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Hoodoo blues: The voodoo roots of blues music

By Doktor Snake, on April 6th, 2010

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When millions of Africans were forcibly transported to America as slaves between 1500 and 1900 they lost their freedom, but their spiritual and magical beliefs survived in blues music.

In 1526 a ship arrived off what … Read more.

Rehearsals with Earl Marlowe

By Doktor Snake, on March 8th, 2010

I was running through some new tunes the other day and I was reminded of Earl Marlowe, featured throughout my Doktor Snake’s Voodoo Spellbook. Earl was a blues singer and voodoo conjure doctor, originally from Trinidad.

I used to play guitar for him back in the 1980s and also assisted him in dispensing spiritual medicines. During rehearsals, he’d often … Read more.

Graveyard blues

By Doktor Snake, on March 4th, 2010

I was just pumping out a riff on my battered old Gibson guitar, this morning. Mainly because playing a little blues relaxes me. And I was thinking about how my old voodoo mentor Earl Marlowe taught me a method of increasing personal power. It works like this:

Go to a local graveyard and visit the grave of a deceased … Read more.

Robert Johnson: Did the 1930s bluesman really sell his soul to Satan for guitar brilliance and fame?

By Doktor Snake, on February 17th, 2010

Close to midnight during the early 1930s, wannabe bluesman Robert Johnson stepped out of the shadows of the Mississippi swampland. In one hand he carried his beat-up acoustic guitar; in the other a bottle of rye whiskey to keep out the cold. He shivered slightly. Not because of the chilly air, but because he’d got an appointment with … Read more.