PharmaGossip (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
1. Live at The Regal - B.B. King 2. Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live - Muddy Waters 3. Live at Cafe Au Go Go (& Soledad Prison) - John Lee Hooker 4. 1964 Live On Maxwell Street - Robert Nighthawk 5. Thursday Night in San Francisco - Albert King 6. At Newport 1960 - Muddy Waters 7. Live and Cookin' (at Alice's Revisited) - Howlin' Wolf 8. Drinkin' TNT 'N' Smokin Dynamite - Buddy Guy/Junior Wells 9. Live...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 13/05/2008
Well since John Mayall has just had his 70th birthday concert released on DVD Blues fans should be interested his highly original and unusual teaming with the late great Albert King. The set was recorded at Wolfman Jack's home studio in L.A. in just one day August 20, 1971 and features a line up that was to become part of Mayall's Jazz-Fusion ideas in the 1970s. This LP is very different. Albert plays...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Back in the late '50s and early '60s, Chicago blues was at its peak, and for the price of a drink or two one could hear the unbearably exciting guitar work of Buddy Guy, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Robert Nighthawk, and Hubert Sumlin blasting out of small clubs along the south and west sides of the city. But if you were to ask any of these fretboard whizes who was...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
His place on the honor roll of Chicago blues harpists long ago assured, Carey Bell truly came into his own in the '90s as a bandleader with terrific discs for Alligator and Blind Pig. He learned his distinctive harmonica riffs from the Windy City's very best (both Walters -- Little and Big -- as well as Sonny Boy Williamson II), adding his own signature effects for good measure (an otherworldly moan...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Frank Frost (1936-1999) and the Night Hawks on the Phillips label (via Sam Phillips of Sun Records). Here’s a set of electric, Delta blues and juke joint jumpin’ from 1962 by legendary blues harmonica player, Frank Frost, Jack Johnson and drummer Sam Carr (son of Robert Nighthawk). Together as the Nighthawks, they played together until [...]
MND/BlogWonks: Your Alternate Daily (Free subscription) | 13/12/2007
Mmusician and songwriter Ike Turner passed away Wednesday at his home in San Marcos, California. His wife did not give a cause of death, but mentioned that he suffered from emphysema. Ike Turner was perhaps best known for his work with his former wife, Tina Turner, as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo. [...]
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 13/12/2007
Ike Turner was a R&B musician, songwriter, bandleader, producer, talent scout and the ex-husband of Tina Turner.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13/12/2007
US musician who was married to Tina Turner has passed away at his home in San Marcos, California
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 30/11/2007
Your birthday today: You are conscientious and thorough in all you do and have the confidence and respect of your friends. You are positive, quick-tempered and impulsive ; have a keen sense of humor, a clear mind and good judgment. Marry early in life and your home life will be happy and pleasant. There are no others listed in the book, so for a thorough approach to your celebration of this day, perhaps...
bag of songs (Free subscription) | 15/10/2007
Elmore James was one of the true pioneers of electric slide guitar whose influence san still be heard in modern day players for the Allman Brothers to The White Stripes. More from Allmusic guide : No two ways about it, the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period was Elmore James, hands down. Although his early demise from heart failure kept him from enjoying the fruits of the '60s blues...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 29/09/2007
As part of the DSU Year of Delta Heritage, the ninth annual Peavine Awards will celebrate excellence in the Delta Blues on October 4. According to historian Steve LaVere, founder of the Peavines, "this year's awards will honor three Delta Bluesmen who created a unique Blues sound: John Lee Hooker, Earl Hooker, and Tony Hollins." The celebration will be at the Grapeland Grill on Highway 61 in Cleveland,...
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 28/09/2007
Piano player Pinetop Perkins witnessed the earliest incarnations of big band and swing, jazz and country, rock 'n' roll and disco. But never has he strayed from his first love, the blues.
Art's Strange World (Free subscription) | 20/09/2007
Because he recorded in three distinct time periods, I doubt there is a single definitive Son House collection. A Proper Introduction To Son House purports to be the complete collection of his work from 1930 to 1942. I don't think that is accurate but it is a good representation nevertheless. Eddie James House Jr. was born in Mississippi sometime [...]
Metro Times Music Blahg (Free subscription) | 21/08/2007
Detroit blues singer Odessa Harris (aka Dessie Williams ) died from complications of emphysema this past Saturday, Aug. 18 th . She was 71. Born in West Helena , Arkansas , Harris began, like so many blues vocalists, singing in the choir at a local Baptist church. At the age of 14, she landed a spot singing with James “Peck” Curtis and
