by Bman | May 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Benjamin "Blind Bud" Spires, (born May 20, 1931) vocal and harmonica, performs "Easy Ridin' Buggy" in Alan Lomax's van. Shot by Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in Bentonia, Mississippi, August 12, 1978. Mostly seen with Jack Owens, Owens groomed Bud Spires as his...
by Bman | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bud played with Jack Owens for thirty years (from 1967-97). He knew Skip James who he faintly remembered from childhood.His father, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Spires played with Lightning Hopkins in the early 1940’s and then gone to Chicago in 1943. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page...
by Bman | Apr 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Another great contemporary blues team that I discovered on the documentary done by Robert Palmer (Deep Blues). These guys are absolutely the real deal. They learned the blues well. The legacy of Robert Johnson and his original style was truly carried out here. Get...
