CW Stoneking

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"The incomparable, inexplainable blues savant, C.W. Stoneking" Mohair Slim - PBS F.M. He wears a ragged black suit and a preachin' hat, makes tunes about singing dodo birds, hollers like a 1920's tent show blues shouter, plays guitar like a demon, and mutters to himself onstage. The legendary king of hokum blues, C.W. Stoneking, is a true entertainer who relies on musicianship, stagecraft, and performance to invoke the spirit of 1920's Southern blues in his original hokum style. C.W. Stoneking has just released a brand new album 'King Hokum'. Recorded and produced in 2005 with J. Walker (Machine Translations), 'King Hokum' contains 11 of C.W.'s original songs and highlights his skill as a composer as well as showcasing his tremendous vocal and instrumental style. 'King Hokum' features C.W. Stoneking on his trusty steel bodied dobro and tenor banjo, drawing inspiration from influences that include; pre-war blues, hillbilly, old jazz, prison work songs and 1920's calypso. With the addition of his new band, the Primitive Horn Orchestra on several tracks and the use of found sounds and samples, C.W. Stoneking has made an album that is as original and diverse as it is authentic sounding. http://www.myspace.com/cwstoneking User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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albums

Jungle Blues

Gon' Boogaloo

King Hokum

Hiram and Huddie Vol. 1 Hiram

Pickathon Music Festival 2009

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Hiram And Huddie Vol. 2: Huddie

Hiram and Huddie Vol. 2 Huddie

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Pickathon Roots Music Festival: Pickathon 2009

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On A Christmas Day

Mississippi & Piedmont Blues 1927-41

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King Hokum Proper

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Mojo Presents Let It Be Revisited

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