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You Don't Know Me - Richard Manuel/The Band
Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his contributions to and membership in The Band. Richard Manuel was born in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. His father…
Continue Reading »Cherry - Scott LaFaro
Rocco Scott LaFaro (April 3, 1936 – July 6, 1961) was an influential American jazz double bassist, perhaps best known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. Born in Irvington, New Jersey, LaFaro grew up in a…
Continue Reading »Charlie Keating Band Update!
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Continue Reading »Crazy Blues - Cliff Carlisle & Bill Carlisle
Cliff Carlisle (May 6, 1903 – April 5, 1983) was an American country and blues singer. Carlisle was a yodeler and was a pioneer in the use of the Hawaiian steel guitar in country music. Carlisle was born…
Continue Reading »Council Spur Blues - Robert Curtis Smith
Robert Curtis Smith is a hard working farm laborer in upper Mississippi. He supports a wife and eight children by driving a tractor ($3 a day top) during the farming season, by hunting rabbits in the winter. He…
Continue Reading »Johnny Laws
While a fixture of Chicago's South Side blues community since the mid-1960s, singer/guitarist Johnny Laws long remained unknown outside of his native Windy City, and did not make his debut recordings for another three decades. Born July 12,…
Continue Reading »Vision From Heaven - Ronnie "Byrd" Foster - New Release Review
I just received Vision From Heaven, the recent release by Ronnie 'Byrd' Foster. This is a posthumous release as Foster passed 2 years ago. Mr. Foster was born on September 16, 1949 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a…
Continue Reading »Eric Johnson's UK tour starts at Shepherds Bush Empire on April 3
UK Release Date: Monday 1st April 2013 To coincide with Nationwide UK Tour Provogue Records (a division of Mascot Label Group) is pleased to announce the UK release of Eric Johnson’s special edition album "Up Close - Another…
Continue Reading »Black Jack Blues - J.T. Brown and Original Fleetwood Mac
J. T. Brown (April 2, 1918 – November 24, 1969) was an American tenor saxophonist of the Chicago blues era. He was variously billed as Saxman Brown, J.T. (Big Boy) Brown and Bep Brown Born John Thomas Brown,…
Continue Reading »The Whang - Jake Porter
Jake Vernon Haven Porter (August 3, 1916, Oakland, California – March 25, 1993, Los Angeles) was an American jazz trumpeter and record producer. Porter started playing violin at age seven and switched to cornet at nine. He played…
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