In Memory of Buddy Moss: Eugene Buddy Moss (January 16, 1914 – October 19, 1984) was, in the estimation of many blues scholars, one of two the most influential East Coast blues guitarists to record in the period between Blind Blakes final sessions in 1932 and Blind Boy Fullers debut in 1935 (the other being Josh White). A younger contemporary of Blind Willie McTell, Curley Weaver and Barbecue Bob, Moss was part of a coterie of Atlanta bluesmen, and among the few of his era who had been involved in the blues revival of the 1960s and 1970s. A guitarist of uncommon skill and dexterity with a strong voice, he began as a musical disciple of Blind Blake, and may well have served as an influence on the later Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. Although his career was halted in 1935 by a six-year jail term, and then by the Second World War, Moss lived long enough to be rediscovered in the 1960s, when he revealed his talent had persevered throughout the years. He was reputed to have been cankerous and mistrusting of others, the extent to which this is a case is subjective. (Wiki) Buddy Moss - Undertaker Blues (w/ Josh White on 2nd guitar) youtube/watch?v=izgFESZdSxc Buddy Moss - Four Songs From 1963 youtube/watch?v=3VVUkYrCzVM
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:30:18 +0000
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