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When The Levee Breaks
Kansas Joe McCoy (May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950) was an African American blues musician and songwriter.McCoy played music under a variety of stage names but is best known as "Kansas Joe McCoy". Born in Raymond, Mississippi,…
Continue Reading »When The Levee Breaks - John Campbell
John Allen Campbell (January 20, 1952 – June 13, 1993) was an American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, who was born in Shreveport, Louisiana A guitarist who took blues technique to new heights in concerts with a blend…
Continue Reading »When The Right Woman Does You Wrong - Anthony Gomes
What the hey...how about another one!! “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 happenings! -…
Continue Reading »When The Rubber Meets The Road - Tubie & The Touchtones - New Release Review
I just had the chance to review the newest release from Tubie and The Touchtones. The band features Tubie Pushee (vocals and guitars), Les Morey (bass, Keys, vocals), Clay Failla (drums and percussion), Michael Gaskins (horns) and Andrea…
Continue Reading »When the Slaughter House Burned Down / The Things That I Used To Do - Johnny Talbot
Johnny Talbot was born in Texas and raised in the Bay area of California, to be more specifically, Oakland. He played guitar, and the bands he played in hit up the West Coast club and Bay area bar…
Continue Reading »When The Sun Goes Down - Gary Clark Jr.
Gary really came into my vision during the Crossroads Festival this year when he was one of the most exciting players on board. Gary Clark Jr., acclaimed as the savior of blues, is an American guitarist and actor…
Continue Reading »When The Sun Goes Down - Jackie Washington
Jackie Washington (November 12, 1919 — June 27, 2009) was a Canadian blues musician. Born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario, Washington became Canada's first black disk jockey in 1948, at CHML in Hamilton. Washington came from a large…
Continue Reading »When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles.…
Continue Reading »When The Sun Goes Down - Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr (March 27, 1905 – April 29, 1935) was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist, who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style influenced such artists as Nat King Cole and Ray Charles.…
Continue Reading »When the Time Comes - Jon Amor Blues Group
In the early nineties, from a tiny village in deepest darkest Wiltshire, there came a band with fire in its belly and blues in its heart, and that band was called The Hoax. One of the four was…
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