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I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down - Alan Lomax
Fred McDowell, vocal and guitar. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi. September 25, 1959. From "I'll Be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field…
Continue Reading »New York Blues - Don Brewer Blues Project
DON BREWER - guitars/vocals Don worked at Media Sound Recording Studios in Manhattan as an assistant engineer in the early 80's with Marcus Miller, Miles Davis, Steve Jordan, The Ramones etc. Don played around the Boston and New…
Continue Reading »Honey Bee - The Twisters
The Twisters are a Canadian blues band signed to Toronto's NorthernBlues Music. The band consists of 4 members: David "Hurricane" Hoerl (vocals and harmonica), Brandon Isaak (vocals and guitar), Chip Hart (drums) Keith Picot (bass). The Twisters were…
Continue Reading »Honey Hush - Curley Bridges
Curley Wilson Bridges was born on February 7, 1934, in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, just outside Raleigh. His father, who was a friend of Fats Waller, worked as a farmer and musician, and his mother was a church…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Peavey Backstage Plus (1984)
Solid State about 25 Watts 10" Emenince speaker “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues…
Continue Reading »THE BLUES LOVERS - New Correspondent Mike Packer
Woodstock, the little village located in upstate New York primarily known for the 1969 rock concert that tried to change the world and in some ways did. Nowadays there is still music there and good music at that…
Continue Reading »Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Experience
Janie Hendrix, sister of Jimi and CEO of Experience Hendrix, has announced a new documentary about the guitarist's 1969 gigs at London's Royal Albert Hall. Hendrix (the sister) told Billboard that the film portrays "a day in the…
Continue Reading »I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jellyroll - Sweet Emma Barrett
"Sweet Emma" Barrett (March 25, 1897, New Orleans, Louisiana – January 28, 1983) was a self-taught jazz pianist and singer who worked with the Original Tuxedo Orchestra between 1923 and 1936, first under Papa Celestin, then William Ridgely.…
Continue Reading »Worried Now Won't Be Worried Long - Alan Lomax - Rosalie Hill
Rosalie (or Rosa Lee) Hill, guitar and vocal. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Como, Mississippi, September 25, 1959. From "Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long," one of five albums commemorating the 50th anniversary of Lomax's "Southern Journey" field…
Continue Reading »Head Honchos - Performing Locally: Martinis In Valparaiso - Saturday, July 30
(Valparaiso, IN) - In less than two years together as a working band, Head Honchos' have garnered reviews for their self-titled debut release in publications both far (BLUES MATTERS and METALLIVILLE in the U.K.) and near (BLUES SOURCE;…
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