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Canaan Land - Blind Gussie Nesbit
Gussie Nesbit was a guitar evangelist from Georgia. His first recording session was in 1930 in Atlanta for Columbia. Four titles were recorded but only two were issued. Five years later he had his second and final session…
Continue Reading »Hootie Blues - Jay McShann
Jay McShann (January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006) was an American Grammy Award-nominated jump blues, mainstream jazz, and swing bandleader, pianist and singer. During the 1940s, McShann was at the forefront of blues and hard bop jazz…
Continue Reading »Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell
Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American Hill country blues singer and guitar player. McDowell was born in Rossville, Tennessee. His parents, who were farmers,…
Continue Reading »Red Baron - George Duke Band
Billy Cobham - Drums George Duke - Keyboards, Vocals John Scofield - Guitar Alphonso Johnson - Bass, Chapman Stick, Vocals George Duke (born January 12, 1946 in San Rafael, California) is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a…
Continue Reading »Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll - Long John Baldry
John William "Long John" Baldry (12 January 1941 – 21 July 2005) was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands…
Continue Reading »Wild Man Blues - Henry Red Allen
Coleman Hawkins on saxophone, Rex Stewart on cornet, Jo Jones on drums, Milt Hinton on bass, Pee Wee Russell on clarinet, Danny Barkerand on banjo, Vic Dickenson on trombone. This is taken from the Sound of Jazz, a…
Continue Reading »Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - James Green & The Blues Electric
From Chicago to Asia , guitarist James Green has hypnotized audiences around the world since 1979. James, a Montréal native, is known on the local and international music scene with performances in arenas, amusement parks, Montréal Jazz and…
Continue Reading »Shutting Out The World - Wang Dang Delta
WANG DANG DELTA are a 6-piece band from Perthshire in Scotland who specialise in blues and beyond music. The band serve up a set featuring mainly original compositions with some classic blues and boogie thrown in for good…
Continue Reading »Acoustic Holiday - Svenson - New Release Review
I just received a new release, Acoustic Holiday, from Svenson. This is not a traditional blues recording but an extremely interesting acoustic recording. The release opens with Blues and Tocatta in e-moll. This track has base elements and…
Continue Reading »I'm Sober Now - Pine Top Smith
Clarence Smith, better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929) was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist. His hit tune, "Pine Top's Boogie Woogie," featured rhythmic "breaks" that were an…
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