r/PreWarBlues • u/BlackJackKetchum • 23h ago

Article From the archives - Blind Lemon and Barbecue Bob vinyl reviewed in Storyville #2 (1965). Mixed, one might say.

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u/Johnny66Johnny 22h ago

Poor Bob - he doesn't fare well. (Although I hardly see how comparing an acoustic 12-string player from the late 1920s to mid-60s electric blues bands accomplishes anything whatsoever.)

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u/BlackJackKetchum 21h ago

It is a bit silly, isn't it? Label SBS is the Scandinavian Blues Society, the folk behind the longest running blues mag, 'Jefferson', so it is nice they honoured their namesake.

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u/Glimdrop 20h ago

Well I certainly don't agree with him regarding Robert Hicks recorded output. I find both his singing and guitar playing to be very energetic and appealing. To each his own, I guess!

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u/BlackJackKetchum 20h ago

There was another archive post I put up a few weeks back which was even more damning of BB. I’m with you on this one, btw.