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DO YOU CALL THAT A BUDDY - CHRIS CAIN BAND
Chris Cain's jazz-tinged, blues soaked guitar and deep, warm vocals have the maturity and authenticity of bluesmen many years his senior. His expressive style is the result of a lifetime of study and the relentless pursuit of music…
Continue Reading »Do You Call That A Buddy - Martin, Bogan and Armstrong
Carl Martin was part of a rich musical tradition in Appalachia - a tradition that saw blues and ragtime mesh with pop and the styles of white musicians from rural mountain communities... a tradition that defies most conventional…
Continue Reading »Do You Dig My Jive - Sam Price And his Texas Bluesicians
Sammy Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. He was born Samuel Blythe Price, in Honey Grove, Texas, United States. Price was most noteworthy for his…
Continue Reading »Do You Mean It - Clayton Love
Pianist Clayton Love was a prominent member of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm during the mid-'50s, making some of his finest platters with the legendary band. But Love made his first vinyl appearance on Lillian McMurry's Jackson, MS-based…
Continue Reading »Dobie Gray Has Passed on
Dobie Gray (July 26, 1940 – December 6, 2011) was a black American singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop and musical theater. His hit records included "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965, and "Drift Away",…
Continue Reading »Dobro Master Mike Auldridge has passed. My thoughts are with his family
Mike Auldridge (December 30, 1938 – December 29, 2012) was widely acknowledged as a premier resophonic guitar (the instrument formerly referred to as a Dobro) player. He played with The Seldom Scene for many years, creating a fusion…
Continue Reading »Dobro slide licks from Angelo Santelli
Angelo Santelli, nicknamed "Skypup" by Michael Allman, is a blues guitarist from Kalamazoo, Michigan. He combines the revolutionary slide guitar styles of Duane Allman and Derek Trucks into his own sound. Santelli is the guitarist for Michael Allman,…
Continue Reading »Dobro Workshop with Tut taylor
Tut Taylor is possibly the best resonator guitar (Dobro) player walking the planet. I've got a few stored up here for you. Tut Taylor (November 20, 1923) is an American bluegrass musician. Taylor played banjo and mandolin as…
Continue Reading »DOC SPAN BAND-TIM GAZE
Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the young Doc entertained Dutch sailors at his Grandmothers saloon on the New York waterfront, playing the accordion. In the sixties he made Chicago his home and learned the harmonica at Blues Clubs…
Continue Reading »Doc Watson Dead
Earlier this month Watson was listed in critical condition but was responsive at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after undergoing colon surgery. Watson fell at his home earlier in the week, after which he…
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