The Blues Project (Various Artists album)

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In 1964, Elektra Records produced a compilation album of various artists entitled, The Blues Project, which featured several white musicians from the Greenwich Village area who played acoustic blues music. One of the featured artists on the album was a young guitarist named Danny Kalb, who was paid $75 for his two songs. Not long after the album's release, however, Kalb gave up his acoustic guitar for an electric one. The Beatles' arrival in the United States earlier in the year signified the end of the folk and acoustic blues movement that had swept the US in the early 1960s. Interesting File Under: Can white men sing The Blues? Looks like it from here

Track listing: Dave Ray Fixin' To Die; Eric Von Schmidt Blow Whistle Blow (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond, Harmonica – John Sebastian); John Koerner My Little WomanGeoff Muldaur Ginger ManDave Van Ronk Bad Dream BluesIan Buchanan Winding Boy (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond); Danny Kalb I'm Troubled (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond, Harmonica – John Sebastian); Mark Spoelstra France Blues (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond,Washboard, Kazoo – Doug Pomeroy); Dave Van Ronk Don't You Leave Me Here (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond); Geoff Muldaur Devil Got My Woman (Mandolin – Eric Von Schmidt); John Koerner Southbound Train (Harmonica – Tony Glover); Geoff Muldaur Downtown Blues (Washtub Bass – Fritz Richmond, Harmonica – John Sebastian, Piano – Bob Landy, Eric Von Schmidt)Dave Ray Leavin' Here BluesDanny Kalb Hello Baby BluesMark Spoelstra She's GoneDave Ray Slappin' On My Black Cat Bone

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