The first real blues record I ever heard was an album by Sleepy John Estes and it was actually quite terrifying. I had never heard anything remotely like it in my little schoolboy life.
Not only did it sound scarily grown up, but it opened a window into another, darker, more real world.
And it wasn't just that voice and that guitar. There was also the blues harmonica playing of Hammie Nixon. Altogether, this new (to me) sound was almost too much to take.
"Everybody ought to make a change some time," sang Sleepy John. And that's about all any of us needs to remember...
Not only did it sound scarily grown up, but it opened a window into another, darker, more real world.
And it wasn't just that voice and that guitar. There was also the blues harmonica playing of Hammie Nixon. Altogether, this new (to me) sound was almost too much to take.
"Everybody ought to make a change some time," sang Sleepy John. And that's about all any of us needs to remember...
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