Five Easy Masterpieces: An introduction to American primitivism
Transformative brilliance.
Blues
Did Blind Lemon Jefferson really die waiting for a chauffeur that never showed up?
“…they say he froze to death.”
The 1957 song The Rolling Stones always regretted covering: “What’s the point”
“Unbelievably stupid…”
The first meeting of Bob Dylan and his greatest guitarist, Mike Bloomfield
“I was just charmed by the man”.
Stevie Ray Vaughan thought the world needed to hear two “forgotten” soul artists
Vaughan’s tastes went well beyond straight blues.
