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Don't Throw Your Love On Me So Strong - T-Bone Walker
Aaron Thibeaux "T-Bone" Walker (May 28, 1910 — March 16, 1975) was a critically acclaimed American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who was one of the most influential pioneers and innovators of the jump blues and electric…
Continue Reading »Donald "Duck" Dunn Passes
Donald "Duck" Dunn (November 24, 1941 – May 13, 2012) was an American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter. Dunn was notable for his 1960s recordings with Booker T. & the M.G.'s and as a session bassist for…
Continue Reading »Donald Duck Bailey
Donald "Duck" Bailey is an American jazz drummer. He is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on…
Continue Reading »Donald Ray Johnson and Gas Blues Band - Bluesin' Around - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Bluesin' Around, from Donald Ray Johnson and Gas Blues Band and it's a different approach to the blues. Opening with BB King track, Bad Luck, Donald Ray Johnson gets the shuffle going…
Continue Reading »Done Changed My Way of Living - Taj Mahal and Bonnie Raitt
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks (born May 17, 1942), who uses the stage name Taj Mahal, is an American Grammy Award winning blues musician. He incorporates elements of world music into his music. A self-taught singer-songwriter and film composer…
Continue Reading »Done Got Old - Robert Belfour
Robert "Wolfman" Belfour (born September 11, 1940, Holly Springs, Mississippi) is an American blues musician. His father, Grant Belfour taught him the guitar at a young age and he continued his tutelage in the blues from musicians Otha…
Continue Reading »Done Somebody Wrong - ELMORE JAMES
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his…
Continue Reading »Done Somebody Wrong - ELMORE JAMES
I found Elmore James like most of you probably did, from listening to the Allman Brothers Band live at the Fillmore. The Fillmore album has to be one of the most significant contemporary blues albums ever cut having…
Continue Reading »Done Somebody Wrong - The Allman Brothers Band w/ Lamar Williams
Unless you're a complete Allman Brothers geek like me you likely don't know about all of the changes in personnel and reasons why but this is a fairly rare configuration shortly after Berry Oakley's death (Duane died a…
Continue Reading »DONNA GRANTIS - 'If 6 was 9'
As a teenager, Donna launched into learning Led Zeppelin and Guns N’ Roses songs on her brother’s acoustic. With an innate love for the searing electric guitar tones of artists like Jimmy Page, Slash and Eric Clapton, it…
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