Mark Pucci Media Artists Nominated for the 2012 Living Blues Awards
Mark Pucci Media MARK PUCCI MEDIA CONGRATULATES ITS ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR THE 2012 LIVING BLUES AWARDS READER’S POLL Blues Artist of the Year (Male) – Johnny Rawls Best Blues Album of 2011 (New Recordings) – Johnny Rawls, Memphis Still Got Soul Blues Artist of the...
EDGAR’S BOOGIE – Edgar Hayes’ Stardusters
Pianist and bandleader Edgar Hayes is best remembered today for his 1938 version of Hoagy Carmichael's ''Stardust,'' the only hit song for Hayes. The recording features his light, tinkling piano style and is still today considered to be the definitive version of that...
Blues medley – JUKE BOY BONNER
Weldon H. Philip Bonner, better known as Juke Boy Bonner (March 22, 1932 – June 29, 1978) was an American blues singer, harmonica player, and guitarist. He was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimmy Reed, and Slim Harpo. He described the bleak prospects of black urban...
I’m a Ram – BRIAN TAMBLING
Brian Tambling is preparing to release his debut album marking a huge stage in the career of the multi-talented guitarist. Brian, who lives on Curacao; Dutch Caribbean, has just put the final touches to the album and is now preparing for the imminent release that will...
Slow Movin Train – Bart Walker Band
Bart Walker’s debut, Who I Am, is a portrait of the Nashville-based guitar and vocal powerhouse as a dreamer, a fan, a survivor, a creative dynamo and, most of all, a one-man argument for the continued vitality and emotional heat of the blues. A born virtuoso who...
Big James Living Blues Award Nomination
BIG JAMES and the CHICAGO PLAYBOYS UP FOR "BEST LIVE PERFORMER" AWARDVoting for Living Blues Award Open to the Public Now Big James and the Chicago Playboys, six time winners of the Living Blues Critics Poll Award for "Most Outstanding Horns," are on the 2012 Living...
“…I just started moanin’ with them” – Alabama Slim’s life in music
Alabama Slim, turning hardship into song Listening to Alabama Slim on the phone, one thinks of old Southern Blues and Gospel music, his voice smooth like butter and as warm as hot chocolate. Hearing him sing is even better; he is truly one of the best Blues singers of...
Mother-In-Law – David “Honeyboy” Edwards
95-year-old Honeyboy Edwards performing at Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art, Clarksdale, Mississippi, on Sunday, April 17, 2011. Accompanied by Bill Abel (guitar) and Michael Frank (harmonica). David "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was a Delta...
Fresh Funky Blues Jam – Wingnut Adams
Wingnut pays homage to the roots of the Blues, while injecting his own life experiences into a funky musical stew that captures hearts and souls everywhere!Wingnut began his musical journey as a percussionist for well respected artists including Archie Lee Hooker and...
New Hawaiian Boogie – George Bedard
George Bedard has been a seminal figure on the Michigan roots rock scene for more than 20 years. A member of the Silvertones in the 1970s and Tracy Lee & the Leonards in the 1980s, Bedard has been increasingly attracting the attention that his energetic guitar playing...