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I'm Losing You - Colin James
From the prairies of Saskatchewan to sharing the stage with arguably the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time, Colin James still remembers those words of advice given to him by the late, great, Stevie Ray Vaughan.…
Continue Reading »Rocket 88 - James Cotton
James Cotton (born July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi), is an American blues harmonica player, singer, and songwriter who is the bandleader for the James Cotton Blues Band. He also writes songs alone, and his solo career continues to…
Continue Reading »Damn Right, I Got The Blues - Scott Holt Band
Holt made his first step toward musical apprenticeship when his father took him to Chicago to hear bluesman Buddy Guy. “I had never been in a club before or heard a really great guitar player like Buddy live,”…
Continue Reading »Finally Gotten Over You - Walter Trout
Walter Trout (born March 6, 1951, Ocean City, New Jersey, United State) is an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.Trout's career began on the Jersey coast scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s. He then decided to…
Continue Reading »Fabulous Thunderbirds with Kirk Fletcher
Kirk channeling a little Albert herre...and on a strat without sounding at all like SRV...beautiful!As a two time W.C. Handy Award nominee, who has toured with Lynwood Slim, Janiva Magness, Charlie Musselwhite and The Fabulous Thunderbirds, as well…
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 »Tech Talk - Gibson GA-40 (1957)
Surprisingly, the GA-40 wasn’t Gibson’s most powerful amp of the time, contrary to the kind of firepower that you might think the powerful Les Paul Standard demanded. But remember, the Les Paul wasn’t designed to be the blues-rock…
Continue Reading »Hard Dollar - Hadden Sayers New cd review
Hadden is a new artist to me so I'm reviewing this cd cold. My first impression is it would be a good cd to put on and party to. It has a pretty good rhythm section throughout and…
Continue Reading »Naked Blues Vol II - K.K. Martin Ne cd Review
Just received a new copy of the K.K. Martin release. Martin, who is a very adept acoustic guitarist has put together a solid cd of traditional blues tunes. His finger picking technique is a good compliment to his…
Continue Reading »Hellhounds on My Trail - Todd Rundgren's Johnson
I gotta say this took me totally by surprise. Used to be a big Todd Rundgren fan and then it appeared he got a little bogged down in electronics. I just read in Vintage Guitar magazine that he…
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