{"id":1952,"date":"2016-07-30T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-07-30T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2017-01-19T23:43:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T04:43:30","slug":"diddy-wa-diddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/diddy-wa-diddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Diddy Wah Diddy (Blind Blake)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Q-ViXcd-Vs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was another song I&#8217;d taped for my European rambles, but it wasn&#8217;t till near the end that I felt ready to work out Blind Blake&#8217;s guitar part. <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Blind_Blake.jpg?resize=220%2C281\" alt=\"Blind_Blake\" width=\"220\" height=\"281\" \/>It was by far the trickiest arrangement I&#8217;d attempted up to that time, but I finally got it more or less to my satisfaction &#8212; not exactly the way Blake played it, but a decent simulacrum.<\/p>\n<p>So then I flew back to the United States. I&#8217;d been away for a bit over two years, and in those days before the internet that meant I&#8217;d been out of touch with all but the few friends who were willing to put up with the vagaries of transatlantic mail and the possibility that their missives would end up unclaimed in some poste restante bin.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing I did was check in with Dave Van Ronk &#8212; I flew into New York from Brussels, called him from the airport, and he gave me couch space for a couple of days. I don&#8217;t remember if it was on that visit or shortly afterwards that he told me about a new organization called Hey Rube!, <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1958 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elijahwald.com\/songblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Hey-Rube-card.jpg?resize=210%2C150\" alt=\"Hey Rube card\" width=\"210\" height=\"150\" \/>which was trying to function as a sort of folksingers&#8217; guild or union. 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