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Robert Johnson - my grandad the legend.
A good interview with Steven Johnson, Robert Johnson's grandson.“Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues…
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New Blues Club for Mississippi Delta Johnny Billington Blues Academy is an outreach Program from Boys & Girls Club of Northwest MS, Blues Education Program Mr. Johnny Billington, a World Renown Blues Master Musician,Makes his home in Lambert…
Continue Reading »Ragtime Blues Guitar in Mississippi - George Worthmore
Really Nice pickin'George Worthmore, a star in the New York City music scene for over twenty years, began with a one-year stint as a guitarist with Kinky Friedman. He's played backup guitar for Bo Diddley, Ben E. King,…
Continue Reading »Love Like a Man - Ten Years After
As you know...one of my top 10 of all time!! Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE Alvin Lee and Ten Years After Enjoy!! “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages).…
Continue Reading »Your Feets Too Big - Fats Waller
Fatz Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943), born Thomas Wright Waller, was a jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer. He was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller, wife of the…
Continue Reading »Leadbelly's "Midnight Special" Prison in Sugar Land Closing (Although It Might Not Be the Prison He "Wrote" It in)
Thanks to the Houston Press Blog for this story:Texas legislators are likely to agree to closing the century-old Central Unit prison in Sugar Land, mostly because it sits on land near the airport that can be developed.It's one…
Continue Reading »Mike Bloomfield Interview
The disappearance of Bloomfield's fabled '59 Les Paul Standard is the stuff of legend. Accounts vary from teller to teller, but the most likely scenario was recalled by Mark Naftalin. Michael had been hired by a Vancouver club…
Continue Reading »Pressure Cooker - Now This Is Hot!!
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 — September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas. He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his…
Continue Reading »You Can't Loose What Your Never Had
Always dignified... Mud is the king of the Chicago blues!!McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913[1] – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters , was an American blues musician, generally considered the Father of modern Chicago blues. Blues musicians…
Continue Reading »Don't Laugh at Me
Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – 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 the…
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