What Are You Listening To - April, 2025
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Big Joe Williams; Early Recordings 1935-1941. Mamlish S-3810 LP
On Good Friday 1865, which will be 160 years ago tomorrow, Father Abraham Lincoln was cruelly assassinated by a coward who shot him from behind, at Ford’s Theatre, in Washington DC, one of the last of 300,000 loyal Americans to die so that others less fortunate could live free.
Most folks have forgotten, but near Bug Tussle, we never will.
I’ll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again
Most folks have forgotten, but near Bug Tussle, we never will.
I’ll Be With You When the Roses Bloom Again
Each Easter we would decorate the grave of Nathan Beason, of the Eighth Missouri State Militia Cavalry, at Tinker Cemetery in Bug Tussle Missouri (in 1863 called Sexton) while Alva Rains again told us his story.
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Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon.
To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan.
Nathan joined the Union Army in the fall of 1861 during the Civil War. According to the Adjutant General's Office, Nathan had been home on leave and on 19 April, 1863 was returning to camp with a group when they were captured by guerrillas in Dallas County, Missouri. He was murdered in Cedar County, Missouri on April 22, 1863 by gunshot. He was 36 years old.
He was buried in a mass grave in Cedar County, Missouri. Malinda did not want him buried there so two of her brothers retrieved his body. He was buried in Tinker Cemetery the same cemetery as their two sons and her parents.
www.findagrave.com
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We’d sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic, every verse, over the grave.
Freedom comes at a high cost.
If was paid for by the blood of Nathan Beason and 300,000 other United States soldiers that freed our bothers and sisters in bondage.
It is ours only so long as we choose to keep it.
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Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon.
To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan.
Nathan joined the Union Army in the fall of 1861 during the Civil War. According to the Adjutant General's Office, Nathan had been home on leave and on 19 April, 1863 was returning to camp with a group when they were captured by guerrillas in Dallas County, Missouri. He was murdered in Cedar County, Missouri on April 22, 1863 by gunshot. He was 36 years old.
He was buried in a mass grave in Cedar County, Missouri. Malinda did not want him buried there so two of her brothers retrieved his body. He was buried in Tinker Cemetery the same cemetery as their two sons and her parents.
Nathan Beason (1827-1863) - Find a Grave Memorial
Nathaniel Beason was the son of Nathan and Sarah (Turner) Beason. He married Malina Dixon on 24 June 1847 in Cedar County, Missouri. She was the daughter of Jacob and Nancy(Darby) Dixon. To this union seven children were born Nancy, William, James, Zimiri, Jacob, Andrew and Nathan. Nathan joined...
www.findagrave.com
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We’d sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic, every verse, over the grave.
Freedom comes at a high cost.
If was paid for by the blood of Nathan Beason and 300,000 other United States soldiers that freed our bothers and sisters in bondage.
It is ours only so long as we choose to keep it.
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Grateful Dead Europe '72 - The Complete Recordings. The whole freaking thing on Spotify. Wish that I'd had the brains to buy it back in 2011. I'm currently up to Volume 8. Here's the Wikipedia link:
Europe_'72:_The_Complete_Recordings
Europe_'72:_The_Complete_Recordings
Mississippi Fred McDowell; Delta Blues. Arhoolie F1021 LP. I had the great pleasure of hearing Fred live at the octagonal chapel of Macalester College here in November 1971. When my parents and I made a trip to Mississippi in the summer of 1972 we stopped in Como and I went to the post office to get Fred's address. The woman at the desk said, "Oh, they buried him last week." Shocked , I asked what happened (I didn't know he had been suffering from stomack cancer for the past several months); she replied "He died."
T-Bone Walker; "Stormy Monday Blues" Bluesway BLS-6008 LP. Produced by Scott Thiele's (pipemaker and PIPEDIA owner) father, I assume. Anyway, a great and under-rated LP for some reason.
Been going through some of my older cds and came across this one. Paula toured with Peter Gabriel and finally decided to go on her own in the 1990s. She has a great voice and can write some amazing songs as evidenced by this album. As a bonus, it's very well recorded too, which always makes listening more pleasurable.
Masters of Modern Blues Vol. 4-Robert Nighthawk/Houston Stackhouse; Testament Records T-2215. My favorite LP. I don't play guitar, but I can't imagine a blues guitar player listening to Nighthawk or T-Bone Walker (and there are many guitar-players I love) and being transfixed. Just tremendous stuff.
Johnny Shines, "Standing At The Crossroads" Testament T-2221 LP. Another top five LP. Other than his '50s Chess/JOB recordings, his best ever. Simply magnificent stuff.