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Jack Owens & Blind Bud Spires: Can't See Blues (1978)

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Jack Owens (vocal and guitar) and Benjamin "Blind Bud" Spires (harmonica) perform "Can't See Blues," a composite blues of Owens' devising. (Not to be confused with Peetie Wheatstraw's blues of the same name.) Shot by Alan Lomax, Worth Long, and John Bishop at Jack Owens' farm near Bentonia, Mississippi, August 1978. For more videos from the American Patchwork fieldwork and information about Alan Lomax and his collections, visit: http://research.culturalequity.org. [02.01.31]

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  • i heard about these guys back in the 80s and tried to drive down south to find these guys. got as far as texas got pulled over and the trooper didnt believe my reason for driving from california and escorted me back out. Pre mapquest and GPS i tried to make my way around and got lost. Never did make it. Finally got to see Jack in Long beach. Never to forget

  • man I love this stuff...blues speak to everyone who has ever been down and feeling bad...don't matter the color of the skin,

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  • i mean jack

  • jake is gone but i live right beside bud he's like my pawpaw

  • @sirvidia Quite right, I am an American, and I can tell you it's the same way.

  • @LaurelRidgeR i'm british. we can drive where we like if it's on public roads

  • @sirvidia LOL Right???

  • @raymondsnork escorted you out of where? surely you can drive where you like. what business it is of his?

  • great post, great bluesmen!

    That is a terrific film by Lomax, worth watching it all many times.

    PLEASE IF SOMEBODY KNOWS THE LYRIC TO THIS SONG could you post them or tell me where to go?

    Tnx so much

  • Artist/Writer George Pratt made a great documentary called "See you in Hell, Blind Boy" which features excellent Owens footage.

    fh313@aol.com

  • Loved these guys a looong time.... Anyone have a clip of these two playing "Devil got religion" (or Devil Blues) From David A Stewart's "Deep Blues"?

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