Nimrod's Blue-Note... Vol.1 #2

There's nuthin' funkier than a blind Black guy with a Tele...
Ford "Snooks" Eaglin

RIP Snooks!
Can I get an AMEN...

Nimrod's Blue-Note {Series Premier}

The man responsible for my Blues sojourn; Li'l Ed Williams:

Besides the headliners and Guitar God's I heard on the air waves, circa 1986 my first ever live blues club/venue show was Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials.

I was hooked, amazed, and mesmirized! I had never seen anything like it in my life! Back when he was young and fresh out of the mean streets of Chicago, he had a driving energy that was unequivocal. He is the nephew of one of the Elmore James style originators; J.B. Hutto. His blues shouter style was so alien to my white-bread world of suburbia and was so in-tune with my own soul it was a revelation and I had been baptized in the holy-spirit of The Blues!

I would never be the same! He brought the house down in little Northampton MA in The Iron Horse Cafe, long before the place became big and well known in the music tour/stop circuit, it brought in the best names in The Blues! He and his rhythm guitarist would get down on their knees and "train" across the floor and then he'd ride on the shoulders of his rhythm guy back thru the audience...

I quickly thereafter studied up on JB Hutto, and went out and bought myself my Torino Red American Standard Strat. I also got an LP Album autographed by the band that night, I think I still have it somewhere...

If you ever get the chance to see those cats, I suggest you don't miss your chance to see a new-blood performance handed down by one of the originators thru blood; Li'l Ed & The Blues Imperials are awesome!