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Juke Joint Jonny & The Kindred Spirits - Just Folkin Around - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Just Folkin Around, by Juke Joint Jonny & The Kindred Spirits and it's a cool update on traditional blues. Opening with Muddy Waters' I Can't Be Satisfied,…
Continue Reading »Juke Joints and Honkytonks - Mel Melton and The Wicked Mojos
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to Mel Melton & The Wicked Mojos, a smokin' Zydeco/Cajun flavored blues band out of North Carolina. For those not in the know, let's meet the guys up close and... MEL MELTON, on what…
Continue Reading »Juke Rockets Blues Band - Hungry Soul - New Release Review
I just received the newest release, Hungry Soul, from Juke Rockets Blues Band and they play from the heart. Opening with American Train, a country style rocker, Carlene Thornton leads on vocals with solid drums from Tim Woitowitz,…
Continue Reading »JUKIN' - Mississippi Heat
The group was formed in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, and was strongly influenced by early electric blues of the 1950s. They played locally in Chicago clubs, and went through several member changes in the 1990s, all the while…
Continue Reading »JULIA'S BLUES - Julia Lee
Julia Lee (October 31, 1902 – December 8, 1958) was an American blues and dirty blues musician. Born in Boonville, Missouri, United States, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and…
Continue Reading »JULIAN SAS BAND
Asked about influences, Sas replies; when I hear Jeff Beck play it starts to itch. He plays with such simplicity and at the same time with such fanaticism. Unbelieveable. I am a real Jimi Hendrix fan too. He…
Continue Reading »July 19 + Harvelle's + Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin Smoke Revue featuring the Fabulous Smokettes = HOT
Sat. , July 19 + Harvelle's + Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue Featuring The Fabulous Smokettes = HOT! Santa Monica's Hottest Monthly R&B/Blues/Soul Dance Party For 2 Decades! (Santa Monica, CA) - It's a…
Continue Reading »JULY 24 rel-MUDDY WATERS 100 w/Johnny Winter, John Primer, Gary Clark Jr., Keb' Mo', Derek Trucks
MUDDY WATERS 100 featuring JOHN PRIMER, GARY CLARK, JR., JOHNNY WINTER, JAMES COTTON, KEB' MO', DEREK TRUCKS, SHEMEKIA COPELAND, BOB MARGOLIN "Primer is a terrific singer; strong, strutting and just enough like his mentor Muddy to make these…
Continue Reading »Jump and Jive - Axel Zwingenberger
Axel Zwingenberger (born May 7, 1955, Hamburg, Germany) is a blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and songwriter. He is considered one of the finest boogie-woogie music masters in the world Zwingenberger was born in Hamburg, Germany, and enjoyed eleven…
Continue Reading »Jumper On the Line - KENNY BROWN
Kenny Brown (born on the Air Force base in Selma, Alabama, July 5, 1953) is a blues slide guitarist from Nesbit, Mississippi. Skilled in the North Mississippi Hill Country blues style popularized by his mentor R. L. Burnside,…
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