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Hey Hey - Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy (26 June 1898 – 15 August 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the ‘30s and…
Continue Reading »Interview/Spotlight - James Gurley
James Gurley (December 22, 1939 – December 20, 2009) was an American musician. He is best known as the guitar player of Big Brother and the Holding Company, a psychedelic/acid rock band from San Francisco which was fronted…
Continue Reading »Never Felt No Blues - Karen Lovely
In just a year, Karen Lovely has shot onto the blues scene like Stack O' Lee's .44, capturing the 2nd Place Band Prize at the 2010 International Blues Challenge followed by 2011 BMA Nominations for BEST CONTEMPORARY BLUES…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Premier Twin 8 R (1965)
Tube configuration is a 6X4 rectifier, two 12AX7 pre-amps, (one for 1st gain stage, the other to drive the tremelo circuit), and a 7591A power tube (single ended, class A.) A pair of 8" alnico speakers, this baby…
Continue Reading »Midnight Blues (Gary Moore Tribute) - Joe Bonamassa - Jack Bruce
Joe Bonamassa (born May 8, 1977 in New York, USA) is an American blues rock guitarist and singer.John Symon Asher "Jack" Bruce (born 14 May 1943, Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire) is a Scottish musician and songwriter, respected as a…
Continue Reading »The Mike Bloomfield Story - part 8
Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American musician, guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois, who became one of the first popular music superstars of the 1960s to earn his reputation…
Continue Reading »Slippin In - Buddy Guy
George "Buddy" Guy (born July 30, 1936) is an American blues guitarist and singer. He is a critically acclaimed artist who has established himself as a pioneer of the Chicago blues sound, and has served as an influence…
Continue Reading »AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY- JIMMY JOHNSON BLUES BAND
Jimmy Johnson (born James Earl Thompson, November 25, 1928, Holly Springs, Mississippi) is an American blues guitarist and singer.[edit] BiographySeveral of Johnson's brothers had careers in music; among them are soul musician Syl Johnson and Magic Sam bassist…
Continue Reading »Rude Mood - Joanne Shaw Taylor
In the past two years, Joanne Shaw Taylor has gone from a promising young blues talent to a bona fide force on the international music scene. She took home Best Female Vocalist honors at the 2010 British Blues…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - National "Tremo - Tone" Model 1224 (1956)
This is a very cool Valco Tremo-Tone National Model 1224. It has a pair of 6V6's with a 5Y3 rectifier, and octal preamp tubes: two 6SQ7's and a 6SC7. 10-15 Watts 2 x oval Rola speaker Get Facebook…
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