If Troubles Was Money – Blues Cargo
Blues Cargo love Blues Music and mostly like to play Chicago Blues style.Started playing in 1987 at Athens Greece as a four member band. Two guitars Bass and Drums. After some changes to the members the Band at this time has a five member configuration which is...
Instrumental – Alan Haynes
Alan Haynes (February 19, 1956), born in Houston, Texas, is an American Texas Blues guitarist. Alan has been playing professionally since the 1970s and has performed with a variety of Blues legends that include Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Albert...
Hardest Part Of Lovin’ You – Tom Holland & The Shuffle Kings
Tom Holland & the Shuffle Kings are one of the hardest working blues bands not only in the Midwest, but the world! They have been playing stages across the world for 10 years now. They've been the backing band for such blues luminaries such as Hubert Sumlin, and Carey...
FPR News April/May 2012
In This Issue New 2012 WorkshopGE Smith joins BDWKickstart OteilMeet Me in the KitchenHelp Ruth Grace Get Her Ride FRESH CATCH!In May Jorma plays the Nelsonville Music Festival a short piece from home. He then heads off to Italy for some festival dates, some of which...
Signature Sounds artist: Hundred Dollar Valentine – Chris Smither – New Release Review
Sitting here listening to the new recording, Hundred Dollar Valentine, by Chris Smither. This recording, set to be released on June 19, 2012 will be Smither's 12th studio disc. Smither is an excellent finger picking guitar player and songwriter. As most of you know...
Red River New Mexico’s “River & Brews Blues Fest”
2012 RIVER & BREWS BLUES FEST LINE-UP RUDY BOY EXPERIMENT R.B. STONE ALBUQUERQUE BLUES CONNECTION BLUES BOY WILLIE Take a trip back to when BB King and Muddy Waters were just reaching the heights of their internationally successful music careers at the “River and...
Trouble, Trouble – Luke “Long Gone” Miles
Luke "Lone Gone" Miles (May 8, 1925 – November 23, 1987) was an American Texas blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was a protégé of Lightnin' Hopkins, and variously recorded or performed with Hopkins, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee and Willie Chambers....
Tribute to Robert Johnson
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–37 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's...
HOW LONG BLUES – Bertha Chippie Hill
Bertha "Chippie" Hill (March 15, 1905 – May 7, 1950), was an American blues and vaudeville singer and dancer, best known for her recordings with Louis Armstrong.Hill was born in Charleston, South Carolina, one of sixteen children, but in 1915 the family moved to New...
Three O’clock In The Morning – Connor Kennedy Band
Young musicians often find themselves enamored with the music of legendary artists but in some cases, they learn to play that music; on even rarer occasions they get to share a stage with those legends. Connor Kennedy, a guitarist and vocalist from upstate NY, is one...