Blues Legend Jimmy “T99” Nelson (October 2001) — Image by kenne
Archive for the ‘Blues’ Category
Blues Legend Jimmy “T99” Nelson Leave a comment
Houston Blues Man 1 comment
Houston Blues Man, Sherman Robinson — Image by kenne
The blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits.
It’s better keeping the roots alive,
because it means better fruits from now on.
The blues are the roots of all American music.
As long as American music survives, so will the blues.
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Music Explosion Leave a comment
Music Explosion — Abstract Art by kenne
Pearl Cadillac, Gary Clark Jr. on the CD “This Land”
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State Of The Blues — Fotofest 2002 Revisited Leave a comment
Going through some old photos, I found some I took at a 2002 Fotofest event, State of the Blues.
Since we were recently in Houston visiting family, I thought this would be an appropriate time to revisit the State of The Blues.
— kenne
Joe “Guitar” Hughes (Fotofest 2002)
Joe “Guitar” Hughes (Fotofest 2002)
Joe Hughes and Oscar Obear (Fotofest 2002)
Joe Hughes and Trudy Lynn (Fotofest 2002)
Joe Hughes and Trudy Lynn (Fotofest 2002)
Trudy Lynn (Fotofest 2002)
Trudy Lynn and Joe Hughes with Diunna Greenleaf Looking On (Fotofest 2002)
Fotofest 2002 — Images by kenne
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Gone, But Not Forgotten Leave a comment
Mean Gene Kelton at The Rhythm Room On Washington in Houston, June 14, 2003 — Image by kenne
gone
Smokin’ Joe’s Roadhouse, gone
The Rhythm Room, gone
Mean Gene Kelton, gone
gone, yes, but not forgotten —
the blues will never die.
— kenne
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Double Bayou Blues Leave a comment
Double Bayou Blues — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Strong winds blow
through bayou country
blues plays on.
— kenne
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Texas Dancehall Days 1 comment
Double Bayou Dancehall (October 19, 2002) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
DOUBLE BAYOU, THAT IS
There’s a sound
coming from a place
down on the bayou,
Double Bayou, that is.
A place where
houserocking blues lovers
would swing to the blues,
Texas Blues, that is.
I miss that place,
a dance hall
down on the bayou,
Double Bayou, that is.
Sixty-seven years
alone the gulf coast,
badly damaged by Ike,
hurricane Ike, that is.
I miss Pete Mayes,
legendary blues man
who ran the dance hall,
Double Bayou, that is.
A true blues man,
everything he sang
had that blues feeling,
Texas blues, that is.
A Pete Mayes concert
at the dance hall
was a holidays tradition,
Christmas Holidays, that is.
“Old House Recognition”
sign how marks the place
where the blues rang
over the bayou,
Double Bayou, that is.
— kenne
Note: Click on the Double Bayou Dancehall below the top image
to see a video on the history of dancehall.
