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Deborah Jeter
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He did some practicing for six months at the piano. And then he started another career that lasted until his death in 1996. It was when I became involved with the Grey Ghost during my re-acquaintance, that I started the record company.

D.J.: What is your educational background in regard to the field that you are involved in on the Blues Scene in Austin, Texas? Would we be accurate in saying that you are a blues historian as a hobby or do you have a degree?

T.O.: I have a degree in anthropology with a specialty in folklore and that is what prepared me to be a blues historian.

D.J.: How did you come up with the idea of wanting to archive these old-time bluesmen? When you recorded Mance Lipscomb, did you realize at the time that you were in the company of such a great legend or was it just somebody that you knew about and wanted to record?

T.O.: Ruff Stuff is the best of Texas's guitar blues that I recorded in the 60's. They were all relatively unknown, except for Mance Lipscomb. I knew how special Mance was. I was very honored that he let me record him in his home. I made a documentary of the return of the Texas Bluesmen to Austin for a "Reunion at the Victory Grill" and this brought the black blues scene back to Austin. Shortly after the reunion, I recorded T.D. Bell and Erbie Bowser in the studio.

the interview continues . . .

Other Links of Interest

Coasters, The Doo Wop Group

The Coasters, An autobiography by Carl Gardner

Janis Joplin

The Janis Joplin Web Ring

Janis Joplin Sound Files

Chuck Berry at the Rockhall site

Bessie Smith

Bessie Smith — Guitar Chords for Down Hearted Blues

Tablature for Backwater Blues

Bessie Smith's — Nobody Knows You when you're Down and Out

Neil Young and Jerry Garcia - "deadimages"

Scott Joplin Midi Archive

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5.   February 14, 1999 1:05 AM
Well, if you are really interested in knowing, and it sounds as though you are, I can certainly get in touch with Mary Ann and ask her. She and Dan keep up with each other fairly often. I can say this ...

-- posted by Deborah_Jeter


4.   February 12, 1999 7:56 PM
I noticed a discussion you were having last yr re MaryAnn Price. Do you have any idea what Dan Hicks is doing now? i.e.; is he performing & where? I'm a great fan of his from way back...Thanks, Downie ...

-- posted by Downie_Talbot


3.   February 15, 1998 3:34 PM
Hi, MaryAnn! You get the picture, I'm sure. Aside from being big fans of Hicks and the Licks ... there I was, eighteen or nineteen ... and you were about the sexiest thing I'd ever seen on stage. The ...

-- posted by chuckn


2.   February 15, 1998 10:33 AM
We were in the audience at that reunion. It was thrilling getting to meet Dan Hicks.

MaryAnn is a buddy of mine. She is a dear friend. She's a wonderful person, as well as being a first rate enter ...


-- posted by Deborah_Jeter


1.   February 15, 1998 10:06 AM
The 'Lickettes'!!!!!

Well -- another wonderful article, My Queen. This fellow HAS to be just tooooo kewl if he's married to MaryAnn Price. When I was in college way back in 1969 or 1970 we booked ...


-- posted by chuckn





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