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I55 Records artist: Eric Hughes Band - Two In The Morning - Release Review
I just received and had the opportunity to review the newest release, Two In The Morning, by The Eric Hughes Band. This new release is made up of 14 tracks showing influences from rock, blues, country, funk... a…
Continue Reading »Severn Records artist: Mud Morganfield - Son Of The Seventh Son - New Recording Review
I just received the debut recording on Severn Records by Larry "Mud" Morganfield, the incredible Muddy Waters' (McKinley Morganfield) oldest son. This recording, Son Of The Seventh Son, is slated to be released on March 20th. This recording…
Continue Reading »Phoenix Blues Society News
Tuesday, February 21st Nina Curri & Mike Howard at Baby Kay's - Mardi Gras Celebration, 5:30pm Sage Gentle-Wing at the Cave Creek Tap Haus, Cave Creek, 3pm BluesdayTuesdays Jam at Next Coffee, Glendale, Hosted by Tom Mein, 6:30pm…
Continue Reading »Midnight Bells Are Ringing - T-Bone Walker Jr.
R.S. Rankin was born in Royce City, TX. on February 22, 1933. Growing up in the East Texas cotton fields, his mother would always talk about her brother Aaron and how he had made it big as a…
Continue Reading »Dust My Broom - Texas Bluesmen Revue
In February and March 1995, seven Texas Blues musicians set out on a European journey to spread their Texas Style Of Blues from Athens to Amsterdam and many points in-between through four countries. The Texas Bluesmen European Rhythm…
Continue Reading »Texas Johnny Brown and William Hollis
Texas Johnny Brown is truly one of the legendary figures of the American blues scene. Johnny began his professional musical career in Houston in the mid- 1940s with Amos Milburn's "Aladdin Chickenshackers". Johnny played guitar on many of…
Continue Reading »Can't Stand The Rain - Jo Harman and Company
From initial attention grabbing performances at The Great Escape (music industry) Festival and headlining prestigious London clubs like the acclaimed 606 and award winning Hideaway (where she, and they, cut their first ever live album), Jo and her…
Continue Reading »The Blue Wednesday Jam with Gregg Wright, Tomorrow Night!
"KING OF THE ROCKIN' BLUES!" The Official Gregg Wright Newsletter February 21, 2012 THE BLUE WEDNESDAY JAM TOMORROW NIGHT! The Blue Wednesday Jam At Maverick's Flat, Tomorrow Night! After a scheduling mix up last week, we continue this…
Continue Reading »Juke - George Harmonica Smith
George "Harmonica" Smith (April 22, 1924 β October 2, 1983) (born Allen George Smith) was an American electric blues harmonica playerBorn in West Helena, Arkansas, United States, but brought up in Cairo, Illinois, he began playing professionally in…
Continue Reading »Al vaiven deο»Ώ mi caretta - AfroCubism
ELIADES OCHOA guitar and vocals (born Songo la Maya, Cuba, 1946)With his trademark cowboy hat and penchant for wearing black, Eliades Ochoa has been dubbed "Cuba's Johnny Cash." There's more than a fashion statement in the comparison to…
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