So this Son House “festivus for the rest of us” had the whole town invigorated. It ain’t a secret this is a blues town; our winters are cold and our women are warm. But this four day affair was something else. I went and saw John Hammond play Thursday night. I’ve always dug this cat […]
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‘Canary in a Coalmine’
Nobody — and I mean nobody — sounds lonelier than John Hammond when his voice cracks. It’s heartbreaking. Hammond played the lonesome blues a few weeks back at the High Falls Festival Site as the clouds and sun both fought for a seat along with roughly 500 souls. At one point the stripped-down sound […]
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Worth the Waits
“The blues has always been the traditional underpinning of all American pop,” says John Hammond via telephone from his Phoenix hotel room. Hammond has been playing traditional folk-blues for more than 40 years. He’s now reaching even deeper, teaming with Tom Waits, whose oddball-troubadour Americana underpins the blues. Hammond’s latest album, the Waits-produced Wicked […]
