My interview with that infamous drinker of aquariums is up at Pop and Hiss now. We talk the blues, the stubborn persistence of Southern regionalism, and juke joint drinking etiquette. I’ll be at the reading tonight. If you don’t know what I look like, I’ll be the guy in need of a haircut, drinking 60 ounces of beer out of a paper cup. If I pass out, be so kind as to offer me a cup of coffee, a cigarette, and a number for a cab company.
In honor of the festivities, today is officially, Obscure Sight-Impaired Southern Blues Day here at Passion of the Weiss.
LA Times-Justin “Aquarium Drunkard” Visits ‘The Blues,’ and Lives to Write About It
Download:
MP3: Blind Joe Taggart-”The Storm is Passing Over”
MP3: Blind Mamie Forehand-”Wouldn’t Mind Dying”
MP3: Blind Willie Johnson-”Dark was the Night”
1 comment
kinghorror says:
May 29, 2009 at 4:49 am (UTC -7)
Hello Mr Weiss
Very pleased to hear the Blind Mammie Forehand tune, just really great. I have this on an LP (also featuring smokey hogg) somewhere the the darker reaches of my dad’s loft. One of these days I’ll get our house finished, buy somewhere else (with a record room) and just listen one of these days one of these days……………..
Keep up the good work!