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Hot Tuna in Colo. & Ariz. July 2012
(Austin, Texas) Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady, rev up their audiences with groundbreaking music and insightful songs that keep them a moving musical force. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees from their legendary Jefferson Airplane…
Continue Reading »Happy Independence Day from Music Maker!
Roots and Leaves Series wraps up, thank you for all who came out! Our Roots and Leaves Concert Series in Chapel Hill has concluded, and, despite one performance canceled by a sudden thunderstorm, it was a wonderful month…
Continue Reading »Happy Independence Day from Music Maker!
Roots and Leaves Series wraps up, thank you for all who came out! Our Roots and Leaves Concert Series in Chapel Hill has concluded, and, despite one performance canceled by a sudden thunderstorm, it was a wonderful month…
Continue Reading »Legendary guitarist Eric Johnson's UK tour starts Friday 6 July
24 HOUR BOX OFFICE: 0844 478 0898 BOOK ONLINE: www.thegigcartel.com Eric Johnson, the celebrated American electric guitarist, hailed by Joe Bonamassa as “one of the greatest guitar players of all time,” will embark on his first UK tour…
Continue Reading »Update for Matthew Curry and the Fury
Matthew and The Fury played this weekend at Mississippi Valley (there was a front page article in the Quad City Times, photo with him in the crowd on his new wireless tearing it up on Voodoo Chile) and…
Continue Reading »Slider - Ron Thompson
Ron Thompson (born July 5, 1953) is an American electric blues and blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Thompson has released seven albums since 1983 on labels including Blind Pig. He has worked with Little Joe Blue, John…
Continue Reading »I Hear You Knockin' - