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Blues harmonica player Snooky Pryor died October 18, 2006. He was 85, and had an on-and-off career, starting out in the vibrant blues scene of post-war Chicago, but leaving the music business when he wasn't making the money he should have been making, in favor of a career as a carpenter. A family to whom he was devoted and a successful career as a carpenter left little time for Pryor to perform, but after his retirement, he made a strong comeback as a blues performer, finally obtaining well-deserved success.
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Blues harmonica player Snooky Pryor died October 18, 2006. He was 85, and had an on-and-off career, starting out in the vibrant blues scene of post-war Chicago, but leaving the music business when he wasn't making the money he should have been making, in favor of a career as a carpenter. A family to whom he was devoted and a successful career as a carpenter left little time for Pryor to perform, but after his retirement, he made a strong comeback as a blues performer, finally obtaining well-deserved success.
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Review of Blues File: Snooky PryorMeister distinguishes himself with excellent writing in this essay delivered over a collage of Snooky Pryor's music. The thirty-year WXPN veteran gives us a nice, short history lesson with a narrative that's engaging, even for non-blues-fans. There's a great moment mid-way through this piece when we hear a recording of a few words to the audience from Snooky Pryor on one of his old albums. If you check out Jonny Meister's PRX profile, you'll find a lot of other good stuff, too --- he has more than a hundred and sixty pieces uploaded to PRX! |
Broadcast History
WXPN-FM Philadelphia 10-26-2006
Timing and Cues
3:28. Self-contained. Opens with opening theme and host intro, ends with song fade.
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Posted on December 19, 2006 at 02:19 PM | Permalink
Review of Blues File: Snooky Pryor
I heard this on the Station Showcase podcasts, which I like to listen to around town. This is a good, tight piece about, obviously, Snooky Prior. It's an obit piece, but not particularly depressing. It would have worked best around Snooky's death (Oct '06), but might be able to fit in a music/blues oriented presentation of some sort. In any case, be on the watch for stuff by this producer (Jonny Meister), if you have a blues show on your station.