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Magic Slim & The Teardrops 1974 featuring Coleman Pettis
To the avid blues fan, the name Alabama Jr. (Daddy Rabbit) has been synonymous with that of Magic Slim & The Teardrops for 10 years, From 1973 to 1983. Alabama Jr. was a staple of the Teadrops band…
Continue Reading »Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me - Eddie Miller with Lino Patruno & the MCJS
Carlo Bagnoli (ss, bar), Eddie Miller (ts), Sante Palumbo (p), Lino Patruno (g), Marco Ratti (b), Carlo Sola (dm). Edward Raymond Müller (June 23, 1911 – April 8, 1991) was a jazz musician who played tenor saxophone and…
Continue Reading »You Must Be Crazy - Floyd Miles
"When you are the youngest of 11 children raised by a single mom, there are not a lot of extras left over", reflects Floyd Miles. Floyd was that youngest of nine brothers and one sister born in the…
Continue Reading »Concord / Stax Records Reissue: Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign - New Release Review
I just received the newest reissue from Concord Music Group (April 2, 2013), Albert King's Born Under A Bad Sign. With addition of liner notes by Bill Dahl, this release has a full spectrum picture of Kings work.…
Continue Reading »Eddie King and the Swamp Bees
The Swamp Bees! Originally formed as Eddie King's backup band for his Ohio gigs, we decided to keep a good thing going and play our own gigs, too. Our individual resumes are a mile long, but here's a…
Continue Reading »You're Gonna Miss Me - Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and…
Continue Reading »Cigarettes and Coffee Blues - Lefty Frizzell
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on…
Continue Reading »Knoxville Rag - Etta Baker
Etta Baker (March 31, 1913 – September 23, 2006) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina, United States. She was born Etta Lucille Reid in Caldwell County, North Carolina, of African American, Native American,…
Continue Reading »Mecca Flat Blues - Rozelle Claxton with Franz Jackson
Franz Jackson (clarinet), Bob Shoffner (trumpet), John Thomas (trombone), Bill Oldham (tuba), Lawrence Dixon (banjo), Richard Curry (drums and Rozelle Claxton (piano) Franz Jackson blew up a storm until age 95. One of the last survivors of the…
Continue Reading »Ain't Nobody's Business - The Billy Crawford Band
One of East Tennesse's Premiere Blues Guitarist, joined by Jay Corder on Saxaphone and Rex Boggs on Vocals and Guitar. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues…
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