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Blind Joe Taggart
12+ albums
bluesgospelAllfolkOne
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If one ever ran into Blind Joe Taggart in a dark alley, the only possible protection would be to have Blind John Henry Arnold with you. According to the famous folk singer and blues artist Josh White, there was only one man on earth who was meaner than Taggart, and that was Arnold. White obviously knew what he was talking about, having been abused and kicked around by both men, as well as the even more famous Blind Lemon Jefferson. Back in the old days when blind blues virtuoso roamed the streets displaying their genius for coins, someone had to lead them around. White was perhaps the most famous of a class of ex-lead boys for blind blues singers, a form of apprenticeship that has disappeared from the modern blues scene along with performers of the class of Taggart and his ilk. Performers trying to survive in such a lifestyle can hardly be blamed for developing what can be best described as street-hardened personalities. Taggart was a fairly typical itinerant performer of the '20s, and most of the available information on him was handed down in interviews from White, who first met him when he was known as Joel Taggart in Greenville, SC. White's description of the difference between the two tyrants has become famous. Arnold was "mean, honest mean." Taggart, on the other hand, was "tricky, nasty mean. " Furthermore, he was not really blind, something that puts him in a subclass of blind blues musicians who actually had some vision available to them. Taggart had cataracts and
top songs
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Been Listening All the Day
2,2302Goin' to Rest Where Jesus Is
1,0823The Storm Is Passing Over
1,0344When I Stand Before The King
8235God's Gonna Separate the Wheat from the Tares
3366Keep on the Firing Line
3017Religion Is Something Within You
2898Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
2869In That Pearly White City Above
17110The Half Ain't Never Been Told
164albums
Blind Joe Taggart Vol. 1 (1926-1928)
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Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long
Blind Joe Taggart Vol. 2 (1929-1934)
American Primitive Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
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American Primitive Vol. I: Raw Pre-War Gospel
goodbye, babylon
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Gimme Dat Harp Boy - Roots Of The Captain
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Vintage Novelty Songs
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American Primitive Vol. 1: Raw Pre-War Gospel (1926-36)
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Rev. Gary Davis & Guitar Evangelists, Vol. 2
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Deep River Of Song: Virginia And The Piedmont
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Rough Guide to Blind Willie Johnson