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Slow Down - Alexis Korner & Steve Marriott
Stephen Peter "Steve" Marriott (30 January 1947 – 20 April 1991) was an English musician, songwriter and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades. Marriott is remembered for his powerful singing voice which…
Continue Reading »Crossroads - The Jed Rowe Band
The Jed Rowe Band are releasing their 2nd album, The Ember and The Afterglow, through Fuse on July 6th this year. A national tour is planned for Winter 2012 to support the release. Produced by Jeff Lang, one…
Continue Reading »Delmark Records artist: Linsey Alexander - Been There Done That - New release Review
I just received the new release called Been There Done That from Linsey Alexander. This recording starts off with Raffle Ticket, an original shuffle tune right out of the smokey Chicago blues scene. Alexander has a great voice…
Continue Reading »Hillbilly Blues - Sleepy La Beef
Sleepy LaBeef (born Thomas Paulsley LaBeff, July 20, 1935, Smackover, Arkansas) is an American rockabilly musician. LaBeef stands 6' 7" tall and was given the nickname "Sleepy" from the appearance of his eyes. Born in Arkansas, he was…
Continue Reading »Stranger Blues - Steve Freund
Steve Freund (born July 20, 1952, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is an American blues guitarist, singer, bandleader and record producer. Although Freund has toured throughout the United States (including stops in New York and Chicago), he…
Continue Reading »Somethin' Fast - Jonno Zilber
The music industry is a superman style “bizzarro world” full of drunkenness, strange girls, slow cars, anti-Semitic Icelandic fishermen, flying prosthetic legs and poker machines that are louder than the live band on the stage next to them.…
Continue Reading »GANGSTER OF LOVE - JOHN "MAD DOG" WATKINS
Born July 19, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, John Watkins is a relatively undocumented blues guitar player. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the…
Continue Reading »I Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town - Barry Baughn Blues Band
Barry Baughn - Guitar Vocals Bob Gross - Bass Vocals John "Mad Dog" Ruiz - Hammond B3 and Piano Larry Mitchell - Drums Paul Carman - Sax Stan Watkins - Trumpet If you like what I’m doing, Like…
Continue Reading »Little Freddie King
If you want the real blues - and I'm not talkin about some long-haired hippy beatin' on a National Resonator guitar or a mustachiod, Italian-suited slickster blowin' on a chromatic harmonica - baby, you'd better call Little Freddie…
Continue Reading »Canadian documentary records MM artists
Pura Fé and Dark Water Rising's Charlie Lowry perform as Tulali at the Lincoln Center Photo by Aaron Greenhood Tulali is the vocal project of Native American artist,Pura Fé exploring the crossroads of the indigenous music of Southeast…
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