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Stealin' the Blues
by Avner Strauss, Israel
Now, I had received a slight taste of the blues from an American friend living in Israel, who had some old blues records in his collection. I later became professional musician and a big fan of the blues. The selection of blues records available in Israeli shops in the 60’s was very limited and consisted of a few records by Champion Jack Dupree, Memphis Slim, John lee Hooker, B.B. King and Big Bill Broonzy.
One day after my guitar lesson with Dave, I was in the biggest record store in Haifa- Beit Hataklit (the "Record House"), when I saw a Big Bill Broonzy LP in a rare French edition (or so I thought at the time - being all of fourteen years old). As I was admiring the LP, examining the photo on the cover of Big Bill singing in a dark club with his eyes closed. Trying to read the titles of the songs on the back. I don’t recall all the details, but somehow this fine LP found its way into my guitar case as I left the store, making me guilty of the crime of shoplifting the Blues. To this day, I still love to sing Broonzy’s "Black, Brown, and White Blues" which I learned from that record...
Avner Strauss is a virtuoso guitarist and singer of the Blues, Jazz, Flamenco,and Classical traditions, as well as composer of modern Israeli verse and songs. He is a producer of music and theater in the schools, has four record albums to his name, and recently put out a new album and a DVD of animated shorts of his childrens songs. He also happens to be a great grandson of the philosopher Martin Buber.
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