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The Mike Bloomfield Story - part 7
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 »Rumble - Link Wray
Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American rock and roll guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer.Wray was noted for pioneering a new sound for electric guitars, as exemplified in his hit…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Danelectro Commando (1956)
The Danelectro Commando is a combo guitar amplifier manufactured by Danelectro in 1954–1960. There is some evidence that it is one of the amplifiers used by Little Walter. The circuitry of this 30-watt amplifier is typical of its…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye Baby - Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester (born Leslie Johnson, June 20, 1933, Torras, Louisiana) is a blues harmonica player, whose career spans the 1950s to the 2000s.Best known for regional hits recorded with Ernie Young's Nashville, Tennessee based Excello label, Lester also…
Continue Reading »The Rambler - Hollywood Blue Flames
.THE HOLLYWOOD BLUE FLAMES.... Since arriving on Delta Groove The Hollywood Blue Flames have been hailed as the true torch bearers of classic blues in the modern age. Their unyielding and steadfast dedication to the art form has…
Continue Reading »Mannish Boy/Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters - Johnny Winter
I really love the earliest Muddy Waters recordings the best but the olast few recordings that he did with Johnny Winter are exceptional. McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters , was…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Premier 50 (1963)
In the Amp Mythos it is said that Linc Ray, used Premier Amps and used the model 90 reverb unit. When Leo Fender wanted to make an amp for Ray, he put a Hammond organ reverb tank in…
Continue Reading »COME ON INTO MY KITCHEN - Leon Russell & Friends
Claude Russell Bridges (born April 2, 1942), known professionally as Leon Russell, is an American musician and songwriter, who has recorded as a session musician, sideman, and maintained a solo career in music.Born in Lawton, Oklahoma, he began…
Continue Reading »Key To The Highway - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911 - 11 March 1986) was a blind blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers, and imitations…
Continue Reading »Advice on Guitar Playing from Rev. Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was a blues and gospel singer and guitarist who was also proficient on the banjo and harmonica. His finger-picking guitar style influenced many other…
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