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Reprinted with Author's permission.
Originally published in Victory Music Review, vol. 12, no.7
blues review by Pedar Herom
" I enjoyed the
interplay of
Mills' and
Treetops'
resonophonics,
trading leads
and picking
rhythms, and
Laurette's guitar
in the
background.
And when
Laurette
stepped up to
sing a few, it
was love at first
listen."
Pedar Herom
A tip of the old Blues Stetson goes out to SSG Paul C. Stickley,
whose letter appeared the other day. He's a true blues afficiondo
who, when stationed in the Sinai Desert, sat in with the Jochaim
Palden Blues Band from Wein, Australia. (Now how many of you
so-called bluesophiles have done that before?!) Anyways, he
requested that I give a bit of mention to the recent passing of a blues
legend, Paul Butterfield. Both SSG Stickley and myself noticed that
the passing was hardly mentioned by the media, and were a bit
disturbed by it. Now it's true that Butter had not been extremely
active of late--some drug and other problems had restricted his music
output. But for one such as myself, who discovered second generation
blues players before I met bedrock, Paul Butterfield was one of those
people who held the door open so I could look at this magical thing
called the blues. I remember sitting in my dorm room listening to
East-West, feeling like a portion of my head was coming open. I am
not a harp player myself, but more than one player has told me about
Butter's style--somewhat derived from the blues masters, yet going
some places that were uniquly his own. He's probably trading fours
with Muddy and Wolf somewhere over yonder....
I missed a good portion of the Folklife weekend, but I did manage to
catch four good time blues performers on the Puget Sound Guitar
Workshop. Daddy Treetops (who was, as the "Token Staff
Member," the spokesman for the group) sat in with Truck Mills and
Ray Bob of the Barrelhouse Flyers and Laurette Langille. I enjoyed
the interplay of Mills' and Treetops' resonophonics, trading leads and
picking rhythms, and Laurette's guitar in the background. And when
Laurette stepped up to sing a few, it was love at first listen. Her voice
was sultry, smokey, and, to me, positively intoxicating.
So, until next time, keep those cards and letters coming and
remember: Bad Blues is Good News.
Pedar Herom Blues Review on Laurette Langille at Murphy's eight monthes later.
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