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Going Up the Country Inspired By 1928 Blues Tune

Thursday, 6 July 2023, 23:59 BFH Uncategorized 21

Henry Thomas – Going Up The Country (1928)

21 Comments on Going Up the Country Inspired By 1928 Blues Tune

  1. Wow, Canned Heat. This is awesome. I got a bud at the gym that I just found out the hard way was a BIG TIME Lib. Things got a little heated during his “Outing”. He says to me, in interest of preserving our friendship we should probably stop talking politics. I said to him, why don’t we keep talking politics and remain friends and realize we have two different points of view.
    Here’s what we both agreed upon. we grew up at the best time ever, with the most freedom, the most opportunity and by far and away the very best music.

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  5. Canned Heat has been said to have taken the wind out of John Hooker’s sails. Although they had added wind they had taken the heat.

    Take it as thou must.

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  7. Man, these old black guys from that era had it going on. They were the inspiration for so many great covers. One of them is Beaumont, Texas resident Blind Willie Johnson. He wrote ‘Motherless Children’ that was covered by Eric Clapton. He is buried in the neighborhood where I grew up. Check him out on Youtube.

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  8. You’re right Hambone! Those old black guys could play the blues. It would be interesting to see a study of just how influential those guys were to what we consider current music. But then is Canned heat current? Hell, I bet they go back 50 years. A lot of us are getting old.

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  9. I listen to that Henry Thomas cut frequently. There was a LOT of fife and drum music back in those days. I’ve got a couple CDs in which it’s incorporated into blues songs. This is my favorite. It’s unfortunate that Lomax didn’t record more of it. It was going strong through the era they were in the field.

    It must be an acquired taste is what I have concluded. I have had a lot of friends come by and we would drink beer and listen until early in the morning hours. In so many instances I would put “roots music” on only to find them less than enthused, then show back up and request to hear something again. Then take a trip through a half dozen or more CDs. My big “problem” was that more often than not they didn’t remember where it came from or who the artist is. I’ve only got something north of 2,500 CDs in the basement.

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  12. Extra information.
    All music since 1922 is copyrighted. That’s how long the music industry has been corrupted.
    If someone owns the right to his music, they could get a portion of the proceeds.

  13. @ Cmn¢¢guy AT 10:20

    British law is much more lenient and that lead to work done by Bear Family and other being ripped off. The end result is that limits how much is available

    It’s a two way street. I paid a lot for Bear Family albums and sets that shortly thereafter we’re available for
    20% of what I paid. Bear Family can not fund this kind of shit indefinitely

  15. There is a podcast called Our Fake History. The host is a bit of a pompous ass but he has an excellent two part episode on who invented rock and roll #53&54.

  18. I believe it was Muddy Waters in 1967 who was asked how he felt about the Rolling Stones ripping him off. He responded that in 1962 he reported $6500 in income and that in 1966 he reported over $100K. He said he was willing to be ripped off a few more times.

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