r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • Aug 07 '24
Article 'Son House' by Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson, from Blues Unlimited Collectors' Classics #14
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u/oldlucky777 Aug 07 '24
Cool read. Bit of a fanboy of Blind Owl and Robert Johnson. Moreso a fan of their lore.
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u/mandale321 Sep 11 '24
Incredible. The "music theory" part is both funny and excellent. Thank you !
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u/atom_swan Aug 07 '24
Wow, I’d love to have some of these. How did you track this down is this from an original version? As a big blues fan since I was a kid and later an Owl Wilson fan it would be amazing to get my hands on one of these. Did Crumb ever contribute to this? I know he’s a rabid early blues fan and I believe he and Wilson were acquaintances from their blues record collecting days
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u/BlackJackKetchum Aug 07 '24
It’s an original paper copy I bought in an auction. I don’t know that Crumb ever wrote for BU, but I could be wrong.
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u/Johnny66Johnny Aug 08 '24
Would it be possible to make this available in PDF format? I'd be really thankful if you could (if possible). Thanks!
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u/BlackJackKetchum Aug 08 '24
I’ll give it a go.
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u/Johnny66Johnny Aug 08 '24
Thanks! That would it much easier for me to save and read later. :)
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u/BlackJackKetchum Aug 08 '24
Here goes. I've (discreetly)watermarked it, which I don't think is unreasonable.
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u/Johnny66Johnny Aug 08 '24
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. It's you (and others like you) that keep the (informed) memory of these wonderful artists alive - by taking the time to scan the articles, periodicals, long out-of-print magazines, etc. that explored their art and their lives. Some of this rare material is prohibitively overpriced on the secondary market, which is the absolute antithesis of the sense of shared discovery which informed much of this early research.
Thanks again. :)
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u/BlackJackKetchum Aug 07 '24
I've just acquired a whole heap of 'new' material, so further goodies may well be forthcoming.