene O'Quin, Dave Duddley, Johnny Horton, Curtis Gordon, Johnny Burnette Trio, Tex Ritter, Jimmy Dean, Edgar Blanchard, Jessie Hill, Blonde Bomber, Buck Griffin, Charlie Feathers, Ronnie Self, Dale Hawkins, Sonny Fisher, Mark Keif, Leon Payne, Benny Joy, Bill Boyd, Dwight Pullen, Sonny Cole, Larry Donn, Lefty Frizzell, Eddie Cochran, Glen Glenn, Ben Hewitt, Bob Luman, Joe Clay, Lou Millet, Jimmy Heap, The Haunted, The Rattles, The Barbarians, David John & The Mood, Druids of Stonhenge, G.L. Crockett, Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, Eddie Williams & The Crusaders, James 'Yank' Rachell, Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, The Spiders, Shadows Of Knight, Pebbles comps, R. Crumb and His Cheap Suit Serenaders, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Marvin Rainwater, Chan Romero, Hal Paige, Leroy Van Dyke, Hank C Burnette, Roc Larue, Moon Mullican, Lucky Wray, Al Willis, Jimmy Lloyd, Rusty York, Warren Smith, Hardrock Gunter, Larry Hensley, Cobb & Underwood, Dixie Ramblers, South Georgia Highballers, Frankie Marvin, Bill Cox, Riley Puckett, Carolina Buddies, Clarence Green, Dick Justice, Slim Smith, Clarence Ashley, The Carver Boys, Walter Davis, Gwen Foster, Carroll County Revellers, Georgia Crackers, Asa Martin & His Kentucky Hillbillies, Carolina Tar Heels, Buster & Jack, Narmour & Smith, Lowe Stokes & His North Georgians, Roanoake Jug Band, Wayne Raney, The Delmore Brothers, The Stanley Brothers, The Miller Brothers, The York Brothers, The Louvin Brothers, Crowder Brothers, Callahan Brothers, Nations Brothers, Wilburn Brothers, Skee Brothers, Polk Brothers, Willis Brothers, Stolz Brothers, Chavis Brothers, Carpenter Brothers, Terrigan Brothers, Osborne Brothers, Hodges Brothers, Lindsey Brothers, Allen Brothers, McCoy Brothers, Hicks Brothers, Wilder Brothers, Sweet Brothers, Grant Brothers, Cofer Brothers, McGhee Brothers, Williamson Brothers, The Brothers, Hall Brothers, Ray Brothers, Sparks Brothers, Franklin Brothers...you get the idea.
Mark Lee Allen!! , The Alcoholic Helltones , The Brimstones , the brokeoffs , TOUGH AND LOVELY , The Riots , The Vampires , The Flakes , The Hexxers , Mondo Topless , The Washouts , Raising Kain , The Ronelles , The Echo Session , Mr. David Viner , the Mummies , Girl Trouble , King Uszniewicz & the Uszniewicztones , Wild Billy Childish , Mather Louth , Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave , Venerable Music , Uncle Butcher , Copter , Randy Rich and the Poor Boys , Jeri and The Jeepsters , Skip Jensen , Carl and the Rhythm All Stars , Bear And The Essentials , The Orangu-Tones
Once Upon A Time In The West, Man With No Name trilogy, The Godfather trilogy, Stir Crazy, The Jerk, Charade, Rear Window, Napoleon Dynamite, Harold and Maude, Dr. Strangelove, Who's the Caboose, Wes Anderson/Owen Wilson movies, Waiting for Guffman, Yazoo documentary's, Bluesland, The Rolling Stones 25 x 5, Eat The Document, Don't Look Back, Office Space, Welcome To The Dollhouse, Cry Baby, Buffalo 66, Bringing Up Baby, North by Northwest, Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, Notorious, To Catch a Thief, Dial M For Murder, Richard Pryor - "Live on the Sunset Strip", "Live In Concert", "Live & Smokin'" etc.
i don't watch T.V. -however in the rare event that i remember to watch it, I love anything relating to true crime, and family guy always cracks my shit up, and that RENO 911 show is pretty friggen hilarious.
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Lizzie Douglas aka "Memphis Minnie" -not only did she run away from home to play banjo and guitar with the Ringling Brothers circus at the age of 13, she was one of the first artists to go electric, plugging in as early as 1942. In addition to that, she kicked Big Bill Broonzy's ass at guitar, was known for throwing the best parties in Chicago, and was married 3 different times! (might i add, during an era in which that was unheard of). " Any men fool with her she'd go right after them right away. She didn't take no foolishness off them. Guitar, pocket-knife, pistol, anything she get her hand on she'd use it; y'know Memphis Minnie used to be a hell-cat...."
Memphis Minnie - "Where Is My Good Man At?"
Memphis Minnie - "Black Rat Swing"
"Minnie began recording in 1929 with her partner, Joe McCoy, on second guitar. Minnie played the guitar parts and usually sang lead, with Joe as back-up. They recorded dozens of records over the next 5 years. Joe and Minnie married, but eventually split probably due to the fact that Minnie's superior guitar skill was complimented over Joe's by all that heard them play, leading to tension in the relationship. Minnie's last partner was Little Son Joe. They recorded her biggest hits in 1940-41 "Me & My Chauffeur" and "Black Rat Swing", on both of these Minnie plays her newly-acquired electric guitar."
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Memphis Minnie - "Bumble Bee Blues"
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Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie "When the Levee Breaks"