When listening to the young Alvin Youngblood Hart, the word authenticity comes to mind. In this offering of "Gallows Pole" (or "Gallis Pole", as Leadbelly recorded it), he gives voice to the condem...
When listening to the young Alvin Youngblood Hart, the word authenticity comes to mind. In this offering of "Gallows Pole" (or "Gallis Pole", as Leadbelly recorded it), he gives voice to the condemned. His lament seems to absorb its misery from centuries-old celtic oppression and funnel it through the African-American experience on this continent. Even now the gallows are with us--as the thousands who viewed Saddam's end right here on YouTube can attest. From FTN#34 in 1995.
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I discovered Hart in 1996 and he took my breath away. It was only recently that I've remembered how much I enjoyed his music and it gladdens my heart to see others celebrating him.
I think its great that in addition to Alvin Hart we have; Corey Harris, Otis Taylor, Eric Bibb, Keb Mo` and Guy Davis and the great Blues Tradition is carrying on. Otis Taylor has a great cd "Reclaiming the Banjo" How many folks white or black know the banjo is an African American instrument in fact the only instrument invented in the United States!
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