The young 'Gas Pirate' shows off his pre-war blues LP collection
I started buying records at a young age - mostly American pop music which at that time was The Everly Brothers, Bobby Vee, Del Shannon, etc. By 1962 the British pop groups were discovering and recording American Rhythm & Blues while at the same time we were listening to the innovative folk music led by Bob Dylan. This led me to explore the origins of this music from Muddy Waters and the Chicago blues players to Woody Guthie and right back to the early blues artists of the 1920s and 30s.
Coinciding with the 'Blues Boom' in the UK, I found others sharing the same interest. This sparked both my record collecting and involvement with the blues scene in the UK. I started buying records on auction lists from the US which became the basis for my collection as it exists today.
My collection of 78s is almost entirely of blues recordings. From the pre-war era I collect Casey Bill Weldon, Frank Stokes, Robert Petway, Kokomo Arnold - just to name a few - and from the post-war years, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lil Son Jackson, Lighting Slim. I also specialize in labels: Trumpet and Cobra.
Coinciding with the 'Blues Boom' in the UK, I found others sharing the same interest. This sparked both my record collecting and involvement with the blues scene in the UK. I started buying records on auction lists from the US which became the basis for my collection as it exists today.
My collection of 78s is almost entirely of blues recordings. From the pre-war era I collect Casey Bill Weldon, Frank Stokes, Robert Petway, Kokomo Arnold - just to name a few - and from the post-war years, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lil Son Jackson, Lighting Slim. I also specialize in labels: Trumpet and Cobra.
