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JOSH WHITE ~ BLUES BABY

Joshua Daniel "Josh" White (February 11, 1914 – September 5, 1969) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and civil rights activist. He also recorded under the names Pinewood Tom and Tippy Barton in the 1930s.

White grew up in the South during the 1920s and 1930s. He became a prominent race records artist, with a prolific output of recordings in genres including Piedmont blues, country blues, gospel music, and social protest songs. In 1931, White moved to New York, and within a decade his fame had spread widely. His repertoire expanded to include urban blues, jazz, traditional folk songs, and political protest songs, and he was in demand as an actor on radio, Broadway, and film.

White became the closest black friend and confidant of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. However, White's anti-segregationist and international human rights political stance presented in many of his recordings and in his speeches at rallies were subsequently used by McCarthyites as a pretext for labeling him a c*******t to slander and harass him. From 1947 through the mid-1960s, White was caught up in the anti-c*******t Red Scare, and as a consequence his career was damaged. However White's musical style would go on to influence several generations of musical artists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_White



Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out- Josh White

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwitYMcldQ0


Josh White - St. James Infirmary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etLLwxZ8gbU


Josh White "Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEMirwb5eew


Josh White - house Of the Rising Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Ueo7r2nbA


Josh White: Hard Times Blues (1956)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ehn5TKtvLQ


'Lord, I Want To Die Easy' JOSH WHITE (1934) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpRupxozes


Josh White - One Meat Ball (1944) TWO Different Takes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc3ZgtYvOeE


Josh White- Trouble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWuGfsccqIk


'While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins' Josh White (1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSOp_Qztm-A


'Sissy Man' Josh White (1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVb7FCFO5dY


'Trying To Get Home' JOSH WHITE (1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a7Ix9awf9M


'Homeless And Hungry Blues' Josh White (1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySmyKzgxlPM


'I Got A Home In That Rock' Josh White (1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiS_qAL8v9s


'Jet Black Woman' Josh White(1935) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSCwypWg-8M


'No More Ball And Chain' Josh White (1936) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnl_YFmzeNY


Josh White- Silicosis Is K**lin' Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_u3wVLeF5c


Josh White I Got A Head Like A Rock (1944)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3AxhsbNEMk


Josh White In Sweden 1962

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edW5UHehwbA&t=55s


'There's A Man Goin' Around Taking Names' Josh White (1933) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q97fm54JaLo


In My Time of Dying Josh White.mov

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFvGOUMrr3s


Josh White - Black Gal (1935, Blues guitar)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Ux3iq1Kq8


'Blood River Blues' Josh White (1933) Blues Guitar Legend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs2_6LRPgqo