The winner of the first Electrified t-shirt giveaway is Danny Morrison, who told us about Pete Karnes, a harp player who played with John Lee Hooker, among others. I couldn’t find too much about Pete on the Internet, other than that he was a staple of the Portland Oregon blues scene, and had a pretty terrible auto accident in 2004. Perhaps Danny will pop in and tell us more….
Anyway, I did find a 2006 podcast from Portland that includes one track from the Pete Barnes Blooz Band. Enjoy!
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Hi there — I run the PDXBluescast site and noticed your link to one of my podcasts (Show #29) in this posting. Thanks for pointing folks my way, and for giving Pete Karnes a little recognition. I actually played Pete’s music in three other episodes, and if you don’t mind I’ll list them here for your readers to check out if they’re interested:
Show #6 - http://www.pdxbluescast.com/index.php/?p=15
Show #11 - http://www.pdxbluescast.com/index.php/?p=20
Show #19 - http://www.pdxbluescast.com/index.php/?p=30
Each of those shows includes great music by other worthwhile artists as well, so check ‘em out. One of these days I hope to resume doing the podcast…when my life calms down a little bit… [sigh]
Meanwhile, I’ve enjoyed poking around on your blog, and I’m sure I’ll visit again. Keep up the good work!