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New Release from Ruf Records: Memphis Mojo - Louisiana Red and Little Victor's Juke Joint - Review
I just got done listening to the new Louisiana Red release. It's really entertaining. It has a real authentic sound and you wanna keep looking at it and wondering when it was cut. I've played it 3 times…
Continue Reading »I'm a Blues Man - Chick Willis
Robert "Chick" Willis (born September 24, 1934, Cabiness, Georgia) is an American blues singer. His cousin was Chuck Willis. Chick Willis served in the military in the early 1950s before working as a chauffeur for Chuck Willis during…
Continue Reading »"Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band" HOWARD AND THE WHITE BOYS - Double D's in Tonawanda - Fri., Oct. 14/Sat., Oct. 15
Subject: "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band" Doing Double-Duty@Double D's, Oct. 14&15 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOW Contact: Doug Deutsch Publicity ServicesSeptember 30, 2011 213.924.4901 dougdeutschpr@gmail.com "Chicago's Hardest-Working Blues Band...For Over Two Decades!" "Give them their due: You can't see this…
Continue Reading »New on Ruf Records: Shine - Dani Wilde - New Release review
I just received the new release "Shine" by Dani Wilde. The release has a smooth club like environment with tasty guitar licks and solid mellow vocals in a very clean presentation. Nine of the 11 tracks on the…
Continue Reading »Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor ft. Little Walter
Koko Taylor sometimes spelled KoKo Taylor (September 28, 1928 – June 3, 2009) was an American Chicago blues musician, popularly known as the "Queen of the Blues." She was known primarily for her rough, powerful vocals and traditional…
Continue Reading »Leaving Blues - Ron Hacker
"The first time I got the blues, I mean really got the blues, was in 1956. A friend and I got caught breaking into parking meters. I was eleven - he was twelve. Off we went to the…
Continue Reading »Guitar Ace Alastair Greene Added To Kern River Rock N' Blues Fest/Sat. 10-1
Reinforcements to the River!: Blues-Rock Guitarist Alastair Greene has been added to the bill of the Kern River Rock N' Blues Festival in Kernville this Saturday, October 1.Guitar Ace Alastair Greene Added To Kern River Rock N' Blues…
Continue Reading »No Cure - Jay Gordon's Blues Venom
I just recieved a copy of Jay Gordon's Blues Venom - No Cure. WOW!If you like guitar blues this ride is the equivalent of being dropped from the top of the Sears Tower. It comes on hard and…
Continue Reading »Canned Heat Blues - Houston Stackhouse
Houston Stackhouse (September 28, 1910 – September 23, 1980) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. He is best known for his association and work with Robert Nighthawk. Although Stackhouse was not especially noted as a guitarist…
Continue Reading »RAY CHARLES’ SINGULAR GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ABC SINGLES, AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15 ON CONCORD RECORDS
RAY CHARLES’ SINGULAR GENIUS: THE COMPLETE ABC SINGLES,AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15 ON CONCORD RECORDS, COMPILES HITS AND B-SIDES —MANY NEVER PREVIOUSLY ON ALBUM 106 recordings on five compact discs totaling 53 singles are housed in handsome linen-textured collectors’ boxLOS…
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