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Juke Joints and Honkytonks - Mel Melton and The Wicked Mojos
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos, a smokin' Zydeco/Cajun flavored blues band out of North Carolina. For those not in the know, let's meet the guys up close and...MEL MELTON, on what was…
Continue Reading »I Believe - Larry Johnson & Nat Riddles
Blues musicians Larry Johnson (b. May 15, 1938 in Atlanta, Georgia) and Nat Riddles made a couple of records in the 80’s; Johnson (guitar, vocals) with Riddles (bluesharp, vocals). Nat Riddles (4 February 1952 — 11 August 1991)…
Continue Reading »26th Annual Carolina Blues Festival
P.O Box 9737 Greensboro, NC 27429 www.piedmontblues.org Contact: John Amberg 336-580-8153 jamberg@mindspring.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE YES! WEEKLY PRESENTS THE 26TH ANNUAL CAROLINA BLUES FESTIVAL 26TH Year Brings Major National, Regional and Local Blues Artists to Greensboro The Piedmont…
Continue Reading »Louisiana Red remembered with new photo page! - Bob Corritore
We remember and celebrate the life of the recently deceased Louisiana Red with a beautiful photo page. Red was a gloriously talented down-home blues artist and his musical contributions will live through eternity. Thanks to all the folks…
Continue Reading »Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore / Longtime Friends In The Blues makes a strong entry!
Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore collaborated on the powerful album Longtime Friends In The Blues which was just released last week on the Delta Groove label. With promotion just started 2 weeks ago this CD has been met…
Continue Reading »Mud Morganfield CD Release Party Saturday at Legends!
On March 20 Severn Records released the first national release by Mud Morganfield, the eldest son of Muddy Waters. This release is called Son Of The Seventh Son and it has already received about 20 rave reviews which…
Continue Reading »Another Man Done Gone - Sugar Blue
Grammy Award-winning harmonica virtuoso Sugar Blue is not your typical bluesman...Born James Whiting - he was raised in Harlem, New York, where his mother was a singer and dancer at the fabled Apollo Theatre. He spent his childhood…
Continue Reading »Trouble In Mind - Cortelia Clark
Cortelia Clark (c. 1907, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 24, 1969, Nashville, Tennessee) was an African American blues singer and guitarist, known for his performances on the streets of Nashville. He won a Grammy for Best Folk…
Continue Reading »Eighth Avenue Blues - Peanut, The Kidnapper w/ Robert McCoy
Alabama barrelhouse blues pianist Robert McCoy (born Aliceville 1908) had two rare LPs in the early Õ60s on the Vulcan label. Delmark has acquired the masters and is now re-issuing the material on CD for the first time…
Continue Reading »Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and…
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