Hello, ...I did a web search on One String Sam and found that after one single recorded in the '50's, he didn't turn up again until the '73 Motor City Revue, where he was part of a roster that included the Count Basie Orchestra and Sun Ra. So I'm guessing that the CD that Remco has mentioned is by One String Eddie. Sam played a homemade instrument, a wooden plank and bailing wire, using a baby food jar as a slide. The song on the old Arhoolie comp was "I Need $100". It's in print on a couple of CD comps, one on the UK Document label called "Rural Blues" (which is funny, because the Arhoolie series that had O S Sam on "Detroit Blues" was called "urban"). I remain... Joseph NP: Keiji Haino- "A Challenge To Fate" CD NR: William H. Gass- "The Tunnel" -----Original Message----- From: Remco Takken [mailto:r.takken@planet.nl] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:35 AM To: josephneff; Andrew; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: overdue CD reissues
I'd like to see Arhoolie records put their old geographical urban
blues
V/A series on CD, particularly the "Detroit Blues" w/ the mindbending One String Sam on it. There is a cd (with a forword by Captain Beefheart) of either One String Sam, or One String Eddie. The original side two of the 1964 LP is there as well: some unknown blues harmonica player who also sings when he is not blowing. I know I *HAVE* this cd, but it is in a friend's home for two years now. I don't even remember anymore which one of the 'one string geniuses' it is, but it is a mindboggling record, and it is on cd. Regards, Remco