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Buy a Dog - The Wildcat O'Halloran Band
The New York City-born Wildcat has been called "the Pioneer valley's answer to Stevie Ray Vaughn" by local media for years, but now has "Lightning Boy" to push the guitar attack even further. We were second in the…
Continue Reading »Buy You A Chevrolet - Charlie and the Fez Kings
Charlie heard a great band called Bluebird at an early age and was stricken by this sound. Leaving the hometown of Quincy, Illinois after high school and hitting bigger venues in Peoria and Kansas City. Charlie traveled and…
Continue Reading »BUZZ ME - DEANNA BOGART
Deanna Bogart (born September 5, 1959, Washington, D.C.) is an American blues singer, pianist, and saxophone player. She began her career in the Maryland-area with the ensemble Cowboy Jazz, and following that band's breakup in 1986, a stint…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye baby - Chuck Berry and T Bone Walker
So much great footage continues to surface...here with Chuck Berry and the Aces featuring TBone Walker. Like my Facebook Page, Post your video on my Wall or post your Photos of great blues events! Share your favorite posting…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye Baby - Lazy Lester
Lazy Lester (born Leslie Johnson, June 20, 1933, Torras, Louisiana) is a blues harmonica player, whose career spans the 1950s to the 2000s. Best known for regional hits recorded with Ernie Young's Nashville, Tennessee based Excello label, Lester…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye Baby - Soulard Blues Band
Born in 1946 and raised in St. Louis, Art Dwyer grew up on the city's north side. "Rufus, the Dells, T-Bone Walker, Otis Redding, and of course, Albert and B.B. King were my music. It fit in with…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye Bird - Sonny Boy Williamson II
Aleck "Rice" Miller (December 5, 1899? – May 25, 1965) was an African-American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter. He was also known as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Sonny Boy Williams, Willie Williamson, Willie Miller, Little Boy Blue,…
Continue Reading »Bye Bye Blues - Homesick Mac
Mac was born Dragan Ruzic - Macan in 1960 in Subotica, former Yugoslavia, now Serbia (check out the website of Mac's hometown). He has been playing the guitar since the age of 15. His love for blues and…
Continue Reading »Byther Smith
Byther Smith (born April 17, 1933, Monticello, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician, noted for his gritty style and uncompromising delivery. Born the sixth oldest of seven children, Smith immigrated to Chicago in the mid 1950s.…
Continue Reading »Bywater Call - Broken Souvenirs
Bywater Call is a powerhouse seven-piece crew out of Toronto that’s been tearing up the Southern soul and roots-rock scene since 2017. Fronted by Meghan Parnell’s raw, whiskey-and-honey vocals and Dave Barnes’ greasy slide guitar work, these guys…
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