Tag Archives: Robert Johnson

“Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you.” — B.B. King

Posted on September 16, 2025 by sheila

I love Langston Hughes’ description of the blues: “The mood of the Blues is almost always despondency, but when they are sung people laugh.” WHAT a performance. And WHAT an audience. The mood – the back and forth – the … Continue reading →

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“He sold his soul to the devil to get to play like that.” – Mississippi bluesman Son House on Robert Johnson

Posted on May 8, 2025 by sheila

It’s Robert Johnson’s birthday. “[Robert] Johnson has created a mood so delicate and bleak one feels he cannot possible get out of his song alive.” – Greil Marcus Recently, I was walking through Times Square and suddenly Robert Johnson’s “Hellhound” … Continue reading →

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My New Life Music Shuffle

Posted on June 29, 2021 by sheila

This has been going on for two months. It’s been a very busy and yet very strange time. Lots more driving than I normally did in my “old” life. Music has helped me stay grounded.

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“Milk Cow Blues Boogie”: From Estes to Elvis to Eddie

Posted on October 3, 2016 by sheila

Wrote this a while back. Posting because today is Eddie Cochran’s birthday. In the earliest sessions at Sun Records (known then as “Memphis Recording Service,” at least that was – and still is – the neon sign in the front … Continue reading →

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December iPod Shuffle

Posted on December 13, 2014 by sheila

I’ve been very sick. Nursing myself back to health and it’s slow-going. Thursday was a three-movie day: went to Hobbit screening in the a.m., then went to Birdman matinee, and then met up with Charlie for The Passionate Thief. Went … Continue reading →

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Supernatural: Season 2, Episode 8: “Crossroad Blues”

Posted on November 11, 2014 by sheila

Directed by Steve Boyum Written by Sera Gamble I realize putting this up on the same day as a Season 10 episode could be confusing, but I trust my devastatingly intelligent Supernatural readers to be able to segue between the … Continue reading →

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Beach Shuffle

Posted on May 18, 2014 by sheila

At the beach. The salty air and the smell of the ocean, the seaweed, the fish, the salt … it’s recuperative. Still have a lot of work to do, and needed to beach to gather my thoughts. Songs playing during … Continue reading →

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Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil

Posted on November 15, 2013 by sheila

The soundtrack to the last week and a half, of flu, writing, sleep problems, and working my way back to health. “Me and the Devil Blues” – Robert Johnson. I think of the opening chapter of Stanley Booth’s great Rythm … Continue reading →

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