Shakes Fear & the Skeleton Gang – Not like Everybody Else
Like any performance art, there are some blues acts that work hard to capture people's attention with shows that are very different to what else is out there. For example, in 1923 (or 24), the singer Ma Rainey devised show - a tent show, to give an idea of the planning - where a giant prop Victrola phonograph player was wheeled onto the stage. Then a chorus girl would take a giant prop record and place it on the phonograph. From inside the pho "Villain [...]