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Podcast Track 11 in Podcast 174
is 'Endless Sleep' from 1958
by Jody Reynolds.
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Endless Sleep

Den Stora Vilan 'Ain't It Sad' from their self titled 2011 album.

Jack Rose 'Song For the Owl' from the album 'The Black Dirt Sessions'.

"No Ship Coming In" from the 2011 album "The Future Will Destroy You" by Viva Voce ...here is some 'Indie Psyche Rock' to engage in!

Peter Gelling Echoes

Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues

Roscoe Holcomb, Leadbelly, Charlie Louvin, The Greatful Dead, Earl Scruggs, Dave Von Ronk, The Carter Sisters, Bow Thayler, Hugo Race, The Osbourne Brothers, Erin Bode and The Oak Ridge Boys.
"Ïn Th Pines"

Charlie Patton
"Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues"

Sweet Baby James & Rob Eyers
"Come over here"

The mysterious Kid Bailey
"Rowdy Blues"

Born in Byram, Mississippi in January 1901, Ishmon Bracey was one of the foremost figures of the early Delta scene.

Henry (Ragtime Texas) Thomas began his musical career as an itinerant songster (minstrel), and recorded twenty-three songs from 1927 to 1929.

The Beale Street Sheiks (Stokes & Sane) 1927 -1929

Willie Brown was an American delta blues guitarist and singer. He played with such notables as Charley Patton, Son House, and Robert Johnson.

"My Sister's Shoes"
View video clip of title song from latest album by Kate Meehan, Skip Landy and Peter Gelling.

JD presents CC Rider

CC Rider

John Butler Trio

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The Velvedenes "Carpet Bomb"

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From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled the globe.

On February 24, 2008, a filming crew from Good Morning America was in the Delta. The result was a testament to one of the last remaining "jook joints" - Po Monkey's in Merigold, MS. View the clip. Featured in the clip is Mr. Willie Seaberry, the proprietor of Po Monkey's, and the band is T-Model Ford on guitar, Terry "Harmonica" Bean on harp, and Lee "Pocket Knife" Williams on drums.

In 2001, blues singer John Hobson started The World Famous Grace Emily Blues Jam. Click link above to view. (John passed away suddenly in 2005.)

View the videos that "SA Roots and Blues" has posted on YOUTUBE. Some have been dragged out of the archives and while they may not the best quality they do give you a glimpse of some of the highlights in SA Blues over the last 10 years!