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Have a Mother Blues Thanksgiving!

Pat "Mother Blues" Helps Make Your Thanksgiving Rock! Pat Cohen doesn't just possess a voice to blow you out of your seat and onto the dance floor, she's also a goddess in the kitchen. We talked to Pat…

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Bells Are Toning - Willie "Smokey" Hogg

Andrew ‘Smokey’ Hogg (January 27, 1914 - May 1, 1960) was an American blues musician. Hogg was born near Westconnie, Texas, United States and grew up on the farm and was taught to play guitar by his father…

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Happy Birthday CHRIS CAIN

Chris Cain (born November 19, 1955, San Jose, California, United States) is an American blues and jazz guitarist with an international following. He began playing professionally as a teenager in local clubs, at festivals, and at private events.…

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Worried Life Blues - Little Junior Parker

Junior Parker (May 27, 1932 – November 18, 1971) was an American Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth". He was posthumously inducted into…

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Bull Dog Blues - Luther Huff

b. 5 December 1910, Fannin, Mississippi, USA, d. 18 November 1973, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Luther and younger brother Percy made only two records in 1951, but they cleaved so startlingly and entertainingly to the old traditions that they…

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Grinding Mill - Johnny Temple

Johnny Temple (October 18, 1906 – November 22, 1968) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer, who operated in in the 1930s and 1940s. An acquaintance and near-contemporary of Skip James, Temple delivered sedate blues in the…

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