#HellHound On My Trail #RobertJohnson

Artwork:

"At The Crossroads With A Hellhound On His Trail..."

By Bro. Ron aka r2c2h2 tha artivist (1999) (14" x 17") (ink pen and marker)

#HellHound On My Trail #RobertJohnson

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I got to keep movin', I got to keep movin'

Blues fallin' down like hell, blues fallin' down like hell

Blues fallin' down like hell, blues fallin' down like hell

And the day keeps on remindin' me, there's a hellhound on my trail

Hellhound on my trail, hellhound on my trail

If today was Christmas eve, if today was Christmas eve

And tomorrow was Christmas day

If today was Christmas eve and tomorrow was Christmas day

All wouldn't we have a time baby

All I would need is my little sweet rider

Just to pass the time away, ohh to pass the time away

You sprinkled hot foot powder, mmm, around my door

All around my door

You sprinkled hot foot powder, all around your daddy's door

It keeps me with ramblin' mind rider

Every old place I go, every old place I go

I can tell the wind is risin', the leaves tremblin' on the tree

Tremblin' on the tree

I can tell the wind is risin', leaves tremblin' on the tree

All I need is my little sweet woman

And to keep my company, hey, hey, hey, hey, my company

Artwork:

"At The Crossroads With A Hellhound On His Trail..."

By Bro. Ron aka r2c2h2 tha artivist (1999) (14" x 17") (ink pen and marker)

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Happy Life Affirmation Day Blues Immortal Bro. Robert Johnson!!! (May 8, 1911-August 16, 1938)

Happy Life Affirmation Day Blues Immortal Bro. Robert Johnson!!!

(May 8, 1911-August 16, 1938)

Picture: "All My Love In Vain" Or "Ramblin Man Blues"

By Bro Ron aka r2c2h2 tha artivist (30" x 40," Mixed Media) (1999)

Today Is Blues Great Robert Johnson's Life Affirmation Day...They say Robert Johnson made a deal with the Devil himself @The Crossroads to BEcome so great at singing and playing the blues, they say he denounced GOD for allowing his young wife, Virginia Travis, and their baby to both die during childbirth when he was 20...They say he wrote a letter at the end of his life after 27 years of living to repent..I say that he is a timeless music genius who will continue to inspire both fear, awe and admiration in everyone who hears his hauntingly immortal music for years to come...With just only 29 songs in his discography from 27 years of living he changed the course of 20th Century music...

I have a quick Robert Johnson story that goes along with my pic at his grave...I have a friend,Sis, Margaret Block, who is a great tour guide and civil rights activist legend, take me outside Greenwood,MS, to Little Zion Church to visit his grave...It was a hot and humid spring day in March 2012...Now according to legend they allegedly do not know where Robert Johnson is buried, with two places BEing listed as his final resting place...It took us a few minutes to find his gravestone among all the others...However the first grave stone we found of was a sister, Rose Eskridge, who actually witnessed him BEing buried at Little Zion back in August 1938...She passed away I BElieve around 2006...Somehow we looked diagonally across from her grave about 50 feet away was Robert Johnson's grave under a mighty pecan tree!!! Yes I knew right away that he was buried there...WHY??? BEcause as soon as we found his grave the hot humid air transformed into a windy chilly breeze and a flock of birds flew out of nowhere providing a vampish chorus...I pulled out my trumpet and started to play the melody of Robert Johnson's timeless classic "All My Love In Vain Blues" and it was so haunting, elegant and pure that it felt like I was possessed with some type of Spirit or Knowing...Although I had my video camera on hand to record I found out later to my dismay that it did not record...I sometimes every now and then ask myself the following: Did I forget to record or was I not 'allowed' to record???

Here is a sample of one of his brilliant works, "All My Love In Vain" which seems to be a running theme in my life lately...However, My Love For The Genius & Music Of Robert Johnson Will Never BE!!! Cheers!!! One Love!!!

