Delivered on the isle of Andrus within the Bahamas, Spence developed an idiosyncratic (and inimitable) electric guitar design rife with percussive and improvisatory vamps around staid hymns and such “square” specifications as “To arrive on the Wing along with a Prayer.” He was a folk guitarist’s Thelonious Monk, and his growling vocal counterpoint and unexpected inventions are among folk music’s great delights.
While Lavender Nation were small known beyond your Pacific Northwest in support of released one …
1910 in Andros 1950s - 1980s 1984 in Nassau Acoustic Blues Affirmation Amiable/Good-Natured At the Beach Atmospheric August Bahama Bahamas Bahamian Blues Caribbean Traditions David Lindley Earnest Earthy Eccentric Empowering Field Recordings Finger-Picked Guitar Folk Freedom International International Folk Joseph Spence Joseph Spence - Glory Joseph Spence - Good Morning Mr. Walker Joseph Spence - Happy All the Time Joseph Spence - Living on the Halleluja Joseph Spence - The Complete Folkways R Joseph Spence - The Spring of Sixty-Fiv Laid-Back/Mellow March 18 Michael Chapman Plaintive Quirky Regional Blues Ry Cooder Sea Shanties Songster Summer Summery The Creative Side Uncompromising
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