All Blog Posts Tagged 'Wichita' (3)

Wichitan musician/writer Pat O'Connor talks about Kansas 'Outlaw' blues scene, Charles Plymell, and his books

"Blues lyrics are a folkloric story in a form borrowed from European folk music. The African American treatment of this form became the blues and the inherent moan mirrored the anguish of modern times when technology threatened extinction rather than neighboring tribes or natural catastrophe."…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on November 29, 2015 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Poet Roxie Powell talks about Wichita Vortex, Frisco's memories, Jazz, poetry, his travels, and Lil Huk

"Poetry is free-form chaos brought into a modicum of control and direction.  Poetry is the explorer...I’m only the vehicle. I could be replaced by a toilet plunger."

Roxie Powell: A Primitive Poet…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on February 25, 2013 at 3:30am — No Comments

An Interview with George Laughead of Beats In Kansas, an on-line history of the Beats in the Heartland

"I put up Beats in Kansas at KU because of the odd fact that 80 percent of living beats were from Kansas."

George Laughead: The Duke of Kansas

George Laughead grew up in Dodge…

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Added by Michael Limnios Blues Network on January 20, 2013 at 4:30pm — No Comments

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