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Going tomorrow and can’t wait.

Little Milton is SUPER UNDERRATED!!!

The crowned real true king of the blues always and 4 ever r.i.p. mr.b.b.king

Them Soul Stirrers, singing Feel Like My Time Aint Long!!

I have a few heroes in my life and one of them is BB King

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Fantastic!! WELL done!! GOOD on you good ladies and gentlemen!!!

I'm in my 70's and I was privileged to have seen most of the great musicians of the 60's onward. B.B. King, who I have seen four times over the decades, was one of the very few who possessed a charisma that was absolutely undeniable. Mr. King took hold of an audience like few artists of his era. I think of Aretha, Janis Joplin, even Taylor Swift. It is a quality that crosses genres and ages. Wonderful memories of a wonderful performer.

Love this man….

Headed that way this May. Love the history of the blues.

Respeito! Eu o respeito e não tenho muito o que dizer. Ótimo guitarrista!

I just learned that legendary Okeh recording artist Lonnie Johnson supervised John Hurt's 1928 recording sessions in New York City and showed him around the town.

Milton was my friend. I met him in Helena when I was 13 and he was the finest guitar man I'd ever heard .He treated me like I was somebody. I'd help the band get the equipment out of the bus and into the club. One of the best entertainer's ever. He was a great man . Rip my friend , I'll love you always .

Legend up there with Peter Green & all the others x old B.B. will be having the cold sweats lol 😰

I had the privilege of meeting Mr. King in Canada. I played with a band that was contracted to open for him on a short tour through the southern part of that nation. Mr. King would find a room where he could sign autographs and hand out souvenirs for anyone who wanted one after every show. I asked and was granted permission to sit with him one night after his show. What a complete gentleman and gracious host he was. I got blessed to spend some one-on-one time with the greatest ambassador the Blues ever had. R.I.P., my friend.

Same thing happens to historically black neighbourhoods across the US and Canada. Out in Nova Scotia the Africville community was demolished to build a park and all residents were "relocated" aka had to find themselves new homes and communities.

Always listened to his music , never knew til he passed that my white daddy was born and grew up poor in indianola , he walked a long way to school every day also.Born 1923 . Wondered if they crossed paths .He played a little old 30's blues .

c'mon people onlt 147 likes?

It’s amazing how much hate and racism these blue artists had to endure in Mississippi. However, the hypocrisy is decades later Mississippi makes millions from tourism celebrating the blues.

In VERY loving memory of Mr. Henry Columbus Speir (1895 - 1972 R.I.P. // Gone but NOT forgotten).

I have been to the grave site. It bothered me to see old bottles of alcohol resting on his tombstone. The man gave us his wonderful gift of music … not bottles of booze. And, yes, we are all sinners, but he should not be remembered for his sin but for the glory he gave the world through his music.

Yes old school enjoyed

There Are One Little Milton RIP

What a great story . Preserving history of the south. Sonny boy must have been something else

Milton Campbell was one of the great blues singers of all time. I used to go to his concerts when he came to town. Used to go see him in concert over in Indiana as well. I miss him and his generation of blues guys they're all just about gone now.

bless his heart...Little Milton was a different kind of breed...top shelf.

Fascinating. Blues music was art, business, culture but most of all it was a revelation of character.

TV, radio and movies killed minstrel and vaudeville

Is there a film of elmore playing??? I must see it, it would be crazy there wasn't one. He died early but not that early.

Fool drove from station to station in a van delivery records. Hardcore nope hippie.

Freddie king is the king too ☹️

love taking these stories to the studio.

I feel like this is pretty important video. It shows a small taste of why the minstrel shows were important as showcases for black talent that every American had access to

Great content...

What H.C. Speir is to Blues. Is what Sam Phillips is to Rock and Roll. They are both intertwined with the music. They discovered. No Blues. No Rock and Roll. Period. H.C. Speir. Needs to be in the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Alongside all of the Early Blues Singers.

My brother Lil Milton lives on in my heart and Soul Keep playing on my brother.

Legend.

Bukka them jitterbug blues. Hey now.

In my hometown of Tazewell VA, the historically Black community had the name Shake Rag. Today, it's called Carline. To commemorate the Black community history, the town recently erected a sign that says 'Shake Rag Community', which is down the street from the historic First Baptist Church (New Beginnings). We had an urban renewal project done here too. In the early 1970's, eight homes were demolished by the town so VDOT could build on/off ramps for the US 460 highway project. Tazewell today is a tiny Appalachian mountain town of just over 4,000, down from a 1980 record high population of 5,000. It has been in decline for many years. There's little to do here, just going to Walmart is a necessary road trip, few places to eat, a sub par community hospital, a dated political system that still believes in the 'good ole boy network', the powers that be insist on major business and job development go elsewhere in the county but not in town, no entertainment venues except high school sports and the 4th of July fireworks. If kids are able, they go away to college with few returning to give back to their community in the family business or teach at the high school. I left the area for many years and made Memphis TN my home. Now I'm back working as a janitor at Tazewell High, so I guess unless another door opens for me, I'll work til retirement, which is about 15 years off. It's not easy living in a place that's stuck in the past, economically challenged, distressed by depression and drug addiction, isolated by rugged mountains from the rest of civilization. It can drive you crazy unless you can find a slice of happiness in spite of it.

Little Milton you can rest easy. Christone Kingfish Ingram is here and he's carrying on for you and BB and Muddy and Howlin Wolf and the guys from Mississippi. The Blues is in good hands.

King!!!

Genio.

I could take you to the exact house in Belzoni where Lil McMurry of Trumpet Records found Sonny boy Williamson (Rice Miller). She told me she had heard he was in Belzoni and went to find him to get him to record for her label. After whatever searching went on, might have been the first shotgun shack she knocked on the front screen door of... A lady came to the door and said that Sonny Boy was in the back eating breakfast. Maybe she said that about eating, hard to remember all of it exactly but it seems more than possible. Lil McMurry ran the Dixie Antique Furniture Store on the, just on the, other side of the tracks from downtown Jackson close to Edge City the hippie hang out in the 70's. 1971 I believe it was. I went in one day, just strolling by on my way to flip throughout the used lps at Edge City and saw ALL these 78 's by Sonny Boy Williamson and other blues men. I asked her about these 78's and she asked me if I'd like to see the entire complete stock of the Trumpet record label, with a gospel subsidiary upstairs. She didn't say gospel subsidiary, I just put that in. This was a big building with an industrial lift up to the second floor. I said yes. and we went up and I almost died when I saw what was up other. Big cartons of 78's. I bought one of each including the original of Elmore James killin killin killin' 'Dust My Broom.'

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Thanks one of the first performances I saw of him on CZcams.

Really interesting stuff here. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for this. My massive Blues collection, which I sadly had to sell off, was filled with hidden gems from small, independent labels. For example, I had several CDs from a small label in rural Louisiana run in the back of a family food market. That included their small recording studio and a low-powered radio station broadcasting in French. Like I would tell listeners on my weekly Blues radio show, you can't appreciate the music unless you appreciate the culture behind it. I would also tell them Blues isn't a genre marketing label, it's a place you have to find inside. Thanks again for this. I learned something esential I never knew.

I sure wish they would have played some of the actual Trumpet recording of Sonny Boy and Willie Love in this short doc. It was some of the best and most unique sounding stuff!

Skip probably has the most unique voice in blues, at least that I've heard

Much respect