Mysterious Coon Song from 1928

The album is called "Black Blues in the Segregation Era". It's put out by Document Records. Amazon.com has an MP3 that you can purchase of a song on this album called the "Mysterious Coon" .

My band, The Hokum Scorchers, did their own version of this song in 1990 with Lou Reimuller singing and playing a National guitar and a National mandolin. I played washboard on this tinpan alley style song.

It was originally recorded by a group of musicians in 1928 from Mississippi (in Atlanta, GA) called "Alec Johnson and his Band" - Alec sang vocal, accompanied by Bo Chatmon & Charlie McCoy, Joe McCoy.

I posted this blog entry a few years ago, but this morning I uploaded the song to my tumbler because I had a request for it:

Have a listen to the "Mysterious Coon" done by the Hokum Scorchers.

(recorded in 1990)

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French Metal Photographer Figure with View Camera - 19th Century, a photo by photo_history on Flickr.

Click though on photo_history's flickr to see the face of this guy and the cabinet card drawing that matches this 19th century figure.

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The Golden Girl by Dod Procter (date?)British

I did a post on this painter some time ago.

Circus, 1927 by Antonio Donghi, Italian

I blogged him a few times.

The Rose Bush 2007 by Jansson Stegner

This guy is new to me and I really like his work.

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"Blue Whale Cove" Painting in Progress (Crehore)

Click on photo to enlarge (twitpic).
See my pencil sketch in my previous post.
This little painting evolved from drawings that I have been doing for months in my sketchbook.
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I'm painting this for the Sea No Evil 2011 Benefit Art Auction, Riverside Municipal Auditorium, CA. June 25, 2011, 6 PM.

New Sketch for Next Project (Crehore)

Sketch by Amy Crehore May 2011

I made this sketch last night called "Blue Whale Cove". I'm going to try painting on a piece of wood this time. I already have a unique gold frame and I cut the wood to fit it. The frame will determine the direction of the color scheme this time, as I want it to become part of "the whole".

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