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Steve Strongman, Shakura S'Aida, Paul Reddick and MonkeyJunk lead Maple Blues Award Nominations
(October 26, 2012) Toronto, ON - The Toronto Blues Society will be celebrating its 16th annual Maple Blues Awards by honouring nationally and internationally recognized Canadian Blues artists from across the country on January 21, 2013. The nominees…
Continue Reading »Rock Me Baby - Shirley King
Shirley King "High energy, get down, get funky, jump up and jiggle your business Chicago blues." Being the blues singing daughter of B.B. King has earned Shirley King the title “Daughter of the Blues,” but she is an…
Continue Reading »Hot Pants Baby / I Got Money - Detroit Jr.
Emery "Detroit Junior" Williams, Jr. (October 26, 1931 – August 9, 2005) was an American Chicago blues pianist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is known for songs such as "So Unhappy", "Call My Job", "If I Hadn't Been High",…
Continue Reading »Sunny - Bootsy Collins with James Brown
William Earl "Bootsy" Collins (born October 26, 1951 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter. Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving…
Continue Reading »Bow legged daddy - Willis 'Gator Tail' Jackson
Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Miami, Florida, Jackson joined Duke Ellington alumnus Cootie Williams's band in 1949 as a teenager, after being discovered by Eddie…
Continue Reading »Red Nigger - Cleo Page
Born May 25, 1928 in Shamrock, LA Died February 19, 1979 in California Very much one of the mystery men of the blues, this singer/guitarist caused a minor stir in the 70s with his powerful, raw blues records…
Continue Reading »MOVE YOUR BODY - POINT BLANK
Point Blank, probably, the first real blues band in former Yugoslavia, enough honest and brave to dive deep into the blues idiom at the time which was over piled with music so much different from blues, as well…
Continue Reading »'Rock-it Science' with Greg Lewis Thursdays 8-10pm WNTI 91.9 Hackettstown NJ wnti.org
'Rock-it Science' with Greg Lewis Thursdays 8-10pm WNTI 91.9 Hackettstown NJ wnti.org Oct 25, 2012 8-10PM Playlist Songs---SONG---ARTIST---ALBUM--- Your Blues, Hitman Bluesband, Pale Rider Start: 20:01:00 End: 20:04:00 Duration : 3:00 Breakdown [bonus track], Gary Clark Jr, Blak…
Continue Reading »Toto's Steve Lukather to release new solo album "Transition"
Mascot Label Group will release the highly anticipated seventh solo album “Transition” by guitarist, vocalist, composer/producer/arranger, Steve Lukather, on Monday 21st January 2013. One of the original founding members of the multi-million selling rock band TOTO, Lukather will…
Continue Reading »Purple Pyramid artists: The Fusion Syndicate - New release review
Now here's something different! I just received the new release from The Fusion Syndicate. This band is made up of jazz, rock and blues superstars and the recording is all you could wish for in this format. Billy…
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