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: "Talking Jazz With Charles Lloyd: Sage Wisdom From A Prodigal Son Of The Memphis Sound"~4/13/2012

 

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: "Talking Jazz With Charles Lloyd: Sage Wisdom From A Prodigal Son Of The Memphis Sound"~4/13/2012

 Perfect Timing: Bro. Ron aka r2c2h2 tha artivist presenting 2012-2013 Jimmie Lunceford Legacy Award to Jazz Master & Memphis Native Bro. Charles Lloyd after lecture @ Rhodes College in Memphis, Tn...The Rhodes jazz concert on Thursday 3-12-2012 marked Lloyd's first time back to perform in Memphis since perfoming in Julian Cannonball Adderly's band back in 1964~4-13-2012

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 http://youtu.be/VGBsY2nsUpw

Jesus said to them,
"A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his
own relatives, and in his own house."~Mark 6:4
 

Charles Lloyd was born March 15, 1938, in Memphis, Tennessee. From an early age, he was immersed in that city's rich musical life and was exposed to jazz. He began playing the saxophone at the age of 9. Pianist Phineas Newborn became his mentor, and took him to Irvin Reason for lessons. Lloyd worked in Phineas Sr’s band, and from the age of 12 worked as sideman in the blues bands of B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Johnnie Ace, Bobbie “Blue” Bland, and others. His closest friend in high-school was trumpeter, Booker Little.

Charles Lloyd’s classic album, Forest Flower, was one of the first jazz albums to sell a million copies…He was the first jazz musician to play the Soviet Union at that time privately funded and he was the first jazz artist to play the legendary Fillmore West auditorium in San Francisco being featured alongside such luminaries as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Doors, & The Grateful Dead…
 

In spite of all these amazing achievements and so much more, the last time Lloyd played in his hometown was in 1964 as a sideman with the legendary jazz alto saxophonist Julian Cannonball Adderly…Hard to believe it has taken nearly 50 years for him to come back but in spite of the numerous festivals and other events that take place annually in Memphis no one did invite him to perform until Dr. John Bass, the director of the Mike Curb Institute at Rhodes College, had the courage to do so. 

  And it definitely was a true homecoming fit for music royalty…First Lloyd on Wednesday (4/11/2012) was honored with his own brass note (equivalent to a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame) on a legendary street he helped to make famous: Beale Street…On Thursday he played at a sold out performance featuring his critically acclaimed quartet, the New Quartet @ Rhodes College…The emotional response and applause was so great that after the two hour tour de force Lloyd and his group came back out to play an encore performance…You can tell the whole
experience was very cathartic for him and gave him true peace of mind after nearly 50 years…

And to top it off he held a music workshop and presentation where he spoke very candidly as
well as with a sense of comedic timing reminiscent of a Richard Pryor in his prime 
about his early days in Memphis, his special relationships with fellow Memphians and jazz
deities as he called them pianist Phineas Newborn and trumpeter Booker Little as well
as about the explosive and competitive jazz scene in the 50s and 60s…He also offered
some invaluable gems of wisdom as it relates to life in general but seen through the prism of
a very brilliant artist and ageless ‘hue-man’ spirit who is approaching the winter of his life
with true courage, wit and conviction…The following film is from  his music workshop
lecture Friday (4/13/2012) @ Rhodes College…

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Soul Great Otis Clay's Moving Tribute To Bobby Blue Bland 6/27/2013

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV:  Soul Great Otis Clay's Moving Tribute To Bobby Blue Bland~6/27/2013

Members Only: Bro. Ron aka R2C2H2 Tha Artivist With The Late Great Bobby Blue Bland (3/2012) & Living Soul Legend Otis Clay (6/27/2013)

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Blues Great Bobby Rush King Of The Chitlin Circuit: Sue's Boyfriend Uncensored & Uncut~11/13/2011 & 11/14/2011

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Blues Great Bobby Rush King Of The Chitlin Circuit: Sue's Boyfriend Uncensored & Uncut~11/13/2011 & 11/14/2011

The Meeting Of 2 Rambling Blues Men: Bro. Ron aka R2C2H2 Tha Artivist & Bro. Bobby Rush~11/10/2011

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Tha Artivist Writes:
Bobby Rush is a true American Master and National Treasure...He is one of the Blues' greatest artists and ambassadors...In this exclusive and insightful 2-part interview with W.E. A.L.L. B.E., the living legend gives us candid insight into his seminal career, homespun folksy wisdom and thoughts about the contemporary music scene including Hip Hop/rap...Learn about how the infamous Capone Mob helped launch his storied career, how he became the only artist to secure his master recordings from the fabled Chess Records (Cadillac Records), how he survived a showdown with legendary Memphis kingpin and music impresario Sunbeam Mitchell and how Sam Walton,the founder and visionary behind Wal-mart, helped fixed his car when he was stranded on an Arkansas Highway...He also reveals the true meaning and history of the Chitlin' Circuit and the blues...This show is an instant classic and must listen!!!

