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	East Coast Piedmont Blues - Blind Blake
		Although, no clear date or location is specified for Blind Blake's birth and death, many believe that he was born between 1890 and 1895 in Jacksonville, FL or one of the Georgia Sea Islands and died between 1933-1940 in Jacksonville.
		Blake reportedly moved to Georgia in his late teens to early 20's where he worked as a street musician in towns throughout Georgia and other parts of the South.
		In the song, Blake switches to a Geechee dialect that was common in the Georgia Sea Islands at one point.
	facstaff.unca.edu /sinclair/piedmontblues/blindblake.html (850 words)

	Blind Blake
		"Blind" Blake was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
		Blind Blake recorded about 80 tracks for Paramount records in the late twenties and early thirties.
		Blake made his last recordings in 1932, the end of his career aided by Paramount's bankruptcy.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bl/Blind_Blake.html (189 words)

	Blind Blake - Music Downloads - Online
		Not only was he one of the greatest blues guitarists of all-time, Blake seems to have been the primary developer of "finger-style" ragtime on the guitar, the six-string equivalent to playing ragtime on the piano.
		Blind Blake was the most frequently recorded blues guitarist in the Paramount Records' race catalog; indeed, Paramount waxed him as often as they could, as he was their best-selling artist.
		Blind Blake is known to have had family in the area of Jacksonville, Florida and was likely born there; Blake may have grown up in Georgia.
	musicstore.connect.com /artist/121/Blind-Blake/16201670.html (573 words)

	bio
		Blind Blake came to be a permanent fixture at the Nassau International Airport later in his life, but earlier, his career placed him in the company of kings and some of the most wealthy and powerful people in the world.
		Maillis recalls that Blind Blake was not blind as a child, and further states that Blake suffered his fate from staring at the sun for extended periods.
		There is no denying, however, that Blind Blake is another one of our unsung heroes, although it is claimed that he received a letter of commendation from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, in his later years, Blind Blake was seen by many as the old man with the banjo singing at the airport.
	www.bahamasentertainers.com /Artist/BlindBlake/blake_bio.html (872 words)

	Blind Blake Biography - AOL Music
		Blind Blake was the most frequently recorded blues guitarist in the Paramount Records' race catalog; indeed, Paramount waxed him as often as they could, as he was their best-selling artist.
		Blind Blake is known to have had family in the area of Jacksonville, Florida and was likely born there; Blake may have grown up in Georgia.
		Anyone who hears Blind Blake can't help but be astonished by his sincerity, his gentle, off-the-cuff humor and the sheer effortlessness with which he plays some of the most treacherously complex finger-work on the face of creation.
	music.aol.com /artist/blind-blake/biography/1027777 (729 words)

	bio
		Blind Blake came to be a permanent fixture at the Nassau International Airport later in his life, but earlier, his career placed him in the company of kings and some of the most wealthy and powerful people in the world.
		Maillis recalls that Blind Blake was not blind as a child, and further states that Blake suffered his fate from staring at the sun for extended periods.
		There is no denying, however, that Blind Blake is another one of our unsung heroes, although it is claimed that he received a letter of commendation from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, in his later years, Blind Blake was seen by many as the old man with the banjo singing at the airport.
	bahamasentertainers.com /Artist/BlindBlake/blake_bio.html (872 words)

	Blind 'Arthur' Blake
		Blind Blake is often considered the greatest mystery man of blues.
		Blind Blake moved to Chicago around 1926 and was discovered by the President of Paramount Records, Mayo Williams.
		Blind Blake was on of the most innovative ragtime guitarists of that time.
	members.home.nl /zowieso/blues/blindblake.html (336 words)

	CD Review of Blind Blake - The Best of Blind Blake on Shanachie @ jazzreview.com
		Blind Blake was one such — his career spanned the years 1926-32, then nada.
		Blake's.) Though he’s classified as a blues performers, that’s a slightly inadequate handle — Blake’s music was based in the blues, true, but it was never “just” the 12-bar form and my-baby-done-left-me moaning.
		Blake’s songs and astonishing heavy-on-fancy-picking guitar playing encompassed folk, ragtime, early country music, music hall and jugband styles, his vocal delivery was irrepressibly jaunty, and while not “polished,” was full-bodied and smooth, in sharp contrast to the wailing moans of Charlie Patton or Skip James.
	www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=3022 (375 words)

