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John Koerner "Spider" John Koerner (born August 31, 1938, in Rochester, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Ton ...

, released in 2010.

History

Following a ten-hour studio session with friends

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Tony Glover David Curtis Glover (October 7, 1939 – May 29, 2019), better known as Tony "Little Sun" Glover, was an American blues musician and music critic. He was a harmonica player and singer associated with "Spider" John Koerner and Dave "Snake ...

on March 24, 1963, for the album '' Blues, Rags and Hollers'', Koerner did a set at a local folk club and then an interview and performance for a Milwaukee radio station. Producer Mark Trehus acquired the tape of the radio performance several decades later. "Just the idea that there was unreleased recordings, by the guy I consider to be possibly the greatest living practitioner of American folk music in America today, was just exciting beyond belief for me," Trehus said. Mark Trehus, owner of the Minneapolis record store Treehouse Records and a longtime fan of Koerner, released the album on his label Nero's Neptune Records, along with a CD reissue of Koerner and Willie Murphy's 1972 album ''

Music Is Just a Bunch of Notes ''Music Is Just a Bunch of Notes'' is an album by blues artists "Spider" John Koerner and Willie and the Bumblebees, released in 1972. It was reissued in 2010 by Nero's Neptune Records along with a movie Koerner made titled ''The Secret of Sleep' ...

'' which included a video of Koerner's experimental film ''The Secret of Sleep''.

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music critic Steve Leggett wrote of the album "Koerner played a dozen or so songs that night in his half-traditional, half-revisionist style accompanied by his charging 12-string guitar, harmonica interludes, and plenty of foot stomping. “Duncan & Brady” is an onrushing delight and there’s an early version of “Southbound Train” here, too, along with several other gems."

Track listing

All songs by John Koerner unless otherwise noted. # "Interview" – 0:39 # "

Duncan and Brady "Duncan and Brady", also known as "Been on the Job Too Long", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", or simply "Brady", is a traditional murder ballad about the shooting of a policeman, Brady, by a bartender, Duncan. The song's lyrics stemmed from act ...

" (traditional) – 3:31 # "Southbound Train" – 2:36 # "Hangman" (

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) – 3:02 # "Rock Me" – 3:14 # "Too Bad Blues" – 2:17 # "Guitar Fools" – 2:09 # "Creepy John" – 2:57 # "You've Got to Be Careful" – 2:35 # "Interview" – 0:29 # "Good Time Charlie" – 1:48 # "Ramblin' Blues" – 3:07 # "Ramblin' Blues" + untitled instrumental (edited) – 13:07

Personnel

*"Spider" John Koerner – guitar, harmonica, vocals *Mark Trehus – producer *Tony Glover – liner notes *Stefan Kren – editing *Ed Nunn – cover photo *Brad Wolstad – design

References

{{Koerner, Ray & Glover John Koerner albums 2010 live albums