Josh White - Free And Equal Blues

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• PLAYER IN MANY SENSES OF THE WORD

   

  By JAMES STUART THOMPSON from NORTH WEST, ENGLAND , 18 May 2005

  [Highly rated reviewer]

  I GOT INTO JOSH WHITE AFTER GETTING INTO JAZZ AND BLUES GUITAR BASED MUSIC FROM 20S - 50'S AND BOUGHT THREE OF THE FIVE DOCUMENT RECORDS CD'S
  
  THE DVD HAS A REASONABLE MIX OF PERFORMANCES (SOME ARE THOSE INCLUDED ON COUNTRY BLUES VOLUME 3 VIDEO/ DVD FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE IT) BY JOSH WHITE IN VARIOUS SETTINGS - LARGELY FOR WHITE MIDDLE CLASS AUDIENCES... WHILST THE PICTURE AND SOUND QUALITY STARTS OF POOR, IT DOES IMPROVE (DEDUCTION FOR THAT.)
  
  ANOTHER INTERESTING ASPECT OF THIS DVD IS THE INTERACTION OR LACK OF FROM THE AUDIENCE. WHEN MR WHITE IS SINGING ABOUT THE SLATS IN THE BED GOING BLAM BLAM IN THE MORNING AND NITE AND ALL THE MORE SUBTLE CLASSIC INNUENDO'S OF JAZZ AND BLUES, THE FACES OF MANY PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE ARE BLANK... HMMM...
  
  IT SEEMS TO ME WHITE CAN PLAY THESE WHITE AUDIENCES JUST AS WELL AS HE DOES HIS GUITAR...
  
  JOSH WHITE IS AN INTERESTING CHARACTER FOR HIS PLAYING AND POLITICS; AS AN INTERESTING TWIST, I WAS TOLD HE WAS IMPLICATED AS A 'GRASS' IN THE 'COMMUNIST WITCHHUNTS'....
  
  PEOPLE WHO ENJOY NINA SIMONE MAY WELL ALSO ENJOY THIS, THERE IS IN FACT CROSSOVER ON THE SONGS THEY BOTH SING AND BOTH MAKE MANY REFERENCES TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE AND OPRESSION OF BLACK PEOPLE.
  
  COUNTRY BLUES FANS OR JAZZ GUITAR FANS SHOULD BE IN SAFE TERRITORY, BUT I BELIEVE, AS HIS AUDIENCES FOR THE INCLUDED SHOWS DEMONSTRATE, WHITE CAN CROSS MANY BOUNDARIES; INDEED HE COVERS SONGS SUCH AS DANNY BOY AND WALTZING MATILDA, BOTH ON THIS DVD...
  
  CHECK IT OUT!
  
  ANY ONE WITH INFO TO SHARE ON JOSH WHITE, CAN MAIL ME AT:
  
  JAMESTHOMPSON02@AOL.COM

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