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Easy Rider - Jimmy Watts and The Watts Brothers Band
JW Watts: JW found his voice listening to old cassettes and 8-tracks sent overseas where he grew up in Saudi Arabia, listening til they wore thin. Learning the inflection and soul of the masters of country music, when…
Continue Reading »Easy Rider - SCOTT DUNBAR
Scott Dunbar: born 1904, son of an ex-slave, on Deer Park between the Mississippi and Lake Mary (an eleven mile cut-off arm of the River) west of Woodville and south of Natchez, Mississippi. He made a guitar out…
Continue Reading »Easy Rider - Sonny Terry
Saunders Terrell, better known as Sonny Terry (24 October 1911 - 11 March 1986) was a blind American Piedmont blues musician. He was widely known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers,…
Continue Reading »Easy Rider Blues - Soileau and Robin
Leo Soileau (1904–1980) was one of the most prolific Cajun recording artists of the 1930s and 1940s. He recorded over 100 songs, which was a substantial amount considering the reluctance to record the music during its early stages.…
Continue Reading »Easy Ridin' Bugggy - Blind Bud Spires
Bud played with Jack Owens for thirty years (from 1967-97). He knew Skip James who he faintly remembered from childhood.His father, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Spires played with Lightning Hopkins in the early 1940’s and then gone to Chicago…
Continue Reading »Easy Ridin' Buggy - Blind Bud Spires
Benjamin "Blind Bud" Spires, (born May 20, 1931) vocal and harmonica, performs "Easy Ridin' Buggy" in Alan Lomax's van. Shot by Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in Bentonia, Mississippi, August 12, 1978. Mostly seen with Jack Owens,…
Continue Reading »Easy To Love You - Carey Bell
Carey Bell (November 14, 1936 - May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician, who played the harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica (harp) and bass for other blues musicians during the late 1950s, 1960s…
Continue Reading »Easy to Love You - Carey Bell & The Sons Of Blues
Carey Bell (November 14, 1936 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues musician, who played the harmonica in the Chicago blues style. Bell played harmonica (harp) and bass for other blues musicians during the late 1950s, 1960s…
Continue Reading »Echo Decco Recordings artist: Eddie 9Volt - Way Down The Alley - Live at Blind Willies - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Way Down The Alley - Live at Blind Willies, from Eddie 9Volt and it's packed with live, authentic blues. Opening with 36th & Main Eddie continues where…
Continue Reading »Eclecto Groove Records artist: Alastair Greene Band - Trouble At Your Door - New release Review
I just received the newest release (June 17, 2014), Trouble At Your Door, from Alastair Greene Band and it ripps! Greene, well know as a session player and with a number of releases under his belt has really…
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