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ShrapnelRecords artists: HBC - Self Titled - New Release review
I just received the newest release from super group HBC and it's really "super". Guitarist Scott Henderson, bassist Jeff Berlin and Drummer Dennis Chambers have put together 9 great tracks, 2 originals and 7 by fusion legends, creating…
Continue Reading »TRACER add Glasgow concert to April 2013 UK Tour
Planet Rock £1 off pre-sale from Wednesday 10th October Ents24 £1 off pre-sale from Thursday 11th October General on-sale: Friday 12th October from Box Office: 0844 478 0898 www.thegigcartel.com NOMINATED “BEST NEW BAND” AT THE 2012 CLASSIC ROCK…
Continue Reading »Telephone Blues - R.L. Burnside & Johnny Woods
Johnny Woods (November 1, 1917 – February 1, 1990) was an American blues singer and harmonica player in the North Mississippi hill country blues style. Woods was born in a small Mississippi town called Looxahoma, just west of…
Continue Reading »Bad Mother - ANDRE WILLIAMS w/ MORNING 40 FEDERATION
Andre Williams (born Zephire Andre Williams on November 1, 1936) is an American R&B and punk blues musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. Born in Bessemer, Alabama, United States, Williams lived…
Continue Reading »Sippie Wallace, John Mayall and the Blues Breakers
Sippie Wallace (born as Beulah Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American singer-songwriter. Her early career in local tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recorded over…
Continue Reading »Mark Pollock / Tony Dukes
Mark Pollock spent several years in Freddie King's band, toured with James Cotton, and was in the popular Dallas band called Cold Blue Steel. He's the former owner of the world renowned Charley's Guitar Shop and the co-founder…
Continue Reading »Hoy Hoy - Little Johnny Jones
Little Johnny Jones (November 1, 1924 – November 19, 1964) was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, best known for his work with Tampa Red, Muddy Waters and Elmore James. Jones was born in Jackson, Mississippi in…
Continue Reading »GOING DOWN THAT ROAD FEELING BAD - PRESTON FULP
Preston Fulp, born in 1915, was a sawmill worker, a tobacco sharecropper, moonshiner, and blues and old-time guitarist. He made his recordings at the age of 78 and died a few months later in October 1993. Preston weaves…
Continue Reading »Whiskey Drinking Woman - Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith
Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he…
Continue Reading »Ghouls, Ghosts, Blues!
Diggin: "Mojo Hand" photo by Jimmy Williams Note: Our thoughts this week are with everyone in the Northeast experiencing the devastation of the storm. We hope you are all safe and sound! Blues history is fraught with tales…
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