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British Blues sensation Oli Brown's UK tour starts April 11
www.thegigcartel.com & Rhino Agency presents OLI BROWN APRIL 2012 UK TOUR "The hottest young pistol in British Blues" – Mojo 24 HOUR BOX OFFICE: 0844 478 0898 BOOK ONLINE: www.eventim.co.uk www.thegigcartel.com "One of the best and brightest guitar…
Continue Reading »Cherokee Boogie - Moon Mullican
Aubrey Wilson Mullican (March 29, 1909 – January 1, 1967), known as Moon Mullican, was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll and the blues. He…
Continue Reading »This Is The Blues - Robert Jr Lockwood
Robert Lockwood, Jr., also known as Robert Junior Lockwood, (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist,[2] who recorded for Chess Records among other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He is…
Continue Reading »Suicide Blues - Frankie Ervin
Frankie Ervin - lead singer of YOU CHEATED by the SHIELDS. Frankie was living in a hospice suffering from mental dementia. Charles Wright who sang with the Shields on tour and by Grady Chapman of the Robins indicated…
Continue Reading »Devils Hand - Johnny Copeland
Johnny Copeland (March 27, 1937 – July 3, 1997) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer.Born in Haynesville, Louisiana, United States, while Copeland was becoming interested in music, he also pursued boxing, mostly as an avocation, and…
Continue Reading »When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles.…
Continue Reading »Two Sides of Eddie Lang - BLIND WILLIE DUNN
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American jazz guitarist, regarded as the Father of Jazz Guitar. He played a Gibson L-4 and L-5 guitar, providing great influence for many guitarists, including Django ReinhardtLang…
Continue Reading »You Better Believe It - Paul Gayten
Paul Gayten (January 29, 1920 – March 26, 1991) was an American R&B bandleader, pianist, songwriter, producer and record company executive.Gayten was born in Kentwood, Louisiana, the nephew of blues pianist Little Brother Montgomery. In his teens he…
Continue Reading »Alien Blues - Honey Bee & the T-Bones
No run-of-the-mill grind, but a heady cocktail, where best psychedelic elements from 1960’s San Francisco meet Mississippi blues in a garage with serious intentions. The phat bass lines of Honey B. and the funky drumming of Jaska Lukkarinen…
Continue Reading »Kyoji Yamamoto playing slow blues with J.W. Wiliams and Chi-Town Hustler
Kyoji Yamamoto (山本 恭司 Yamamoto Kyōji, born March 23, 1956 in Matsue, Shimane, Japan) is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer who is the leader of the hard rock/metal bands Bow Wow (known as Vow Wow for…
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