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I'll Be Glad When the Sun Goes Down - Alan Lomax
Fred McDowell, vocal and guitar. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 25, 1959. From "I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field…
Continue Reading »I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down - Alan Lomax
Fred McDowell, vocal and guitar. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 25, 1959. From "I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field…
Continue Reading »I'll Meet You on the Other Shore - Various - Alan Lomax
I’ll Meet You On That Other Shore” is the third release from Global Jukebox, the independent label set up by the Alan Lomax Archives to make its vast holdings readily accessible to the music lovers via download-only releases.…
Continue Reading »I'll Play the Blues for You - Terry "Big T" Williams
Terry “Big T” Williams has dedicated his life to his music. Born in Clarksdale in 1960, he spent his early years on a plantation in Farrell, Mississippi, hearing stories about Muddy Waters attending Sunday picnics in his grandmother’s…
Continue Reading »I'm A Hog For You - Clifton Chenier
Clifton Chenier (June 25, 1925 - December 12, 1987), a Creole French-speaking native of Opelousas, Louisiana, was an eminent performer and recording artist of Zydeco, which arose from Cajun and Creole music, with R&B, jazz, and blues influences.…
Continue Reading »I'm A King Bee
Frank Marino (Francesco Antonio Marino), born November 20, 1954, in Montreal, is the guitarist and leader of Canadian hard rock band Mahogany Rush. Often compared to Jimi Hendrix, he is acknowledged as one of the best and most…
Continue Reading »I'm Goin' Back to Jiles County - Lucius Smith
89-year-old Lucius Smith (vocal and banjo) performs the minstrel tune "I'm Goin' Back to Jiles County," with accompaniment by Jessie Mae Hemphill (off-camera) on tamborine. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long at Smith's home in…
Continue Reading »I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die (1959) - Alan Lomax
Miles Pratcher, vocal and guitar; Bob Pratcher, fiddle. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 22, 1959. From "I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Until I Die," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey"…
Continue Reading »I'm Gonna Move Up To The Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue - Taj Mahal
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an internationally recognized blues musician with two Grammy Awards to date who folds various forms of world music into his offerings. A…
Continue Reading »I'm Losing You - Colin James
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to sharing the stage with arguably the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time, Colin James still remembers those words of advice given to him by the late, great, Stevie Ray Vaughan.…
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