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Rainman Records artist: Alvin Lee - Still On The Road To Freedom - New Recording Review
Alvin Lee... yes the real Alvin Lee, has just come out of the studio and is ready to release a new cd, Still On The Road To Freedom, on August 27, 2012. To say that I am a…
Continue Reading »Big Legs - Gene Phillips & his Rhythm Aces
Gene Phillips (born Eugene Floyd Phillips, July 25, 1915, St. Louis, Missouri) was an American jump blues guitarist and singer. He was influenced by, and a fan of, Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Big…
Continue Reading »Good-Bye Baby - Robert Lucas
West Coast vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Robert Lucas forged a path for himself in the blues world after the release of his much-hailed 1990 self-produced debut cassette, Across the River. Based in Long Beach, CA, as a solo…
Continue Reading »Shake 'em Up - Guitar Slim Green
This artist should not be confused with Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones, the New Orleans artist, or Alec "Guitar Slim" Seward the country blues guitarist from Virginia. Norman G. Green was born in Bryant, TX. on July 25, 1920.…
Continue Reading »I've Got News For You - Edgar Winter's White Trash
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is famous for being a multi-instrumentalist. He is a highly skilled keyboardist, saxophonist and percussionist. He often plays an instrument while singing. He was most successful…
Continue Reading »Crawfishin' - Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow
Clarence Garlow (February 27, 1911 – July 24, 1986) was an American R&B, jump blues, Texas blues and cajun guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is best known for his recording of the song "Bon Ton Roula", which was…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - The Badrock Bluesband
m Sommer 1992 formierte sich in Österreich (Oberösterreich, Bezirk Ried - siehe nebenstehende Karte) mit Gerald Schuldenzucker, Siegfried Horvath, Franz Kollmann und Berndt Steiner die BADROCK BLUES BAND. Anfangs zu viert in klassischer Band-Besetzung mit zwei Gitarren, Bass…
Continue Reading »Looking For Somebody - Ivan Marcio
Ivan Marcio fell in love with the harmonica when he was 13 and a year later, in 1991, while listening to Elmore James, he fell in love with the blues, which became the unseparable companion of this harmonica…
Continue Reading »Ruf Records artist: Meena - Try Me - New Release Review
I have been listening to the newest release, Try Me, by Meena. The recording contains 9 original tracks as well as a few classics and Meena is backed by Dave Smith on bass, Steve Potts on drums, Rick…
Continue Reading »What You Gonna Do - Washboard Willie Hensley
Lena Hall:Vocals Washboard Willie and his Super Suds of Rhythm: Washboard Willie Hensley:Washboard Calvin Frazier:Guitar Recorded in Detroit, MI. 1956 Washboard Willie (July 24, 1909 – August 24, 1991) was an American Detroit blues musician, who specialised in…
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