Willie Green live at Lincolnville Festiville 2010 raw uncut

Sony PD-150 operated by Justin Mitchell following blues harpist Willie Green Willie was born a sharecropper and used to listen to blues at juke joints and picked up his first musical instrument when he took some fence wire and a post and built his own stringed instrument; called the Real Deal, he is a very giving and open person knowing no guile. His interview with J.B. host of the good morning Americana show, and the late Marty Scott both of shows on WFCF Flagler college's radio station 88.5, offer a real undisquised glimpse into his life and being. Saint Augustine is an old city, and it has seen its share of legends and masters. In such trying times, music with deep roots often calls out. There's a good reason Willie recorded with JJ grey, both have the south flowing through their veins. Willie has become close friends with literary legend Stetson Kennedy, another local hero in Saint Augustine, though some still call him a villain for standing up against the Klan. Sometimes even a glimmer of optomism for mankind's future can prove a reason for instant kinship. That both men had different ways of saying the Emperor wears no clothes it was still quickly apparent that when he met Green he had simply recognized a close friend he had so long failed to meet, they both had to battle American culture's deep racial divides in different ways.

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• live blues
• st. augustine
• lincolnville festival
• willie green
• blues project band
• blues harp

[michaeljamsmith]

Glad back in the day we never gave Willie a wireless mic. We would have never seen him again!