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Don't Start Me To Talking - Johnny Turner
Recorded May 25, 1976 at The Raven & The Rose in Sierra Madre, CA.; Johnny Turner, vocal and guitar; Zaven "Big John" Jambazian, harmonica; Tony Manriquez, bass; Stu Perry, drums Photography by Stanley Kubrick; Mike Butorac: Johnny Turner…
Continue Reading »Trembling Bed Springs Blues - Little Boy Fuller
Little Boy Fuller (Richard Trice) b. 16 November 1917, Hillsborough, North Carolina, USA. Born into a very musical family, Trice learned guitar early, and was partnering his brother Willie Trice, playing blues for dances by his early teens.…
Continue Reading »Come On Home Baby - Hubert Sumlin & Sunnyland Slim
Hubert Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's…
Continue Reading »Brewers Boogie - Brewer Phillips
Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924 – August 30, 1999) was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with Juke joint blues and Chicago blues. Phillips was born in Coila, Mississippi, United States, on a plantation and learned the blues…
Continue Reading »Do Right Women, Do Right Man - Dan Penn
Dan Penn (Nov 16, 1941) helped shape the development of southern soul music with his legendary songwriting, musicianship and production. A native of Vernon, Alabama, Penn moved to the Florence/Muscle Shoals area while still a teenager and assumed…
Continue Reading »Got My Mojo - Working Muddy Waters with Francis Clay
Francis Clay (November 16, 1923 – January 21, 2008), born and raised in Rock Island, Illinois,he started playing Jazz, professionally at the age of 15, played drums behind many of the biggest names of 20th century popular American…
Continue Reading »FRENCH ROCKING BOOGIE / OLD HOME WALTZ - SHIRLEY BERGERON
Cajun singer and steel guitarist Shirley Bergeron (a man, not a woman) recorded, for the most part, standard Cajun music in the late 1950s with his accordionist father Alphee Bergeron and backup band the Veteran Playboys. Cajun music…
Continue Reading »Blind Pig Signs Southern Hospitality!
BLIND PIG SIGNS SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY The South has long been known for its hospitality and down home music. Recently the region has seen the emergence of a musical group of young musicians who are masters of their craft…
Continue Reading »Favorite Reviews For The Charles Burton Blues Band's Album
Favorite Reviews For The Charles Burton Blues Band Album, "Favorites" "Recorded at the end of one of Charles Burton's tours, this session features eleven favorite songs that bring instant recognition when he sings 'em. With the leader playing…
Continue Reading »Happy Home Blues - Mississippi Matilda
Mississippi Matilda Powell(Hattiesburg, MS, January 27, 1914)(maiden name unknown), was believed to have been from around the Utica or Hollandale, MS. area. In the 1930's she married musician Eugene Powell who later recorded under the name of Sonny…
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