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All Your Love - Robert Cray
This is a great old song by Otis Rush. I know you all know Robert Cray but here's his bio. I would play a number of his influences but they are pretty far from the blues for the…
Continue Reading »Harp Guitar Blues
Most everyone has seen a harp guitar... you know, those weird looking things with the funny arm. Have you ever seen anyone play one... how about play the blues on one!Here you go.The harp guitar (or "harp-guitar") is…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Marble Max Amp (2006)
input, volume & tone 1x8 MARBLE Bluetone C8H25 speaker poweroutput: 7,5 watts (6W RMS at 8 Ohm) dimensions: 34 x 29 x 20 cm, weight: 7 kg pre-amp: 1x 6SL7GT or 12AT7NOS power-amp: 1x 6V6GT or 5881 rectifier:…
Continue Reading »The Bluesmaker = Jonny Grave - New Cd review
I've been listening to Jonny Grave's new cd pretty much all day. It's quite interesting and varies from Bob Dylanesque, and southern holler blues to raucous sounds not unlike Hound Dog Taylor. Can't pin the recordings into a…
Continue Reading »The Blues Aint' Nothin' But a Woman - Helen Humes
This is a top notch lineup with Helen Humes : vocal,Sonny Terry : harmonica,Brownie 'Kazoo' McGhee : vocal, guitar,Willie Dixon :vocal, bass,T-Bone Walker : vocal, guitar,Memphis Slim : vocal, piano and Jump Jackson : drums. Helen Humes (June…
Continue Reading »My Heart Beats Like a Hammer/ Shake Your Moneymaker - Fleetwood Mac
Maybe a little lip synching here....Fleetwood Mac were formed in 1967 in London when Peter Green left the British blues band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Green had replaced guitarist Eric Clapton in the Bluesbreakers, and received critical…
Continue Reading »JUKIN' - Mississippi Heat
The group was formed in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, and was strongly influenced by early electric blues of the 1950s. They played locally in Chicago clubs, and went through several member changes in the 1990s, all the while…
Continue Reading »Soul Serenade - King Curtis & The Kingpins
Anyone who has been following me knows that Duane Allman is one of my primary influences back to the blues. Most Allman fans know that Duane played on Instant Groove, a King Curtis album, but I used to…
Continue Reading »The Michael Bloomfield Story - part 5
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 »Ruby Electric - Philip Sayce New Release Review
I just got done listening to the soon to be released (July 11, 2011) "Ruby Electric" cd by Philip Sayce. Although not really a traditional blues album by any means I found it very entertaining. The recordings should…
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