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Arnold Lindsay, a 44-year-old Jackson, Ms., native, learned the blues early in life, tagging along with his uncles and great uncles as a child and earning the nicknames 'Old Man,' and 'Slow Poke.' Lindsay often heard the conversations of the old men, like his uncle 'Moonie', who had grown up in rural Mississippi, having gotten their pleasures from picking guitars in the country or playing harmonica. It's the early life where Lindsay heard Moonie crooning songs like "Dust My Broom," "Caldonia," and "Three O'Clock in the Morning." I learned from my uncle David Conston, who used to play blues on an old Sears guitar in the 1950s and 1960s, sometimes at The Blue Flame in Yazoo City, that you write a song from the heart by talking to your guitar like she's your girlfriend. Sometimes I have to ask her, 'what's wrong baby? Why you actin' mad at me? Come on and give me a happy sound. Help put your daddy's poor mind at ease.' I also grew up around Jackson's Farish Street, the historic black community, where everyday, all day, there was blues blaring from the juke boxes of the many cafes, little restaurants, where folks sat and drank Schlitz beer, Champale and now and then, a little nip from the eighth of whiskey in their hip pockets. These are my sentiments of the blues, the real stuff. That's what my music reflects. It's the things in life we all go through, like the heartbreak we're destined to feel after experiencing the first high of a lover. It's the fallout of a stolen kiss, that in some cases uplifts us so high, that when it's gone, we can't do a thing but reflect in our sorrows. From that is birthed the true blues, as sung by Arnold Lindsay. Track List: 1. My Name Is the Blues 2. Bad Night 3. Up In The Delta 4. One Step Closer 5. Coming Home To You 6. American Soldiers 7. Just Like A Rabbit 8. Temporary Date 9. Just Like Cinderella 10. Raining In The Delta Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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