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The Woman I Love - Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys
Bringing crowds to their feet at the hardest to please and sophisticated night clubs in the Midwest, Reverend Raven and the Chain Smoking Altar Boys play traditional blues, straight up with a big dose of passion. With smoking…
Continue Reading »The World (Is Going Up in Flames) - Charles Bradley
Charles Bradley (born 1948, Gainesville, Florida), commonly referred to as "The Screaming Eagle of Soul," is a funk/soul/R&B singer signed to the Daptone Records label under the Dunham Records division. His performances and recording style are consistent with…
Continue Reading »The World is a Prison - John Earl Walker
John Earl and his band are composed of veteran performers whose electric blues are very well received world-wide. They have played together many years, with two of the members (John Earl and bassist Peter Harris) dating back to…
Continue Reading »The WV Blues Man - Nat Reese
Blues musician Nathaniel H. ‘‘Nat’’ Reese (March 4, 1924-June 8, 2012) was born in Salem, Virginia. When he was four, Reese’s family moved to Itmann, Wyoming County, where coal jobs were plentiful. In 1935, the family moved to…
Continue Reading »The Yardbirds Story Pt 1:Meet The Most Blueswailing Band
The Yardbirds, one of the early British purveyors of American blues music done in a contemporary fashion has a distinction of being the band that fostered the careers of three of the modern blues greatest guitar players, Eric…
Continue Reading »The Yardbirds Story Pt 2: The Eric Clapton Years
The Yardbirds, one of the early British purveyors of American blues music done in a contemporary fashion has a distinction of being the band that fostered the careers of three of the modern blues greatest guitar players, Eric…
Continue Reading »The Yardbirds Story Pt 3: The Jeff Beck Years
The Yardbirds, one of the early British purveyors of American blues music done in a contemporary fashion has a distinction of being the band that fostered the careers of three of the modern blues greatest guitar players, Eric…
Continue Reading »The Yardbirds Story Pt 5: The Jimmy Page Years
The Yardbirds, one of the early British purveyors of American blues music done in a contemporary fashion has a distinction of being the band that fostered the careers of three of the modern blues greatest guitar players, Eric…
Continue Reading »The Years Go By - JOE GASPAR BAND
Joe Gaspar is a multi-talented musician arrived in Canada 7 years ago from the European scenes; blues was always his guidance. He was a founder of the Romanian power-trio Quo Vadis, playing bass guitar and doing lead vocals…
Continue Reading »THE YOUNG PRINCE OF BLUES - THEO HUFF
Chicago’s Southern Blues and R&B singer, Theo Huff was raised by his Mississippi mother and grandmother. Both women gave him high principles and values that he holds today. At an early age his mother encourage him to sing…
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