3.23.13: Learned my first ukulele song, I Can See The Pines Are Dancing.
My “new” ukulele, handed down from B. I’m learnin’!
Big Bill Broonzy
When Did You Leave Heaven
Low Light and Blue Smoke
From Wikipedia
Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 – August 15, 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly African-American audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in style to a more urban blues sound popular with working class African-American audiences. In the 1950s a return to his traditional folk-blues roots made him one of the leading figures of the emerging American folk music revival and an international star. His long and varied career marks him as one of the key figures in the development of blues music in the 20th century.
Broonzy copyrighted more than 300 songs during his lifetime, including both adaptations of traditional folk songs and original blues songs. As a blues composer, he was unique in that his compositions reflected the many vantage points of his rural-to-urban experiences.[1]
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I Can See the Pines are Dancing - A.A. Bondy
From Wikipedia
A. A. Bondy (born Auguste Arthur Bondy, also known as Scott Bondy) is an American folk/alternative artist from Birmingham, Alabama, and the former lead singer and guitarist in the rock band Verbena, which he founded in the early 1990s. After the band broke up in 2003, Bondy recorded his debut solo album American Hearts in a barn near his home in the Catskill mountains in Palenville, upstate New York.[1] The album, released in 2007, marked a shift in musical direction towards a more traditional and minimalist folksound,[2][3] with Bondy playing mostly acoustic guitar and harmonica. His second album When the Devil’s Loose was recorded in Mississippi, and released in September 2009. Bondy released his third album, Believers, on September 13, 2011.
americanrootsmusic is traveling to brazil today. i am so happy to have discovered the very young, talented, and stunning mallu magalhaes, the other half of marcel camelo. more videos here.
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When the lights shut off
And it’s my turn to settle down
My main concern
Promise that you will sing about me
Promise that you will sing about me
— Kendrick Lamar
