Wolf Messing

Lo strano personaggio di cui parla il libro è Wolf Messing. Paragnosta, sensitivo e veggente, la cui vicenda personale sarebbe rimasta confinata nell'ambito oscuro e banale del mondo dei circhi equestri e degli spettacoli sensazionalistici, se non fosse che, per le sue capacità straordinarie e il suo indubbio talento, venne a contatto con personaggi del calibro di Freud ed Einstein e il suo destino finì per incrociarsi con quello di Hitler e Stalin. "Se Hitler invade la Polonia, di lì a qualche anno morirà", così disse. Hitler ne venne a conoscenza e mise una taglia di 200.000 marchi sulla testa di Messing per verificare l'attendibilità del veggente e sfruttare i suoi poteri. Messing cercò riparo in Unione Sovietica, dove fu Stalin a reclamarlo, catturato anch'egli dalla sua fama e intrigato dal modo in cui questo piccolo uomo avrebbe potuto aiutare l'Unione Sovietica..

GOT THE BLUES is a historic and iconic collection of the best of the American Blues. 80 tracks from the hallowed names of Muddy Waters, Booker T, Etta James, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Howlin Wolf and many more. America is the home of the blues, born in the wilderness, the deltas of Mississippi, the stoops of the deep South, under the searing sun. The Blues of all shades are here, from its mythical roots, to its full bloodied crescendo – the horns, the keys, the steel guitar. It’s the story of the soul of America.

GOT THE BLUES is a historic and iconic collection of the best of the American Blues. 80 tracks from the hallowed names of Muddy Waters, Booker T, Etta James, Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, BB King, Howlin Wolf and many more. America is the home of the blues, born in the wilderness, the deltas of Mississippi, the stoops of the deep South, under the searing sun. The Blues of all shades are here, from its mythical roots, to its full bloodied crescendo – the horns, the keys, the steel guitar. It’s the story of the soul of America.

Thousands of blues tunes draw on the core foundation of grooves and rhythm patterns spawned during the electric blues renaissance of the 50s and 60s. Unlike other genres of music from that time, there’s nothing nostalgic about these grooves — these same grooves and rhythm patterns have been used by every generation of blues player since right up to modern times. “Authentic” is the best way to describe them and Jeff McErlain’s 30 Authentic Blues Grooves You MUST Know is the best way to learn them.

Willie Farmer is living proof that Mississippi continues to produce deep blues. The 62-year-old guitarist is neither a soul modernist nor revivalist, but simply a small-town auto mechanic who’s never shaken his love for old school legends like Muddy, Wolf and Lightnin’.