Blues Moments in Time - December 2: Blues Kings and Altamont Nightmares
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Blues Moments in Time - December 2: Blues Kings and Altamont Nightmares
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Join Kelvin Huggins as he dives deep into the tangled roots and resonant echoes of December 2nd in blues history.
December 2nd emerges as a date of profound significance in the timeline of blues and popular music, encapsulating the genre's core dualities of creation and loss, triumph and tragedy. On this day, the blues world mourned the passing of foundational figures like boogie-woogie pioneer Albert Ammons and civil rights icon Odetta, while also celebrating seminal creative milestones. These include Ammons's groundbreaking recordings, The Rolling Stones' legendary Muscle Shoals sessions for Sticky Fingers, and the release of their Grammy-winning tribute album, Blue and Lonesome. The date is also scarred by the infamous Altamont Free Concert, a tragic event that starkly contrasted with the creative magic happening in the studio on the same day in 1969. This convergence of pivotal events makes December 2nd a microcosm of the blues itself—a day that, as host Kelvin Huggin states, "roars like a barrelhouse piano at midnight."
Hosted by: Kelvin Huggins
Presented by: The Blues Hotel Collective
Listen Tomorrow for: Another Blues Moment in Time
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