Michele (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008
The Soundtrack of My Life: According to Shuffle Usually, if tagged I refuse to do any sort of Meme. However, someone dared me to do this musical Meme. Well, as you can imagine a silly dare will not prompt me...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 16/08/2008
An album from Luther Allison's long-standing bandleader of the last several years. Released a few months after Allison's death, the album can be taken as a tribute album by James Solberg of sorts to his old boss. Utilizing a strong, distorted tone throughout, Solberg keeps Allison's high-energy approach alive on a batch of shuffles ("Bubba's Boogie," "Must Be a Reason"), slow blues ("L.A. Blues,"...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
The House of Blues label has done it again with another incredible collection of blues essentials. From classics must-haves by Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and John Lee Hooker to more recent recordings by Taj Mahal and Luther Allison, this collection is calling to you. Also have to mention that the album art and liner notes are beautifully designed and well-written. Only reason not to give...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Steven Bryan Johnson, born January 12, 1956, started playing guitar in 1963 after his Uncle Mickey Johnson played his electric guitar for him. Steve played in rock blues bands in California until moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982. There he met Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, Luther Allison, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, and lots of Chicago and Detroit area blues players. He moved to New York City...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Recorded at: Gimmick Studio, Yerres, France during March and April, 1997. Personnel: Jimmy Johnson (vocals, guitars); Luther Allison, John Randolph (guitar); Paulie Cerra (tenor saxophone); Claude Egea (trumpet, flugelhorn); Frank Lacy (trombone); Kenny Lee (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ); Anthony Morris (electric bass); William Ellis (drums); Arnaud Frank (percussion)....
The Happy Circumstance (Free subscription) | 21/02/2008
Hot Night In February Is Closing In Fast! The time is drawing near. Do you have your tickets yet? E-Arts is bringing Westside Andy Linderman and the Mel Ford Band to town on Saturday February 23 at 7:30 PM for one hot performance and Andy has promised a show like none ever seen around here. Tickets are priced so the whole family can attend this Blues show. Don't let the weather keep you indoors! Since...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 26/01/2008
Steven Bryan Johnson started playing guitar in 1963 after his Uncle Mickey Johnson played his electric guitar for him. He has played in rock blues bands in California until moving to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1982, where he met Albert Collins, Willie Dixon, Luther Allison, Duke Robillard, Johnny Winter, and lots of blues players of the Chicago-Detroit area. A year later in New York City, Steve formed...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 31/12/2007
Bernard Allison is the guitar-playing, singing and songwriting son of the late, legendary blues guitarist Luther Allison. True to form for this chip off the old block, the young Allison injects every bit as much energy into his live shows as his late father did. Bernard counts among his influences icons like Albert King, Muddy Waters and Freddie King, and later, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter....
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 09/11/2007
Steve established himself on the Chicago blues scene as far back as the '70s, playing with Koko Taylor, Sunnyland Slim, Big Walter Horton, Luther Allison, and James Cotton. Now a resident of the bay area, this is his second release on Delmark Records. ------------- 1. I'll Be Your Mule (4:27) 2. Fine Lookin' Woman (3:45) 3. Hung Down Head (3:51) 4. Fittin' To Go (6:09) 5. You Were A Good Old Ride...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 31/10/2007
As bluesmen go, Luther Allison rocked, especially on Serious and subsequent recordings. This 1987 recording marked the beginning of a more rock-oriented approach for the singer-guitarist, which certainly contributed to Allison's rise in prominence, a climb that continued until his death in 1997. Serious is a bundle of barely restrained energy, from the opening chords of the stomping shuffle "Backtrack"...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 16/09/2007
Chicago guitarist Jimmy Dawkins would just as soon leave his longtime nickname "Fast Fingers" behind. It was always something of a stylistic misnomer anyway; Dawkins's West Side-styled guitar slashes and surges, but seldom burns with incendiary speed. Dawkins's blues are generally of the brooding, introspective variety — he doesn't engage in flashy pyrotechnics or outrageous showmanship. It took a...
Blogcritics.org (Free subscription) | 02/09/2007
Blues guitarman extraordinaire Melvin Taylor just might be Chicago's best kept secret. Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor has been sporadically recording solo albums for some twenty-five years now. Even though he's been a hit in Europe for some time now, a steady run of performing in Chicago’s famed blues clubs is slowly earning him a well-deserved reputation as an equal talent among the giants...
Ample Sanity (Free subscription) | 22/08/2007
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues. --Luther Allison So we've finally come to the realization that man is the most destructive, and self-destructive, animal on our planet. Most of us are doing our small part to live a greener, healthier lifestyle. We speak out against human rights violations....
PR Leap - Recent News Releases (Free subscription) | 21/08/2007
The finest local blues artists take the stage at the OC Pavilion on September 22 starting at 6 PM
