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Time On My Hands - Jon Herington - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Time On My Hands, by Jon Herington. Most of you probably know Jon from his work with Steely Dan or as a featured musician on any number of studio tracks but this…
Continue Reading »Somebody's Got To Pay - Little Johnny Taylor
Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 – May 17, 2002) was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s.…
Continue Reading »The Sky Is Crying - Big Bad Smitty
Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith (1940 – April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar player and singer. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he started learning guitar at the age of ten. He would play his older…
Continue Reading »Baby Reconsider - Leon Haywood
Otha Leon Haywood (born February 11, 1942, Houston, Texas) is an American funk and soul singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 1975 hit single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky To You", which has…
Continue Reading »Love Don't Love Nobody - Otis Clay
Otis Clay (born February 11, 1942, Waxhaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States) is an American R&B and soul singer, who started in gospel music. Clay was born in rural Bolivar County, Mississippi to a musical family, who moved…
Continue Reading »Uptown Bumps
Adolphe Paul Barbarin (May 5, 1899 – February 17, 1969) was a New Orleans jazz drummer, usually regarded (along with Baby Dodds) as one of the very best of the pre-Big Band era jazz drummers. He studied under…
Continue Reading »Winelight - PAUL BROWN & MARC ANTOINE
Two decades into a multi-faceted career marked by dynamic explorations of the possibilities of contemporary jazz and R&B, two-time Grammy Award winner Paul Brown keeps his grooving momentum going with an amped-up visit to The Funky Joint—his sixth…
Continue Reading »8th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival: New Name, New Venue, Legendary Lineup
8th Annual Ventura County Blues Festival New Name, New Venue, Legendary Lineup A Full Day Of Blues Music And Family Enjoyment At Our New Location, Moorpark College (Formerly The Simi Valley Blues Festival) Benefits The American Diabetes Association…
Continue Reading »Girl Dressed In Green - JOHN TINSLEY
b. 10 February 1920, Chestnut Mountain, Virginia, USA. Tinsley learned guitar when he was 11, and from the age of 18 played at social events. He acquired much of his repertoire from, and was stylistically influenced by, the…
Continue Reading »Bosco Stomp - Aldus Roger
Cajun musician Aldus Roger was born on February 10, 1915, in Carencro, Louisiana. He learned to play the accordion at age eight by watching other Cajun musicians, including his father, Francis, and renowned Cajun artist Lawrence Walker. A…
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