	Tim Gracyk's Phonographs, Singers, and Old Records -- The King Of Ragtime Guitar: Blind Blake
		One of their best discoveries was Blind Blake, a swinging, sophisticated guitarist whose warm, relaxed voice was a far cry from harsh country blues.
		While most blind guitarists were soloists who used the helter-skelter phrasing of the street dancer, Blake's blues phrasing had the strictness of a dance or band musician.
		Blind Blake may have earned up to $50 per Paramount side, but Little Brother Montgomery claimed that the guitarist's regular source of income during the late 1920s came from playing South Side Chicago house rent parties.
	www.gracyk.com /blake1.shtml (2484 words)

	BackAlleyBlues (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One of the finest guitarists of the century, Blind Blake's finger-picked playing evokes the jazzy, melodious rags and stomps of the period.
		Blind" Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist.
		Blind Blake recorded about 80 tracks for Paramount Records in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
	backalleyblues.podomatic.com /entry/2006-10-05T19_28_14-07_00 (400 words)

	BLIND BLAKE
		Blind at birth, Blake soon began earning a living by playing the guitar on street corners, at local dances and fish fries, and even at medicine shows.
		Blind Blake was one of the most accomplished guitarists of his era, and probably the most versatile of them all.
		Blake's influence on the folk/blues revival of the sixties was huge, and his brilliant and intricate fingerpicking was touted by guitar geniuses such as Josh White and Rev. Gary Davis, who went as far as to declare him "the best ragtime guitarist ever heard on record".
	www.rockabilly.nl /references/messages/blind_blake.htm (996 words)

	Blind Boy Fuller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blind from birth, as a boy Fuller learned to play the guitar and also learned from older singers the field hollers, country rags, and traditional songs and blues popular in poor, rural areas.
		Blind Boy Fuller was one of the most popular of the Piedmont blues artists that counted Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell and Blind Blake amongst its number.
		Blind Boy Fuller died from a severe bladder infection in 1942, when he was only 33 years old.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blind_Boy_Fuller (575 words)

	Blind Blake : The Best of Blind Blake (Yazoo) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Little is known about Blind Blake, including the date of his birth and death.
		Blake's a distinguished vocalist, with a steady medium range reminiscent of Big Bill Broonzy.
		Blake is accompanied on several cuts by other unidentified musicians, including a harmonica player on "Panther Squall Blues" and vibraphonist on "Doggin' Me Mamma Blues." It would have been helpful to know a little more about these musicians, though this information may not be available.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,1054326,00.html (407 words)

	Best of Blind Lemon Jefferson / Best of Blind Blake CD Reviews
		Blind Blake was a ragtime picker, who has a lot of proficiency if not a strong emotional effect.
		Blake used a "rolling thumb" picking style, where he'd strike two bass strings while picking the melody on the top strings--this gave a bouncy syncopation to numbers like "Skeedle Loo Doo" and "Southern Rag".
		Blakes vocals are average, his picking stands out for flash--"Blind Arthurs Breakdown" runs through three different keys in 3 minutes.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/blind-j-b-tg.html (629 words)

	Blind Blake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kate McTell said that her husband, Blind Willie McTell, brought Blake to the city from Florida.
		Blake wound up in Chicago in 1926, where he was dicovered by Paramount's Mayo Williams.
		Blakee was more than just a bluesman, combining blues, ragtime, jazz, and older styles into the basic format that is now known as the Piedmont blues.
	nublues.port5.com /Historyoftheblues/blindblake.htm (588 words)

	OLD HAT RECORDS - Quality Reissues of Vintage American Music
		The biography of Blind Blake remains sketchy, but his recorded legacy is rich and his status as a guitar master is unquestioned.
		Blake’s repertoire of blues and ragtime was showcased by a string of popular releases on the Paramount label between 1926 and 1932.
		Blind Blake’s music has long been enjoyed by blues enthusiasts through a series of reissues beginning in the LP era.
	www.oldhatrecords.com (510 words)

	Musicians - Blind Blake
		Blind Blake recorded about 80 tracks for Paramount Records in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
		Blake made his last recordings in 1932, the end of his career aided by Paramount's bankruptcy.
		It is often said that the later recordings have much less sparkle and, allegedly, Blind Blake was drinking heavily in his later years.
	listing-index.ebay.com /musicians/Blind_Blake.html (361 words)

	The Guitar of Blind Blake taught by Woody Mann >>>> Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
		Blind Blake was the premier ragtime blues guitarist of the 1920s.
		Blind Blake recorded many slow blues in the key of C. Black Dog Blues illustrates many of the licks and ideas that Blake used.
		Blind Arthur’s Breakdown is a rag in the key of C that brings together a distinct five section instrumental combining thumb rolls, hot blues licks and unusual chord structures.
	guitarworkshopuk.com /audio/98507.htm (236 words)

