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"Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band" HOWARD AND THE WHITE BOYS - Double D's in Tonawanda - Fri., Oct. 14/Sat., Oct. 15
Subject: "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band" Doing Double-Duty@Double D's, Oct. 14&15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOW Contact: Doug Deutsch Publicity ServicesSeptember 30, 2011 213.924.4901 dougdeutschpr@gmail.com "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two Decades!" "Give them their due: You can't see this…
Continue Reading »New on Ruf Records: Shine - Dani Wilde - New Release review
I just received the new release "Shine" by Dani Wilde. The release has a smooth club like environment with tasty guitar licks and solid mellow vocals in a very clean presentation. Nine of the 11 tracks on the…
Continue Reading »Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor ft. Little Walter
Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American Chicago blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional…
Continue Reading »Leaving Blues - Ron Hacker
"The first time I got the blues, I mean really got the blues, was in 1956. A friend and I got caught breaking into parking meters. I was eleven - he was twelve. Off we went to the…
Continue Reading »Guitar Ace Alastair Greene Added To Kern River Rock N' Blues Fest/Sat. 10-1
Reinforcements to the River!: Blues-Rock Guitarist Alastair Greene has been added to the bill of the Kern River Rock N' Blues Festival in Kernville this Saturday, October 1.Guitar Ace Alastair Greene Added To Kern River Rock N' Blues…
Continue Reading »No Cure - Jay Gordon's Blues Venom
I just recieved a copy of Jay Gordon's Blues Venom - No Cure. WOW!If you like guitar blues this ride is the equivalent of being dropped from the top of the Sears Tower. It comes on hard and…
Continue Reading »Canned Heat Blues - Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse (September 28, 1910 – September 23, 1980) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. He is best known for his association and work with Robert Nighthawk. Although Stackhouse was not especially noted as a guitarist…
Continue Reading »RAY CHARLES’ SINGULAR GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ABC SINGLES, AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15 ON CONCORD RECORDS
RAY CHARLES’ SINGULAR GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ABC SINGLES,AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15 ON CONCORD RECORDS, COMPILES HITS AND B-SIDES —MANY NEVER PREVIOUSLY ON ALBUM 106 recordings on five compact discs totaling 53 singles are housed in handsome linen-textured collectors’ boxLOS…
Continue Reading »Mike Bloomfields Guitars Part II
Michael Bloomfield's GuitarsA Brief History • Page 2 The guitar most associated with Michael Bloomfield is a 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard. With it, Bloomfield recorded his most successful records and developed his trademark "fat" tone. Photo illustration…
Continue Reading »She Does It Right - Wilko Johnson
Wilko Johnson (born John Wilkinson, 12 July 1947, Canvey Island, Essex) is an English guitarist and songwriter, particularly associated with the UK rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in the 1970s.Get Facebook support for your favorite band or…
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