Little Joe Washington

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Little Joe Washington - Guitar and vocals Chris Henrich - Guitar Paul DeCuir - Bass Mike Simon - Drums There are certain things you must know if you are going to watch Little Joe Washington play the blues. You should know that Little Joe has been called the following (depending on who you've asked): genius, addict, legend, joke. You should know that Little Joe is going to entertain you. And you should know that this entertaining might be done by his real, honest-to-God amazing blues-playing or by his onstage antics that include -- among other things -- playing with his teeth, his groin, his head; stopping a song in the middle when it has no place else to go; demanding money to play a request, then hollering: "I don't take any requests because I don't know what the hell I'm doing myself." Little Joe Washington was born Marion Washington in 1939. His mother, Erline Washington, was a beautician who sang in a choir. He never knew his father. An aunt and uncle who ran a soul food cafe and a barbershop on the corner of Beulah and Velasco in the Third Ward raised Marion. The family lived upstairs, and the building sat just a stone's throw from railroad tracks, across the street from Albert Collins's home, not far from Joe Hughes's house and down the lane from the second location of Shady's Playhouse, a major piece of legend in Houston blues lore. Basically Marion was born into a literal crossroads of Houston blues. Music surrounded him, "like the humidity," says Roger. When Ma

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Texas Fire Line

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Houston Guitar Blues

The Blues Reality

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Del-Fi Pool Party!

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Texas Fire Line [Bonus Tracks]

Then And Now

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King's Serious Soul Vol. 2 - Counting Teardrops

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ブルース&ソウル・レコーズ監修 これから聴くブルース 「ロッキン・リズム編」

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Mambo 47: Ritual Dance

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ブルース&ソウル・レコーズ監修 これから聴くブルース 「ファンキーブルース編」

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R&B Hipshakers Vol. 4: Bossa Nova And Grits

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Been a long long time

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