	Welcome to Blake Lindsay.com!
		Blake Lindsay has one of the best "voices" in radio and is the host of Ziglar.com's podcasts.
		Not only is Blake a nationally-known program host, but his voice imaging expertise, voiceover and commercial work is broadcasted daily with outstanding results from coast to coast.
		Who they are: Blake Lindsay, an Indiana native, is a longtime Dallas disc jockey (he was at KISS-FM from 1994 until 2001) who's gone by the handles Blind Blake and, later, Blazin' Blake.
	www.blakelindsay.com (334 words)

	Blind Blake
		Blake puts in lots of his fabulous licks between each verse.
		Starts off like Hesitation Blues...Am to E maj. This one I do pretty much as Blake did, but I haven't been doing it all that long so it will evolve, I'm sure.
		It is a tune that lends itself to being fooled with.
	au.geocities.com /whitewithnunn/Blindblake.html (308 words)

	Mudcat Blind Blake (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He disappeared from the blues scene in Chicago, 1932, where he was considered the undisputed ‘King of the String,’ and had recorded over eighty solo sides for Paramount.
		Being Blind, Blake earned his living in the early years, most likely playing for change on street corners, or for dances and fish fries.
		Logic, however, suggests that the Depression killed the race recording industry, sending Blake home to the South where he died shortly thereafter.
	mudcat.org /blake.cfm (206 words)

	Blind Blake: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Guitar Book 5040
		Blind Blake was the greatest ragtime blues guitarist to record during the 1920s.
		Blake's playing revolved around the use of his right hand thumb.
		This gave him that bounce or what Rev. Gary Davis used to call, "a sportin' right hand." A compact disc of Blind Blake playing all the tunes is included.
	guitarvideos.com /books/5040.htm (73 words)

	Mudcat Blind Blake
		He disappeared from the blues scene in Chicago, 1932, where he was considered the undisputed ‘King of the String,’ and had recorded over eighty solo sides for Paramount.
		Being Blind, Blake earned his living in the early years, most likely playing for change on street corners, or for dances and fish fries.
		Logic, however, suggests that the Depression killed the race recording industry, sending Blake home to the South where he died shortly thereafter.
	www.mudcat.org /blake.cfm (206 words)

	The Best of Blind Blake
		Blake Alphonso Higgs was the other Blind Blake--I assume his nom de guerre was in emulation of the blues guitarist, but it may just be coincidence.
		Of course, Blake also played lots of island songs, which he performs in a style that falls somewhere between the string-band calypso of Wilmouth Houdini and Jamaican mento, the slicker sound of tourist bands like the Bermuda Strollers, and the vocal group jive of American combos like the Cats and the Fiddle.
		All of which being said, it is kind of silly to applaud Blake as a source for other artists, since none of them ever bettered his versions, and few even came close.
	www.elijahwald.com /blindblake.html (441 words)

	CD Baby: ARI EISINGER: That Will Never Happen No More - from sleepy
		There is no one I've encountered who plays Blind Blake with such authority and who remains so faithful to the spirit and style of the original music.
		As with his first record, there are a number of Blake tunes on this collection, and this time round Eisinger adds the blues of another one of his heroes to the mix, with three tracks from Texas legend Blind Lemon Jefferson.
		One of the more impressive things about him, aside from sheer virtuosity, is he doesn't just master individual songs but takes on the entire stylistic vocabulary as well, allowing him to interject his own musical ideas into a tune without breaking the spell of painstaking authenticity and a real '20s vibe.
	cdbaby.com /cd/eisinger/from/sleepy (1214 words)

	Lost Blind Blake Record Found » Big Road Blues
		As Drew Kent wrote in the notes to Blind Blake: All The Published Sides: “In either May or October 1931, Paramount cut four Blake sides which have vanished: Dissatisfied Blues/Miss Emma Liza and Night And Day Blues/Sun To Sun.
		The Blake records were acquired by Old Hat along with records by Charley Jordan, Buddy Moss, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, Bessie Jackson, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Casey Bill, Georgia Tom, and the duo of Daddy Stovepipe and Mississippi Sarah, to name just a few.
		I’ve had Blake on the brain after hearing the news that a long lost Blake record had just been discovered.
	sundayblues.org /archives/114 (548 words)

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