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Your June (Musical) Swoon! - Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin Smoke Revue@Harvelle's
On Saturday, June 14, YOUR JUNE (MUSICAL) SWOON: BLOWIN' SMOKE AT HARVELLE'S "BLOWIN' SMOKE R&B REVUE FEATURING "THE FABULOUS SMOKETTES" Santa Monica's Hottest Monthly R&B/Blues/Soul Dance Party For 2 Decades! (Santa Monica, CA) - Come get your June…
Continue Reading »Your Love is Amazing - Robert Ward
Robert Ward (October 15, 1938 - December 25, 2008) was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players. He played the guitar with…
Continue Reading »Your Mind Keeps Ramblin' - SMALL BLUES TRAP
Small Blues Trap is a Greek blues band formed in August 2004. The band members are: Paul Karapiperis /vocals, harmonica, steel guitar Panagiotis Daras /guitar Lefteris Besios /bass Stathis Evageliou /drums INFLUENCES S.B.T. is a band with multiple…
Continue Reading »Your Mother Loves Her Children - Rev. C.L. Franklin
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (often billed as Bishop C. L. Franklin) (January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984), was an American Baptist minister, a civil rights activist, and father of the legendary soul and gospel singer Aretha Franklin. He…
Continue Reading »Your Mouth Got A Hole In It -Todd Rhodes
Todd Rhodes (August 31, 1900 – June 4, 1965) was an American pianist and arranger and was an early influence in jazz and later on in R&B. He was born Todd Washington Rhodes, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Rhodes attended…
Continue Reading »Your Turn To Cry - Bettye LaVette
Bettye LaVette (born Betty Haskins, January 29, 1946) is an American soul singer-songwriter who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, with her album, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise. Her…
Continue Reading »Zac Harmon & The Drive - Live - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live, from Zac Harmon & The Drive and it's super! Opening with soulful, NTRO, Nate Robinson on bass and Gino Iglehart on drums set a solid foundation,…
Continue Reading »Zajdi Zajdi - R.M. Tocak
Radomir Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Михаиловић), also known as Točak (Serbian Cyrillic: Точак; trans. The Wheel), is a Serbian rock guitarist. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Smak. Mihailović…
Continue Reading »Zakiya Hooker
ZAKIYA HOOKER is quite familiar with the blues. You could even say she had a front-row seat to view the best the genre had to offer, right in her own living room. Her dad was the renowned blues…
Continue Reading »Zenith Records artist: Adam Holt - Kind of Blues - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Kind of Blues, from Adam Holt and it's solid. Opening with up beat rocker, Mr. Morning Drive featuring Adam Holt on vocals and guitars, Owen Finley on…
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