Friday, December 10, 2010

Setting the Blues on fire


Take Son House mix him with a little Doc Watson add a little bit of Jimmie Rogers and you have Ben Prestage. Blues is on a comeback folks, not since the folk blues explosion of the 60's have we seen such a huge amount of blues musicians come out of the woodworks. Prestage came out fists flying and knocks you on your ass with his in your face down home country blues. This traditional song brings tears to my eyes and stomping to my feet. As i listen to it I can see myself at a fish fry back in the 1930's listening to John Hurt or Furry Lewis. Never in my life would I ever think that music can come out like that again and out comes todays blues musicians proving me wrong in a good way. I can listen to it all day everyday, its one of those things that can never get old. No matter if your Charley Patton or Ben Prestage. Good music like this goes down smooth like a good bottle of whiskey, but instead of hitting your lips it hits your ears and after enough your drunk on blues.

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