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Boogie Woogie Mama - Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born Kenneth Wayne Spruell, 1944, Spokane, Washington) is an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. Music journalist, Jeff Johnson, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times stated, "There's no boogie-woogie-blues piano man out…
Continue Reading »Since I've Been Loving You - Buddy Whittington
Buddy Whittington (born 28 December 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American guitarist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton.…
Continue Reading »Superman Lover - Johnny Guitar Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (February 3, 1935 โ May 17, 1996) was an American blues and funk guitarist and singer. Watson, a recognized master of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, has been compared to Jimi Hendrix and allegedly became irritated…
Continue Reading »The Things That I Used To Do - Lefty Dizz
For wild-ass showmen in blues history, though, one would certainly have to go a far piece to beat Walter Williams, known to blues fans in Chicago and Europe as Lefty Dizz. A regular fixture of the Chicago scene…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Fender Bassman 5E6-A (1956)
Model No: 5E6-A (55-57) Config: Combo Control Panel: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12 Conrol Layout: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Presense, Bass, Treb, Vol, Vol, Normal In, Bright…
Continue Reading »One Room Country Shack - Sonny Blake
Sonny Blake born January 4, 1923 in Dundee Mississippi. I could find little information on this guy but I like his style... he deserves his due. I think the piano player is Mose Vinson.โLikeโ Bmanโs Facebook page (available…
Continue Reading »Unconditional - Ana Popovic New release review
Just got the newest release from Ana Popovic. The album is really well produced and the guitar playing is actually really really tasty. Anyone who has heard Ana before knows what to expect from her vocals. In some…
Continue Reading »Evolution of the Blues - George Clinton,Fred Wesley,Bootsie Collins explain The Funk
All I'm saying is, everything that we listen to is a mutation from the tap root of the tree of blues. It's good that people are taking that essence and making some great music that is rooted in…
Continue Reading »Atomic Dog - George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
This is one of the permutations of the blues... a branch that grew from some basic ideas. George Clinton, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Al Green and a score of others pioneered totally different branches. If you have never…
Continue Reading »I HELD MY BABY LAST NIGHT- JOHN PRIMER
John Primer (born March 3, 1945, Camden, Mississippi) is an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist.He began playing guitar at the club, Theresa's, in Chicago between 1974 and 1980, where he was influenced by Muddy Waters' former sideman,…
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