Mark Sallings and The Famous Unknowns
Mark Sallings was born on April 11, 1952 and began performing at 14 years old and never stopped. He began with a small local band,along the"Chitlin Circuit", in clubs like The White Swan in Newport, Arkansas, where BB King and Albert King put down their licks as they...
MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN AND MAHSA VAHDAT TO TOUR UNITED STATES
MIGHTY SAM MCCLAIN AND MAHSA VAHDAT TO TOUR UNITED STATESAmerican-Iranian duo celebrates cross-cultural collaboration with “Love Duets Across Civilizations” Persia meets the blues! Mighty Sam McClain, a Louisiana red-clay soul-bluesman, and Mahsa Vahdat, a...
Crustee Tees Records artist: Tas Cru – Tired of Bluesmen Cryin’ – New Release Review
I just received and have had a chance to listen to Tas Cru's newest release, Tired Of Bluesmen Cryin'. The recording opens with the title track, I'm Tired Of Bluesmen Cryin', which starts as a solo slide guitar and vocal wail. Influenced by an aspiring blues...
John The Conqueror available now from our mail-order
S/T debut album available now from the mailorder John The Conqueror’s self-titled debut album is an amalgamation of the many sounds and styles (old and new) mined from both the North and the South. Cousins Pierre Moore (vocals & guitar) and Michael Gardner (drums)...
Music Maker Supports Mississippi Blues!
Music Maker Heads to Mississippi! Tim Duffy and Ironing Board Sam will head down to Hattiesburg, Mississippi tomorrow to partner with the University of Southern Mississippi this weekend! The Music Maker Stage will take place on Saturday, October 13th from Noon - 4pm,...
Mosquito Bar Britches – Harmonica Frank Floyd
Harmonica Frank (October 11, 1908, Toccopola, Mississippi - August 7, 1984, Blanchester, Ohio) was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. Frank Floyd was the son of itinerant parents who separated without giving him a name. He was raised by his...
You Don’t Know My Mind – Mississippi Joe Callicott
"Mississippi" Joe Callicott (October 10, 1899 – 1969was a United States Delta blues singer and guitarist. Callicott was born in Nesbit, Mississippi, United States. His "Love Me Baby Blues" has been covered by various artists, e.g. (under the title of "France Chance")...
What’cha Tryin’ To Do To Me -Margie Alexander
Margie Alexander (born Marjorie Lucille Alexander, 11 October 1948) is an American gospel and soul singer. She was born in Carrollton, Georgia, and began singing in her church. By the mid-1960s she was a member of the Gospel Crusaders of Los Angeles. In 1968, she...
Keep Your Hands Off My Mojo – Coot Grant and Kid Wilson
Wesley Wilson (October 1, 1893 – October 10, 1958) was an American blues and jazz singer and songwriter. His own stage craft, plus the double act with his wife and musical partner, Coot Grant, was popular with African American audiences in the 1910s, 1920s and early...
Easy Baby – Mac Thompson with Magic Sam
Blues bass and guitar player, brother of Syl Johnson and Jimmy Johnson, Mac Thompson was born Mac Johnson in Lamar, MS.died of cancer in Chicago, IL at the age of fifty seven. Mac Played bass with Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Magic Sam among others. If you like what...