The new mystery novel Hank & Muddy by Stephen Mertz was officially published just yesterday, and is NOW AVAILABLE from Amazon. I read an advance copy, and it's one hell of a book!
I'll be interviewing Steve and posting my review in the days to come, but for now, here are live film performances by both of these great artists.
Enjoy!
GOT MY MOJO WORKIN' - MUDDY WATERS
HEY GOOD LOOKIN' - HANK WILLIAMS
More Overlooked Films, TV and whatever (as usual) at SWEET FREEDOM.
Interesting pairing. I saw a story once paring lovecraft and Robert e. howard. Very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThanks for drawing attention to this, Evan. Steve Mertz is a good writer and this sounds like a helluva concept --- can't wait to check it out. Thanks, too, for providing the nifty clips of Hank and Muddy.
ReplyDeleteCharles--As you might know, Lovecraft and Howard were friends, part of the intensely corresponding "Lovecraft Circle" which also included Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, the young Robert Bloch, Frank Belknap Long, and others, including Fritz Leiber, briefly, near the very end of HPL's life.
ReplyDeleteEvan...yeah, remarkable how these musics, blues and country, played off each other and swapped elements and influences...and, certainly, gospel made a triangle of the swap. And off shot rock and bluegrass and, only slightly more distantly, rap from that interchange...sounds like it could be a rich source for some historical fiction...crime fiction? (Shall go read Bill Crider's squib.)