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Debbie Davies After The Fall Being Released July 17!
Debbie Davies After The Fall Being Released July 17! The Number 2 Downloaded Album on Airplaydirect.com July 9 Contact: Mark Carpentieri Phone: 631-754-8725 E-Mail: mc@mc-records.com web: www.mc-records.com http://debbiedavies.com/ Northport NY- Debbie Davies and all the folks here at…
Continue Reading »Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
"Blind" Lemon Jefferson (Lemon Henry Jefferson; September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929) was an American blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s, and has been titled…
Continue Reading »44 Blues - Smokey Wilson
Smokey Wilson (born Robert Lee Wilson, July 11, 1936, Glen Allan, Mississippi, United States)) is an American West Coast blues guitarist. He has spent most of his career performing West Coast blues and Juke Joint blues in Los…
Continue Reading »You Got to Move - Rev. Charlie Jackson
Rev. Charlie Jackson (1932-2006) was a distinctly powerful guitar evangelist who devoted his life to singing and preaching the gospel, particularly throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. His 45s for the Booker and Jackson labels, with songs such as "God's…
Continue Reading »Hesitation Blues - Jelly Roll Morton
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1885 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer. Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton is…
Continue Reading »Graveyard Dream Blues - Ida Cox, Lovie Austin
Lovie Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 10, 1972) was an American Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best…
Continue Reading »Stormy Monday - Common Ground Blues
Common Ground Blues stands out from the pack with tone-filled vibrant guitar work, killer keyboards, a tight rhythm section and compelling vocals, all delivered with style. Glen Russell met Brian Eddie in 1998, each looking for the right…
Continue Reading »Driftin' with the Flow - Blas Picón & the Junk Express
It's a train loaded with waste, the product of lost lives, that runs rampant on the rails of the Blues without fear of derailment. Trio that bet on the more austere, stark and virulent side of Rhythm &…
Continue Reading »WE GONNA MOVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN - CASEY BILL WELDON
Casey Bill Weldon (December 9, 1909 – 1960s?) was an American country blues musician, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas who later lived and worked in Chicago was known as one of the great early pioneers of the slide…
Continue Reading »Forrest City Jump - Forrest City Joe
Extracts of a writing by Mike Leadbitter: CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Arkansas, has the Mississippi River for its eastern border - a border that extends north to Frenchman's Bayou and south to Horseshoe Lake. The county's major town is West…
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