The Right String, Baby, But the Wrong Yo-Yo – Piano Red
William "Willie" Lee Perryman (October 19, 1911 – July 25, 1985), usually known professionally as Piano Red and later in life as Dr. Feelgood, was an American blues musician, the first to hit the pop music charts. He was a self-taught pianist who played in the...
Muck Blues Roots Festival Benefits Better Vision For Children – (Corrected Time)
Announcing The.... "Muck Blues Roots Festival" First-Ever Orange County Blues Society Concert Event Under The Stars At The Scenic Muckenthaler Cultural Center - Thursday, August 16 ***Please Note Corrected Time: 5pm-9 pm*** << Better Vision For Children...
Rainman Records artist: Alvin Lee – Still On The Road To Freedom – New Recording Review
Alvin Lee... yes the real Alvin Lee, has just come out of the studio and is ready to release a new cd, Still On The Road To Freedom, on August 27, 2012. To say that I am a long time Alvin Lee fan is a tremendous understatement. I was a young kid when I heard Alvin Lee...
Big Legs – Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces
Gene Phillips (born Eugene Floyd Phillips, July 25, 1915, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American jump blues guitarist and singer.He was influenced by, and a fan of, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing.CareerHe...
Good-Bye Baby – Robert Lucas
West Coast vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Robert Lucas forged a path for himself in the blues world after the release of his much-hailed 1990 self-produced debut cassette, Across the River. Based in Long Beach, CA, as a solo artist Lucas recorded for the...
Shake ’em Up – Guitar Slim Green
This artist should not be confused with Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, the New Orleans artist, or Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward the country blues guitarist from Virginia.Norman G. Green was born in Bryant, TX. on July 25, 1920. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was in...
I’ve Got News For You – Edgar Winter’s White Trash
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful in the 1970s...
Crawfishin’ – Clarence “Bon Ton” Garlow
Clarence Garlow (February 27, 1911 – July 24, 1986) was an American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his recording of the song "Bon Ton Roula", which was a hit single on the US Billboard R&B chart in 1950....
The Thrill Is Gone – The Badrock Bluesband
m Sommer 1992 formierte sich in Österreich (Oberösterreich, Bezirk Ried - siehe nebenstehende Karte) mit Gerald Schuldenzucker, Siegfried Horvath, Franz Kollmann und Berndt Steiner die BADROCK BLUES BAND.Anfangs zu viert in klassischer Band-Besetzung mit zwei...
Looking For Somebody – Ivan Marcio
Ivan Marcio fell in love with the harmonica when he was 13 and a year later, in 1991, while listening to Elmore James, he fell in love with the blues, which became the unseparable companion of this harmonica player from São Paulo, Brazil. In 1994 he founded, along...