Ham Hound Crave
Ham Hound Crave – Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye has recorded before, but this is a record that he wanted to make, proudly released June 29, 2024. He is another lefthanded player (like Roman), and his guitar heroes are likewise from all over the South, clustering in Mississippi. He played behind Honeyboy Edwards (from Shaw, Mississippi) for twenty years, learning the title song from him. Honeyboy in turn had learned it directly from the legendary Rube Lacey, so in that sense, he is a tradition-bearer, third generation style. He’s lived in Chicago since the early nineties, but his guide through the blues thickets in his New York years was Jean Ritchie’s son, John Pickow. John showed him who to listen to and how to listen, and he did. To keep body and soul together and add to his folksinger income level, he teaches at the Old Town School and transcribes music for Hal Leonard.