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His debut cd "Can't Tell Me" without a doubt sits on the foundation of rocking blues. Michael John's influences are many, however two in particular that confirm his love for the blues; First in 1987 at the Palomino in North Hollywood CA, his band opened for Buddy Guy and Junior Wells. Buddy was on stage doing his thing he does so well and Michael John was sitting back stage with Junior. Junior was...
One of those pattern things I get into...Traffic to Blind Faith covering the Stones To some more Blind Faith stuff only not so much so and post heroin for Eric To my favorite Chicago Blues shuffle with the Bluesbreakers... To...
When Billy Branch appeared with three of his elders--James Cotton, Junior Wells, and Carey Bell--on the 1991 album Harp Attack, it was a sign he had finally emerged as a major Chicago blues-harmonica player, one who had added jazz and R&B touches to the blues fundamentals learned from his mentors. Branch's first solo album, The Blues Keep Following Me Around, captures his modern vision of the Chicago...
The Final Word on three more artists this week. First, bluesman Phil Guy, brother of Buddy, who has died aged 71 of prostate cancer. Phil played with Buddy, Junior Wells and Slim Harpo among others but never quite made it as a solo blues singer. I remember seeing him a few years ago - at Willesden Public Library if my memory serves me right - and he was an impressive performer but maybe lacking in...
USA - Five-time Grammy-winning blues legend Buddy Guy has been singing the praises of Shure microphones, particularly the UHF-R wireless system."Without Shure...I don't know," he says. ...
I think I speak for all of Popdose, going through a painful migration to the latest version of Wordpress, that we have had the freeeeeeekin’ blues this week. To my compadres at the site, I offer this phenomenal cut, “A Man of Many Words,” from one of the tastiest blues records of the 20th century, [...]
My oh-so-quotable friend Jim Dickinson once remarked about similar songs being recorded around the same time, "They're all just playing what's happening." As writers write about what's happening.... At some point back in the late 60's and early 70's, I realized the LSD was making me wise in some ways beyond my years. And while San Francisco and the nation were reveling in the youth culture, we
Phil Guy's never going to eclipse his older brother Buddy's status as a blues superstar.Phil Guy played with harpist Raful Neal (for a decade) before leaving the Baton Rouge scene for Chicago in 1969. There he played with his brother's high-energy organization as well as behind harpist Junior Wells . 10 tracks. Recorded live in August 16,17,18,1997. Tracks: Goin to New York Ain't that Lovin You Texas...
Recorded at Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida and Intermedia Studios, Boston. Massechusetts. Personnel: Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Junior Wells (vocals, harmonica); J. Geils (guitar); Eric Clapton (guitar, bottleneck guitar); Magic Dick (harmonica); A.C. Reed (tenor saxophone); Dr. John, Mike Utley, Seth Justman (piano); Carl Radle, Leroy Stewart, Danny Klein (bass); Roosevelt Shaw, Jim Gordon, Stephen...
Some years back, Jay Sheffield was doing the booking for the first B.B. King's Club, on Beale Street in Memphis. I had just gotten a hold of a great compilation of Junior Wells' early recordings on the Chief label. I dropped by Jay's office, told him he ought to bring Junior in to B.B.'s, handed Jay the CD for proof, and took my leave. A week or so later I started hearing he was playing the thing
This is the first Cold Shot that features a whole album. We (that’s all my personalities combined) are pretty psyched about that. See, Buddy Guy’s a favorite of the Cold Shot space: the man not only inspired two-thirds of Jimi Hendrix’s act, making him the grandfather of all those 1970s and ’80s guitar heroes from Page [...]
Personnel: Memphis Slim (vocals, piano); Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Phillip Guy (guitar); Junior Wells (harmonica); Jimmy Conley (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); A.C. Reed (tenor saxophone); Ernest Johnson (bass guitar); Roosevelt Shaw (drum). Pianist/singer Peter "Memphis Slim" Chatman (1915-1988) enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers in blues history. His trademarks were hearty,...
