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Sugar Ray Norcia Inducted Into Canada South Blues Society Hall of Fame
(Photo Courtesy of InRetro) WINDSOR, ON – During a rousing evening of blues music in Windsor, Ontario, Severn Records artist Sugar Ray Norcia was inducted into the Canada South Blues Society Hall of Fame on Saturday, October 20.…
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October 24, 2012 JUST ANNOUNCED HENRY COLE December 13 ANGEL D'CUBA February 8 THIS MONTH! ROCKY HORROR SHOW 2 MORE SHOWS! OCT 26 | OCT 31 DA BEARS! Watch the games on our 22 ft screen! Schedule HERE!…
Continue Reading »Some of my Best Friends Are The Blues - Sam Taylor, Jr.
Sam Taylor (October 25, 1934 – January 4, 2009) was an American jump blues musician and songwriter. Taylor's more popular recordings included "Funny", "Drinking Straight Tequila" and "Voice of the Blues". He variously worked with Joey Dee and…
Continue Reading »Slow blues - Scotty Moore, Earl Palmer, Deke Dickerson
Earl Cyril Palmer (October 25, 1924 – September 19, 2008) was an American rock & roll and rhythm and blues drummer, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Palmer played on many recording sessions, including…
Continue Reading »Little Hatch
Little Hatch (October 25, 1921 – January 14, 2003) was an American electric blues singer, musician and harmonica player. He variously worked with George Jackson and John Paul Drum Born Provine Hatch, Jr. in Sledge, Mississippi, he learned…
Continue Reading »Jet Black Blues - Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four
Eddie Lang (October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American jazz guitarist, regarded as the Father of Jazz Guitar. He played a Gibson L-4 and L-5 guitar, providing great influence for many guitarists, including Django Reinhardt…
Continue Reading »Black Eye Blues - Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey
Styled as the "Mother of the Blues," Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as "Ma" Rainey, was one of the most important of the early blues singers. In her thirty-five years of touring and recordings she made with Paramount,…
Continue Reading »Out On The Farm - Elester Anderson
From the Eight-Hand Sets And Holy Steps: Early Dance Tunes And Songs Of Praise From North Carolina's Black Tradition (1978) Recorded by Glenn Hinson and Charles Ellertson (b Oct 25, 1925) in the late 1970s in Speed, Edgecombe…
Continue Reading »Twelve Bars Blues Band in Spanje
The TWELVE BAR BLUES BAND winner of the Dutch Blues Foundation Awards: Best Dutch Bluesband 2010!! 12BBB was the surprise of the Dutch blues scene in 2006. Within this first year of existence, the band already was precent…
Continue Reading »Jay Trainer Band
Jay Trainer combines thick, prolific guitar riffs and stark lyricism, while drawing on the traditions of funk, rock, blues, and psychedelia to craft a modern classic. The singer/songwriter possesses a unique ability to effortlessly negotiate tone and volume,…
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