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Every Day I Have The Blues - Major Handy
Zydeco Feeling is among the strongest front-to-back offerings in the APO Records catalog. And Track Three â "I'm On The Wonder" â might just be the best slow blues the label has yet recorded. Accordion-led and with half…
Continue Reading »Save The Roach For Me - Buck Washington
Buck Washington died January 31, 1955. He was an African-American dancer, recognized as one of Vaudevilles best known all around entertainers and innovators. Ford Lee (Buck) Washington was from Louisville, Kentucky. In 1913 at the age of ten…
Continue Reading »You Ain't So Such A Much - Blanche Thomas
Blanche Thomas, vocalist blues singer. Born in Orleans Parish, New Orleans, October 15, 1922 or 1924. Began her singing career at the old Tick Tock Club. Popular singer in many Bourbon Street clubs, sang with Louis Armstrong (q.v.),…
Continue Reading »Tore Down - Lena Mosley
Raised in Alabama, Lena grew up singing gospel in her grandmotherâs church. She moved to Sacramento with her family in 1966. In 1976, Gene Chambers heard Lena sing and encouraged her to sing the blues, taking her around…
Continue Reading »Blind Pig Records NEW RELEASES
MAGIC SLIM & THE TEARDROPS âBad Boyâ âHis growling vocals have the fire and brimstone of a Young Lion and his guitar playing is still as razor-sharp as it was when he turned pro in the â50s.â -…
Continue Reading »Down South Blues - Hannah Sylvester
Hannah Sylvester (c. 1900 â October 15, 1973) was an African American blues singer who performed in the classic female blues style that was popular during the 1920s. She was billed as "Harlem's Mae West". Sylvester was born…
Continue Reading »She's Into Something - Chuck Brisbin & Tuna Project
Formed in the Summer of 2007, Chuck Brisbin & the Tuna Project is recognized as one of the best Blues Bands in the area... But we also play our own mix of Rock, R&B and Blues that we…
Continue Reading »Corruption Blues - the Josh Vowell Band
Josh Vowell & The Rumble is a five-piece progressive blues band that stormed onto the Regional music scene in November, 2007. They are a Blues/Rock outfit from the Greater Kansas City region and are currently booking for the…
Continue Reading »Every Time - Eagle Park Slim & The Vipers
Eagle Park Slim has been playing his brand of rhythm, blues, and soul since 1954 across the country, sharing the stage with such legends as James Brown, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, Sonny Boy Williamson, Percy Mayfield, Ike Turner…
Continue Reading »Chicago Storytellin': Singer-Songwriter Jeff Powers in Concert This Weekend at the Elbo Room
Storytellin': Singer-Songwriter Jeff Powers Makes Chicago Debut At The Elbo Room - Saturday, October 20 "(Powers is a) poet, troubadour, emigre' returning home with tall tales and hard-lived insights... from his Hendrix-like blues-based guitar riffs and sixties references…
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