Cocaine Blues _ Luke Jordan

Luke Jordan, Cocaine Blues-

The blues of Luke Jordan "had a beautiful sweetness and a kind of wry wistfulness that made them unforgettable," according to Samuel Charters in Sweet as the Showers of Rain. Research by Bruce Bastin tells us that Luke Jordan was an important figure in and around Lynchburg, Virginia, highly regarded for his skillful, cleanly-picked guitar style. Although very few African American blues musicians from this region managed to record, Jordan was discovered by Victor Records around the age of 35. He traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina, in August 1927, to record several sides for that label. His records sold well enough that Victor decided to bring him to New York for two further sessions in November of 1929. Luckily, 10 of the 12 tracks that he recorded during his brief career are available today on Document CDs DOCD 5045 and DOCD 5574. His most memorable recordings, "Church Bells Blues," "Pick Poor Robin Clean," and "Cocaine Blues," feature not only some nice guitar work indicative of the East Coast style but also Jordan's intriguing tenor voice marked by a certain ethereal, delicate quality. Most recently, the James River Blues Society has recognized Luke Jordan as a important figure in Virginia blues by erecting a historical marker in his honor in downtown Lynchburg.

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Music

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• Luke Jordan
• Cocaine
• Blues
• Acoustic
• Guitar
• Prewar
• montage
• weird
• drugs

[3006khz]

A STANDING O for this video... Excellent job making it...

[MrPisster]

@3006khz I'm glad you enjoyed it. I see you've got some great uploads yourself!

[PennyTraition]

Quite simply, I love this song and vid.Thanks for posting. X

[MrPisster]

well, thank you penny.

[blindbonder]

I'll take a stab in the dark here, but do you have the yazoo disc, 'roots of rap'? This song and Jonah in the wilderness are 2 of my favourites from that album. I just figured out how to play a version of this song too, hope to put it up soon. Take care, Ami, Israel

[MrPisster]

Interestingly, I got the songs off different disks. I've seen the track-list on that CD though and I think it looks good. Thanks for the comment. Your version of this song is good as well.

[milascave2]

This rock breaks people.

[hd28lsv]

So well done!  Made me smile. . .thanks!

[lobizoon1]

Hey, buy "The Songster Tradition" Document CD. There you'll have Luke Jordan.

If you want it with better sound, go for "Don't let that bee sting you twice", recent Document release.

PD: I don't work for Document Records, :)

Cheers, my friend.