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Driftin & Driftin - Jerome Arnold w/ The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Jerome Arnold is an American bassist, known for his work with Howlin' Wolf and The Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the 1960s. His playing appears on the albums The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and East-West. He was a…
Continue Reading »Driftin' Blues - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Paul Butterfield (17 December 1942 – 4 May 1987) was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player, who founded the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in the early 1960s and performed at the original Woodstock Festival. He died of…
Continue Reading »Driftin' Blues - Ulrich Ellison Trio
Winner of three Downbeat Awards, Ulrich Ellison is gaining international recognition as an electric guitar player whose sounds and tones are starting to attract an ever growing fan base. Critics have compared his playing with artists as diverse…
Continue Reading »Driftin' with the Flow - Blas Picón & the Junk Express
It's a train loaded with waste, the product of lost lives, that runs rampant on the rails of the Blues without fear of derailment. Trio that bet on the more austere, stark and virulent side of Rhythm &…
Continue Reading »Drink Drink Drink - Abe McNeil
Abe McNeil - acoustic country blues guitar player with dazzling harmonica player Richard Driggs. Not a lot is known of Abe but he is featured on the George Mitchell Collection released by Fat Possum Records. If you like…
Continue Reading »Drink Muddy Water - Freddie Spruell
Freddie Spruell (December 28, 1893 – June 19, 1956) was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. Spruell was probably born in Lake Providence, Louisiana, United States, but relocated with his family to Chicago, Illinois, as a small…
Continue Reading »Drink On Little Girl - Forrest City Joe
Blues harpist Forest City Joe was heavily influenced by John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson. He not only played like him, but sang like him as well. Unlike his idol, however, who was murdered on June 1, 1948, Joe…
Continue Reading »Drink This: A Big Shot (of) Reub & The Reloaders At The Whisky A Go-Go!!
The Buzz On Big Shot Reub And the Reloaders' "Roundhouse Blues" "Reuben Vigil is the Real Deal." SAN DIEGO ACOUSTIC "However you may think a guitar hero should look, in this case he looks very much like Reuben…
Continue Reading »Drink You Up - Mike Hammar & The Nails
Mike Hammar has been playing the blues up and down the state of California for the past 25 years. This Oklahoma born Native American was brought up on the blues by his father Mike Hammar, Sr. who introduced…
Continue Reading »Drink You Up - Mike Hammar and the Nails
Mike Hammar has been playing the blues up and down the state of California for the past 25 years. This Oklahoma born Native American was brought up on the blues by his father Mike Hammar, Sr. who introduced…
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