About Bobby Rush

At a time when most of his contemporaries are resting on their laurels, Bobby Rush—a 50-year veteran of the stage—remains one of the most exciting and creative artists in the R&B/blues arena. Rush’s live shows are without parallel, replete with costume changes and comedic sketches acted out with the assistance of his lovely female dancers. In addressing a broad range of matters of the heart, Rush adopts various onstage persona-the adoring lover, the cuckold, the boastful stud-delivering all with a knowing wink that assures the audience that he’s in on the joke.

In the context of today’s all too predictable and sanitized blues market, it’s easy to understand why audiences new to Rush’s performances often find them novel or even bewildering. Unique they are, but Rush’s signifying, jesting, and double entendré jiving are at the heart of the blues, as exemplified by forbears such as Bessie Smith, Louis Jordan, and Howlin’ Wolf.

Bobby Rush—it’s pronounced as one three-syllable name—calls his music “folk funk,” an apt description for a blend that’s both decidedly modern and deeply rooted in tradition. Over the decades he has consistently updated his music by incorporating new styles-- Chicago blues, soul, funk, reggae, and hip-hop—into a fresh mix. At the same time, his original compositions often stem from his dipping into the well of folk wisdom, as exemplified by songs like “What’s Good For the Goose is Good for the Gander Too.”

The son of a preacher man, Bobby Rush was born Emmet Ellis, Jr.,in the north Louisiana town of Haynesville; he later adopted his stage name out of respect for his father. He built his first instrument, a primitive guitar or “diddley bow,” and by his early teens he was donning a fake mustache and appearing at Deep South juke joints. In the mid-’50s he moved to Chicago, where his bands included Freddie King, Earl Hooker, and Luther Allison, and on jaunts back to his family home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, he performed with artists including Elmore James.

Rush began working as a bandleader already as a teenager once he realized that he could control his own destiny if he owned all the equipment. His entrepreneurial flair is legendary among fellow musicians, who fondly recall his earning double pay by working in disguise as the emcee on his own gigs, and his shuffling between three gigs a night at West Side nightclubs.

Rush’s popularity as a live performer in Chicago set back the development of his recording career, but he began to achieve national acclaim in 1971 following the success of his hit “Chicken Heads” on Galaxy Records. Over the next decade he recorded for labels including Jewel, Philadelphia International, Warner Brothers, and toured widely on the “chitlin circuit,” the decades old network of clubs that stretches in a rough triangle between east Texas, north Florida, and Chicago.

In the early ‘80s Rush moved to his current home of Jackson, Mississippi, where he recorded a series of albums for the LeJam, Ichiban, and Malaco labels, and gained the title of “king of the chitlin circuit” in the wake of hits including “Sue,” “Wearin’ It Out,” “Ain’t Studdin’ You,” and “Hoochie Man.”

In 2003 Rush fulfilled his longtime dream of forming his own label, Deep Rush, recording the CD “Undercover Lover” and capturing the magic of his live show on DVD at the club Ground Zero in Clarksdale, Mississippi. The same year his showmanship was featured in Richard Pearce’s documentary film “The Road To Memphis,” part of Martin Scorsese’s film series “The Blues.”

Rush has also demonstrated his deep blues roots in the last several years through several special recording projects on Deep Rush On 2004’s “Folk Funk” he revisited the funk era on a live studio outing with guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart, and on his most recent CD “Raw” he strips his sound down to the basics, appearing only with his guitar and harmonica. Although he still maintains a busy schedule with his band, these sessions have inspired him to make occasional solo performances, which have been wonderfully received.

In the last decade Rush has gained new audiences through performances at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and on festival stages in Europe and Japan. But catch him on an average weekend and he’s just as likely to be playing to packed houses in chitlin circuit clubs in places like Nesbit, Mississippi, and Smackover, Arkansas, before mostly black, working class audiences that conventional blues wisdom suggests no longer exist.

Success in the music business often entails leaving behind the people who sustained you during your early years, but that’s not a price Bobby Rush is willing to pay. As his career takes off in new directions, he’s determined to keep it real, presenting the same unadulterated show as he moves from Tokyo to Smackover. Or as he explains in what has become somewhat a mantra of late, “I want to cross over, not cross out.”

--Scott Barretta

website:

http://www.bobbyrush.net

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W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV: Deborah Manning-Thomas' Moving Tribute To Bobby Blue Bland~6-27-2013

W.E. A.L.L. B.E. TV:  Deborah Manning-Thomas' Moving Tribute To Bobby Blue Bland~6-27-2013

Members Only: Bro. Ron aka R2C2H2 Tha Artivist & Bro. Bobby Blue Bland~3/2012

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And The Best Is Yet To Come!!!

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Support The W.E. A.L.L. B.E. Movement!!!

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