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See My Jumper Hanging On the Line - R.L. Burnside
R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926 – September 1, 2005), born Robert Lee Burnside, was a North Mississippi hill country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He…
Continue Reading »Blues Medely - Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon (August 8, 1920 – September 18, 1997) was an American blues singer.James Witherspoon was born in Gurdon, Arkansas. He first attracted attention singing with Teddy Weatherford's band in Calcutta, India, which made regular radio broadcasts over…
Continue Reading »The Love You Save - Joe Tex
Joseph Arrington, Jr. (August 8, 1933 – August 13, 1982), better known as "Joe Tex", was an American Southern soul singer-songwriter, most popular during the 1960s and 1970s. His style of speaking over music, which he called 'rap',…
Continue Reading »Red River Blues - Jesse Fuller
Jesse Fuller (March 12, 1896 — January 29, 1976) was an American one-man band musician, best known for his song "San Francisco Bay Blues". His nickname was "Lone Cat."Starting locally, in clubs and bars in San Francisco and…
Continue Reading »Rollin and Tumblin - Imogen Heap and Jeff Beck
Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap (pronounced /ˈɪmədʒɨn ˈhiːp/) (born 9 December 1977 in the London Borough of Havering) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Romford, Havering. She is known for her work as part of…
Continue Reading »Blues Passion - Big Dez
Guitarist-singer Phil Fernandez and keybordist Bala Pradal formed Big Dez in 1996.They spend most of their time rehearsing in a garage in the suburbs of Paris playing English and American blues. Re-inforced by bassist Lamine Guerfi, harmonisist Marc…
Continue Reading »Sitting On Top Of The World - Albert Castiglia
Albert Castiglia (pronounced “ka-STEEL-ya”) is Keepin On – and much more. With the release of Castiglia’s 5th CD Keepin On, August 2010 on Blues Leaf Records (his third CD on this label), Albert is doing exactly what the…
Continue Reading »Welfare Store - Ron Hacker
Ron Hacker was born January 25, 1945 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was brought up without a real family as his dad died when he was four years old and his mother rejected him and his brother, thus church…
Continue Reading »I Say A Little Prayer - Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Rahsaan Roland Kirk (August 7, 1935 – December 5, 1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality, during which virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by…
Continue Reading »Dirty Low Down & Bad - Keb Mo
Keb' Mo' (born Kevin Moore, October 3, 1951) is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.Keb' Mo' started his musical career playing the steel drums and upright bass in a calypso…
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