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Hittin' The Note Records artist: Wet Willie - Miles Of Smiles - New Release Review
I've been listening to the new Wet Willie recording, Miles of Smiles, for the past few days. It's a great album and a live recording capturing the band in concert in Woodstock, Georgia on August 13, 2011 (my…
Continue Reading »Hiwatt at the NAMM
I was at the NAMM show and had the opportunity to stop by the HIWATT booth. These guys still create one of the (if not the) best amps in the business. I have a very old Custom 100…
Continue Reading »Hobemian Records artist: Arthur Migliazza - Laying It Down - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Laying It Down, from Arthur Migliazza and it's quite entertaining. Opening with Overture, a swampy instrumental turning to New Orleans boogie this track is a great opener. Fats Domino's I'm Ready has…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - Charley West
Charley West was born in Andalusia, AL. on September 27. 1914 and raised in Cincinnati, OH. He began singing in the mid-1920's with probable encouragement from Leroy Carr. In 1929 he moved to Chicago, IL. and began singing…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - Charley West
Charley West was born in Andalusia, AL. on September 27. 1914 and raised in Cincinnati, OH. He began singing in the mid-1920's with probable encouragement from Leroy Carr. In 1929 he moved to Chicago, IL. and began singing…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - Cuby & the Blizzards
Cuby + Blizzards – also known as Cuby & the Blizzards are a Dutch blues group, founded in 1964 by vocalist Harry Muskee, and guitarist Eelco Gelling. During the 1960s, the band's mixture of sound, drawing upon a…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker
This is the great John Lee Hooker. Hooker has always been one of my favorite blues singers and guitar players. The main reason is because he sings it with no polish and no pretense. If you watch him…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker - Ry Cooder
First let me say (if yuo already haven't figured it out) am not at all into super matchups and 15 great guitars and every celebrity all playing at once. In fact, I hate it! This is a real…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - Johnie Lewis
Johnie Lewis was a singer and guitarist in the Southern rural style, particularly accomplished at playing slide. Though he was born in Alabama and grew into adulthood in Georgia, Lewis spent most of his life in Chicago, moving…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues Updated
This is one of the few updated versions of John Lee Hooker that pays respect to his real person. It is performed with Ry Cooder. Must I say more! “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages).…
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