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Too Hot To Handle - The German Blues Project
The German Blues Project Blues in Germany – they tested it all, didn´t they? Meticulous copying – like spies in fear of decoding! – including practiced Louisiana drawls and cotton picker poses on one end of the spectrum,…
Continue Reading »Too late - Totta's Bluesband
Erik Torsten "Totta" Näslund (1 April 1945 – 19 June 2005) was a Swedish blues musician and actor. Näslund was born in Sandviken and grew up in the small northern town Köpmanholmen, but moved to Gothenburg in 1970…
Continue Reading »Too Late - Barrelhouse Chuck
Barrelhouse Chuck is the only Chicago blues pianist to have studied under Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins, Blind John Davis, Detroit Junior and Little Brother Montgomery. Barrelhouse Chuck draws on this distinguished lineage to create a blues, boogie-woogie and…
Continue Reading »Too Late To Cry - Lonnie Johnson
Alonzo "Lonnie" Johnson (February 8, 1899 – June 16, 1970) was an American blues and jazz singer/guitarist and songwriter who pioneered the role of jazz guitar and is recognized as the first to play single-string guitar solos. Johnson…
Continue Reading »Too Many Drivers - Dexter Allen
Dexter Allen born in Crystal Springs Mississippi, started out playing guitar at the church where his father was pastor. Traveling and performing with Bobby Rush to France, Japan, Germany, Spain, China, Finland, Iraq, Kuwait, Sweden and all over…
Continue Reading »Too Much Alcohol - Friends of Adam
FRIENDS OF ADAM IS Clayton Campania (guitar/vocals) Ernie Ecreala (bass) Justin Inocelda (drums) "My dad told me, 'Nobody wants to hear that music here,'" says Campania. "But I'm going to play what touches me." Play they do. From…
Continue Reading »TOO MUCH ALCOHOL - Poplar Jake
I've been a singer and guitarist for many years now, and in that time I've travelled many different musical paths. At the back of it all, though, was always the Blues. The honesty, directness and immediacy of the…
Continue Reading »Too Old To Get Married - EDDY THE CHIEF CLEARWATER
Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater is the stage name of Edward Harrington (born January 10, 1935), an American Chicago blues musician. Blues Revue said Eddy plays “joyous rave-ups…he testifies with stunning soul fervor and powerful guitar. One of the…
Continue Reading »Too Old To Swing - Tiny Grimes
Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes (* 7th July, 1916 in Newport news, Virginia; † 4th March, 1989 New York city) was an US-American jazz and Rhythm and blues guitarist and singer. With his quartet he played in with Charlie Parker…
Continue Reading »Too Scared To Sleep - LA Jones w The Mamas Boys
featuring LA Jones - guitar and vocal Johnny Mastro - harp Dave Melton - guitar Slick Daddy - bass LA Jones has been tearing up the floorboards in roadhouses all over the world for the last three decades,…
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