Blind Blake – Mr. Diddy Wa Diddy (ENG)
The blues recording artist Blind Blake defies categorization. Although he is usually called a ragtime bluesman, that description does little to define the diversity of his music. The fact is, no other blues recording artist of his time sounded quite like him. His jazzy, highly syncopated guitar, his phrasing and speed on the fret board, the sly ironic songs he composed were not only a unique synthesis of styles, but technically beyond the reach of all his contemporaries, much as they remain to this day. Many have tried but few have succeeded in capturing Blake’s feel. He sets the bar for all finger pickers to aspire to. Blake is also unique in that he is the most mysterious of all blues artists. Where he came from, where and when he died, almost all the facts of his life are largely unknown or a source of great speculation. It is as…