Message Board Archive: Thread Number 86

I was listening to the local public radio station on my drive home from
work Wed, the show was Fresh Air, I think, with Terri Gross, and I guess
the show lived up to its name. The commentator was interviewing a
gentleman named Allen ??? and he had just compiled a nine CD set and
written a companion book on the topic of pop music in America. In the 20
min. segment he played 4 or 5 excerpts of the music and one of his
choices was Geechie Wiley's "One Kind Favor" piece. Nice to hear such an
obscure musician considered for air play, not to mention ranking her as
significant in the realm of pop music.

Anyone familiar with the CD set and book?

Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:21:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: zeppa@earthlink.net (Frank Basile)
Subject: More: Re: Geechie Wiley on NPR
Message Number: 86.1

I missed the Fresh Air segment but luckily, all Fresh Air installments
are archived in RealAudio format at:
http://whyy.org/freshair/fara.html
the archives are searchable by date and topic, although it seems to take
them 1 to 2 weeks to post the file. I read in another forum that Polk
Miller and the Old South Quartette were also played during the segment.
Crazy!
While you're there, check out the archive for April 28, 1998; the
segment on Dock Boggs in particular. He's a decidedly bluesy banjo
player from the 20s. Just friggin' incredible!
AND while we're on a subject that seems to cross the line separating
pre-war blues and old-time music, I'll just mention a CD I just took
delivery of: Old Time Mountain Guitar 1926-1931 on the County label. I'm
speechless... it's kinda like being in hillbilly guitar heaven. There's
plenty of stuff on here to pique the interest of serious blues geeks
while at the same time exploring the no-man's land (every-man's land?)
separating white and black music of the period. The sound is great, the
tunes are a dream, the liner is attractive (I've really gotten used to
the Document minimalist approach) and the liner notes are interesting
(go figure...). Well worth the $16.00 it took to get it!
Between this and the Sylvester Weaver vol. I on Document I just got, I'm
in a listener's wonderland...
Frank Basile