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Clyde Maxwell

Clyde "Judas" Maxwell was filmed at Maxwell's farm in Madison County, Mississippi, September 3, 1978. He also performed at the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival in 1979 at Oxford, Mississippi. In 1980 Axel Küstner photographed him in Camden in 1980. In 1981 Michael Hortig recorded him but only one song was issued. Maxwell passed in 1982. (from Big Road Blues Show 7/1/18: Highway 61 - Field Recordings; End of an Era Pt. 1)

Monica Dupont

Legendary Blues singer/guitar player/songwriter, MONICA DUPONT is back after a 25 year absence from music, at the age of 61, with a CD of diverse and thoroughly modern Blues called LIFE GOES ON. Her exceptional, original songs showcase her powerful,unique vocal style and the production and musicianship by Gary Novak is brilliant. SHORT ADDITION after the fact Monica’s first Television appearance was on KQED San Francisco, at the age of 8. At the age of 13, she won a local talent contest and appeared on Lucille Lando’s Teen Time, on KSAY radio, where she performed and was interviewed. When she was 14, she recorded her first record titled Oh and recorded periodically throughout her teens for Robert N. Lane Jr. plus appearing on Bill Gordon’s Luau and then on AM San Francisco-both on ABC TV Channel 7. Then she started a full blown career ~ here’s some of the story……. WHO/WHAT/WHERE From the day, at age 17, when she walked into the personnel office of I. Magnin’s, (to g

Demons & Angels: The Music Of Rev. Gary Davis (The Ultimate Collection) by Reverend Gary Davis

Label: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop / Shanachie Records. Release Date: November 15, 2019 / March 12, 2001 (Shanachie). Release Info: Compilation (SGG15789) / (Shanachie–6117). Recording Time: 211 minutes. Recording Date: 1958 - 1966. Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Gospel Blues. (3-CD) Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop presents a definitive portrait of the hugely influential folk blues icon Rev. Gary Davis in a comprehensive three-CD set titled Demons & Angel. Compiled by disciple and historian Stefan Grossman (who calls Davis 'the Stravinsky of the acoustic guitar'), this sprawling set showcases the full stylistic range of Davis' music, encompassing blues, gospel, ragtime, minstrel songs and other bits of Americana. The recordings were culled from over 100 hours of studio, concert and home recordings. The definitive collection from one of the true giants in early blues and gospel, Reverend Gary Davis, a man positively worshipped by latter-day folkie