This weekend the Daily Song Fix writers got together and had a blast talking about, discovering, and writing about music we love. I am sorry for the brief hiatus but we are excited to bring you some great music and look forward to getting your feedback. Please don’t forget to share Daily Song Fix with your friends. Sharing our posts on Facebook by clicking on the button directly below the post is the easiest way. Thanks for all of your great song suggestions and continued support!
Howdy, y’all. I’m Danny. Our gracious host asked me to do some guest posts for Your Daily Song Fix, and I’m happy to oblige. Lately, my tastes have tended toward old blues and country music, so I’ll be delivering that pre-war flavor you’ve been looking for. I hope you enjoy my first pick.
Booker T. Washington “Bukka” White was a blues guitarist born in Houston, Mississippi in 1906. Between 1930 and 1940, he recorded for the Victor and Vocalion labels, as well as for folklorists John Lomax and Alan Lomax. A young Bob Dylan covered this song, “Fixin’ to Die Blues,” for his debut album in 1961. That recording prompted John Fahey and Ed Denson to contact White (by sending a letter to “Bukka White (Old Blues Singer), c/o General Delivery, Aberdeen, Mississippi”), and White continued to record until his death in 1977.
“Fixin’ to Die Blues” was recorded in 1940 for the Vocalion label (which later became the OKeh label; thanks to Stefan Werz’s extensive Bukka White Discography). Robert “Washboard Sam” Brown accompanies White on (you guessed it) the washboard. Brown’s washboard and White’s alternating bass picking pattern create a chugging, locomotive rhythm that supports White’s trainwhistle slide guitar licks and his powerful singing. Check out some of White’s performances on YouTube to get better idea of his strength as a performer.
Your Daily Song Fix has always believed that less is more. This is why we post one song every day and we don’t even ask that you download it. You can come to our website and press the play button, instant get-ification.
The purpose of this post is to let you know that we will no longer be posting songs on the weekend. The reason is simple. We have minimal traffic on the weekend and we have quite a few people unsubscribing during the beginning of the week. I think people get back to their email on Monday and are overwhelmed by possibly 3 emails from us in their inbox.
This change will give us more time to come up with better song fixes and hopefully the people who have unsubscribed will consider joining up again. Please send suggestions on how to improve our service to dailysongfix@gmail.com. Also note that you can now make song requests by clicking on the “Submit Your Song” tab.
Thank you to those who have supported us from the beginning. I appreciate all of your song requests and website suggestions.
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This weekend the Daily Song Fix writers got together and had a blast talking about, discovering, and writing about music we love. I am sorry for the brief hiatus but we are excited to bring you some great music and look forward to getting your feedback. Please don’t forget to share Daily Song Fix with your friends. Sharing our posts on Facebook by clicking on the button directly below the post is the easiest way. Thanks for all of your great song suggestions and continued support!
