post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
BlueNotes is busy getting his blues face ready for Paul Rishell and Annie Raines tonight, so here are a few items by other writers to keep your blues jones happy. Keb Mo is in Greensburg at the Palace Theater tonight, and here's a review of his latest CD , "Live & Mo' (which I haven't heard), fom Blogcritics, which can always be relied upon for some good blues work. Here's a nice writeup...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 25/07/2009
According to Wikipedia; "Dust My Broom" is a blues standard originally recorded by Robert Johnson, the legendary Mississippi Delta blues singer and guitarist, on November 23, 1936 in San Antonio, Texas. It was released on the ARC Records label under the title of "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom. The song was later recorded and released on the Trumpet Records label by blues singer and guitarist...
All Free Download Links (Free subscription) | 18/01/2009
Willie Nelson - Milk Cow Blues (2000) EAC/CD Image | Flac+Cue | Covers | 413Mb Genre: Blues
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 18/12/2008
"I know all about you, Philadelphia," beamed San Diego singer-guitarist John Reis, of the Night Marchers, at the Khyber on Tuesday night. "You go to the airport and boo bad landings: 'Landing gear was down 10 seconds too late!' "
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Brook Benton took the folksy “The Boll Weevil Song” to number two on the pop charts in 1961, thanks to a silky and laconic vocal tracked over vaguely Caribbean rhythm guitars, stuttering drums, and a hypnotic piano line that echoed relentlessly through the song. Although the tune was credited to Benton and Clyde Otis as [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 18/01/2008
IIIRD TYME OUT, "Footprints: A IIIrd Tyme Out Collection," Rounder. 15 tracks.
Havering On (Free subscription) | 12/10/2007
Trying to recall where you first heard the quintessential electric blues riff that opens ‘Dust My Broom’ is difficult. It may have been the early 50’s version by Elmore James or Fleetwood Mac's late sixties offering. Some may recall an unknown blues band at a club they visited in their youth, a few know that it's true origins are in the 1930’s with Robert Johnson, or is it?...
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