Cool Pic - Louie, Paul and the Duke

This picture of Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman and Duke Ellington made me smile.  I saw it @ AmericanBluesScene on Facebook

Muddy Waters and Wife Geneva

Muddy Waters and his wife Geneva in Chicago (1951) | Photographer: Art Shay ©

Thanks to my friend Kim Demsrcool Searcy for sharing this on her FaceBook page.

Sleepy John Estes

Sleepy John Estes
Originally uploaded by george mitchell1

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Sleepy John Estes

Sleepy John Estes, Brownsville, Tennessee, 1962. Taken with a Kodak Brownie camera.

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 18 Feb 10, 8.19PM PDT.

Big Joe Williams and friends

Big Joe Williams and friends
Originally uploaded by george mitchell1

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Big Joe Williams and friends

Big Joe Williams in Chicago in 1963 at Pete Welding's home studio.

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 26 Feb 10, 2.20PM PDT.

Jessie Mae Hemphill

Jessie Mae Hemphill
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Jessie Mae Hemphill

Jessie Mae Hemphill, Senatobia, Mississippi, 1967. She lived right acoss a field from another Hemphill, Rosa Lee Hill.

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 28 Feb 10, 11.26AM PDT.

Will Shade

Will Shade
Originally uploaded by george mitchell1

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Will Shade

Will Shade, also known as Son Brimmer, was the head of the great Memphis Jug Band. Here he is blowing harmonica, his main instrument, but he also blew the jug, played the one-string oil-can bass, and guitar. In the background is his wife, Jennie Mae Clayton Shade, known in her younger days as the beauty of Beale Street and a singer with the Memphis Jug Band. Photograph taken with, if I remember correctly the Sears/Roebuck version of a Kodak Brownie. Memphis, Tennessee, 1962.

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 7 Mar 10, 9.25PM PDT.

Lonzie Thomas

Lonzie Thomas
Originally uploaded by george mitchell1

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Lonzie Thomas

A great blind street musician, outside his home here. Lee County, Alabama, 1980. Hear him at Red Cross Store

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 8 Mar 10, 6.57PM PDT.

Charlie Burse

Charlie Burse
Originally uploaded by george mitchell1

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Charlie Burse

Charlie Burse of the Memphis Jug Band playig tenor guitar. Memphis, Tennessee,1962. Taken with Sears eqivalent of Kodak Brownie camera.

Uploaded by george mitchell1 on 10 Mar 10, 2.22PM PDT.

Guitar and Slide

Photo uploaded to flickr by fernandovega

Here is another one of those interesting flickr images with a blues theme.

Link to Wayne Miller's Chicago 1946-48 Photo Essay

First you should go to the post prior to this one and pause the music.

A friend from StumbleUpon sent me this link. Magnum Photos Chicago 1946-48 Photo essay by Wayne Miller.

We may differ in race, color, language, wealth, and politics. But look at what we all have in common. If I could photograph these universal truths, I thought that might help us understand.
- Wayne Miller

It is my contention that the blues if nothing else is one of those universal truths.

Traveling the Blues Highway Article

Photograph by William Albert Allard

Traveling the Blues Highway Text by Charles E. Cobb, Jr. from the NationalGeographic.com is an interesting article. It is accompanied by some awesome photos that can be seen here; Blues Highway photos.