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outfidel

Mississippi Blues Trail may rescue Bentonia style

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Jul 3 06 1:31 PM

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Blues Trail may rescue Bentonia style

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes - last of the Bentonia pickers?

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Jul 3 06 2:55 PM

Thank you, outfidel, for that article.

Somewhere in my house, maybe in a trunk, is a documentary cassette all about this Bentonia style. I used to play the Jack Owens portion over and over because I dug the cat. Also, they had Cornelius Bright, and I'm surprised that he wasn't mentioned in that article, as he was from that area and helped perpetuate the Bentonia style. Ah, but yes, Henry Stuckey! I can still remember my cousin Skip talking about him years ago - a big influence on young Skip.

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Jul 3 06 9:28 PM

john4y, I've heard Jack Owens of course and I know how important was Henry Stuckey, but who was (or is) Jacob Stuckey? I've got a version of Devil Got My Woman by him on an Italian LP, typical Bentonia style as you would say, but I've lost the notes (some friend was supposed to translate them for me, er... quite a while ago!)

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Jul 3 06 10:10 PM

Hi, KingSolomon.

Jacob Stucky? He played football for the Air Force. No, just kidding.

Honestly, KingSolomon, I never heard of him. Skip only talked to me about Henry Stuckey, saying that he was an older man with a large family from the Yazoo area of Mississippi who played a guitar. Skip mentioned that Henry taught him. Sorry, but that's all that I can really remember.

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Jul 3 06 10:33 PM

QUOTE (john4y @ Jul 3 2006, 10:10 PM)

Jacob Stucky? He played football for the Air Force.

Makes me think of the funny results I got the first time I googled for David Evans!

Sorry, this time I was too fast asking, instead of searching in the first place. Found some info here; also a bit more about Jimmy Holmes, and Cornelius Bright you mentioned.