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The Thrill Is Gone - Ruby Wilson
The Incomparable Mrs. Ruby Wilson On the weekends you may find The Queen Of Beale St. Ms. Ruby Wilson at the world famous B.B. King’s night club in Memphis, TN. You may find her rendering a mind blowing…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - Small Train
Milton Lewis - Drums Tim Austin - Lead Guitar Lindsey Purcell - Bass, Vocals Jim Ruston - Rhythm Guitar, Vocals My cousin Tim and I have been playing together in various line-ups for over forty years. We had…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - The Badrock Bluesband
m Sommer 1992 formierte sich in Österreich (Oberösterreich, Bezirk Ried - siehe nebenstehende Karte) mit Gerald Schuldenzucker, Siegfried Horvath, Franz Kollmann und Berndt Steiner die BADROCK BLUES BAND. Anfangs zu viert in klassischer Band-Besetzung mit zwei Gitarren, Bass…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - Willie K
Raised on Maui, Willie Kahaiali’i (a.k.a.Willie K.) has been playing music and entertaining audiences since the age of 10. His father Manu Kahaiali’i, one of Hawaii’s most respected musicians, recruited Willie and his brothers to perform in his…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone / Rocks In My Pillow - Big Joe Duskin
Big Joe Duskin (February 10, 1921 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist. He is best known for his debut album, Cincinnati Stomp (1978), and the tracks "Well, Well Baby" and "I Met a…
Continue Reading »The Time - Justine "Baby" Washington
Justine "Baby" Washington (born November 13, 1940, Bamberg, South Carolina) is an American soul music vocalist. Washington was raised in Harlem, New York. In 1956, she joined the vocal group The Hearts, then became s a solo artist…
Continue Reading »The Togs - Originals - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Originals, by The Togs, a pair of musicians from France. Togs is Peter Callate on lead vocal and guitar and Stag Augagmeur on rhythm guitar. Opening with…
Continue Reading »The Tracks Of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the popular Motown vocal group The Miracles, for which he also…
Continue Reading »The Trail of Time - The Twilite Broadcasters - New Release Review
I just got a copy of the new Twilite Broadcasters recording. It is a nice blend of tunes that I would associate more with bluegrass than blues. Most people don't realize how closely bluegrass (and real country) are…
Continue Reading »The Train - Trevor Sewell
Trevor hails from Newcastle in the N.East of England and is currently resident in Sunderland. The material available on this myspace is split between his Americana based solo project and the Trevor Sewell Blues Project. Trevor has played…
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