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« on: April 10, 2006, 08:30:52 PM »
2 things. First, I have one of those Henry Cowell-edited Folways music of the world 2xLPs, this one for the Music Of The Meditteranean. There is a track on it of Albanian music that is amazing, it sounds like the Velvets warming up before playing "Black Angel's Death Song" or something, especially cause of the viola. Or maybe the No Neck Blues Band, but from like the 20s. Do you know what I'm talking about and if so, are there any other records of Albanian music you can recommend that have stuff like this?
Second, are you familiar with Little Howlin' Wolf? If not, I think you would really dig him. Here is a description:
James Pobiega, a 6'9" Polish-derived man from Chicago's South Side, performed heavily in bars and and to a greater extent on the street of his home turf during the late 70s through the mid 80s under the name Little Howlin Wolf. During that time, self-released 32 45s (that weknow of) and two LPs (compiled from the 7"s) titled The Guardian and The Cool Truth. The LPs show a unique and visionary take on emotive, raw, dissolved blues featuring Wolf on every instrument he could lay his hands on with a wrenching souldfulness and commanding fire-brained intensity to match Albert Ayler. The 45s, though, are where Wolf really stretched out, taking his music to its furthest reaches including stabs at Calypso, gypsy songs, Country-Western and children's songs.