Monday, July 17, 2006

A Furry thing....


Here is a song by Furry Lewis called Natural Born Eastman. I'm posting this one for Fitzgerald in particular, but I think any blues fan out there should enjoy it. Fitzgerald runs a terrific blues blog called Squeeze my Lemon - it's a fabulous blog and I visit it often.

I would say support your local bluesman and buy Furry's records, but he's been resting in the Hollywood Cemetery in South Memphis since 1981. Who knows who's bringing in the dough every time one of Furry's CDs is sold. Furry was a very strong and subtle guitar player with a way of making all the songs he played his own. He had some fame later in his career, in part due to his association with Lee Baker, who as a young guitarist had a great empathy for Furry's work and accompanied him frequently.

Note: the download here is indirect....choose free, then when prompted enter the verification and it will download.....sorry, the host I usually use is having difficulties this week....

4 comments:

Candy Minx said...

Ah interesting stuff. I plan on making a post about this graveyard. I may have to come over to your place and load a couple of your photos okay? I have dreams of fixing the place up....

mister anchovy said...

come over any time..

mister anchovy said...

except Wednesday, because I'm going fishin and Tuffy's going to be at her dad's for a while....

fitzgerald said...

Hey, mister anchovy, thanks for the shout out. And thanks for the great post. I am getting more and more in to Furry Lewis' music now that you pointed him out to me.