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Reg'lar, Rolling Under - Bessie Jones with Hobart Smith, Ed Young, and friends
Bessie Jones, lead vocal, with Nat Rahmings, drum; Hobart Smith, banjo; Ed Young, fife; and John Davis, Henry Morrison, Albert Ramsay, and Emma Ramsay, vocals. Recorded by Alan Lomax in Williamsburg, Virginia. April 28, 1959. From "Wave the…
Continue Reading »I'll Meet You on the Other Shore - Various - Alan Lomax
I’ll Meet You On That Other Shore” is the third release from GlobalJukebox, the independent label set up by the Alan Lomax Archives to makeits vast holdings readily accessible to the music lovers via download-onlyreleases. It's also the…
Continue Reading »Boogie Woogie Mama - Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne (born Kenneth Wayne Spruell, 1944, Spokane, Washington) is an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, singer and songwriter. Music journalist, Jeff Johnson, writing in the Chicago Sun-Times stated, "There's no boogie-woogie-blues piano man out…
Continue Reading »Since I've Been Loving You - Buddy Whittington
Buddy Whittington (born 28 December 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American guitarist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton.…
Continue Reading »Superman Lover - Johnny Guitar Watson
Johnny "Guitar" Watson (February 3, 1935 – May 17, 1996) was an American blues and funk guitarist and singer. Watson, a recognized master of the Fender Stratocaster guitar, has been compared to Jimi Hendrix and allegedly became irritated…
Continue Reading »The Things That I Used To Do - Lefty Dizz
For wild-ass showmen in blues history, though, one would certainly have to go a far piece to beat Walter Williams, known to blues fans in Chicago and Europe as Lefty Dizz. A regular fixture of the Chicago scene…
Continue Reading »Tech Talk - Fender Bassman 5E6-A (1956)
Model No: 5E6-A (55-57) Config: Combo Control Panel: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12 Conrol Layout: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Presense, Bass, Treb, Vol, Vol, Normal In, Bright…
Continue Reading »One Room Country Shack - Sonny Blake
Sonny Blake born January 4, 1923 in Dundee Mississippi. I could find little information on this guy but I like his style... he deserves his due. I think the piano player is Mose Vinson.“Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available…
Continue Reading »Unconditional - Ana Popovic New release review
Just got the newest release from Ana Popovic. The album is really well produced and the guitar playing is actually really really tasty. Anyone who has heard Ana before knows what to expect from her vocals. In some…
Continue Reading »Evolution of the Blues - George Clinton,Fred Wesley,Bootsie Collins explain The Funk
All I'm saying is, everything that we listen to is a mutation from the tap root of the tree of blues. It's good that people are taking that essence and making some great music that is rooted in…
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