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Totally Strange - The Bluesman
I found this and found it really strange. As I watched it it seems the formula for a lot of contemporary "blues" players who can't play a lick (of blues) or give a crap about the blues... just…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Road - LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 โ January 30, 1982), better known as Lightninโ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, from Houston, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine included Hopkins at number 71 on their list…
Continue Reading »Medely of tunes - Cedric Burnside
CEDRIC BURNSIDE, grandson of the legendary R.L. Burnside, son of drummer great Calvin Jackson, is widely regarded as one of the best drummers in the world. Growing up at his grandfather's side, he began touring at age 13,…
Continue Reading »Smokestack Lightning - Howlin' Wolf
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 โ January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. With a booming voice and looming physical presence, Burnett is commonly ranked among…
Continue Reading »HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET - THE ROBBERT FOSSEN BLUES BAND
This blues musician from Harlem, The Netherlands, was born in 1969. Robbert is a singer and plays harmonica and guitar. He started his musical 'career' in 1987 and played in several bands, like "A Crossroads Deal". Besides this,…
Continue Reading »MY HEAD IS BALD - Tail Dragger and The Robbert Fossen Blues Band
Tail Dragger is Lowdown and Dirty Real Deal Chicago Blues at its best- Blues with a Feeling!! You must experience a Tail Dragger live performance; your life will not be the same. After the legendary Howlin' Wolf passed…
Continue Reading »The Michael Bloomfield Story - part 3
Michael Bernard "Mike" Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 โ 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 »She's Got It - Mark Hummel
Mark Hummel (born December 15, 1955, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American blues harmonica player, vocalist, songwriter, and long-time bandleader of The Blues Survivors. Since 1991, Hummel has produced the Blues Harmonica Blowout tour, of which he is…
Continue Reading »Chicken - Lubriphonic
Chicago grown funk & soul band LUBRIPHONIC has been touring the country playing sold out shows with Widespread Panic, George Clinton & P-Funk, Buddy Guy, Maceo Parker, Dumpstaphunk and many other great bands.They just played two days at…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Supro "Big Star" (1966)
Circa 1966 Supro S6651 Big StarPreamp tubes: four 12AX7, one 6973 reverb driver.Output tubes: four 6L6GC.Rectifier: solidstateControls: Volume and Tone on each of two channels, Reverb, Tremolo Intensity and Tremolo Speed on Reverb-Tremolo Channel.Speakers: two Jensen C12N ceramic…
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