Who can say they were friends with the Rev. Gary Davis, Pink Anderson and Robert Lockwood? Stay tuned for the original, the bare-knuckle, the low-down... the blues.
This is episode 23 of Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song. Thank you to Sarah at the Caffe for compiling the list of artists and songs for this feature.
Roy Book Binder is an American blues guitarist, singer-songwriter, and storyteller. He moved out of his New York City apartment in the 1970s and lived in his tour bus, going around the country for 15 years. The Tampa Tribune said "Book Binder breathes life into the great blues songs of people like Blind Blake."
Looking to learn guitar? He currently has a video series where he gives step by step guitar lessons on songs from his album "The Good Book." Roy Book Binder appeared first at Caffe Lena in 1982.
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton is a great example of true blues music in the modern day. Legally blind since age 16, he draws inspiration from blues and jazz that predates World War II with a fingerpicking style resembling that of Blind Blake.
Caffe Lena: 60 Years of Song, a production of WEXT Radio.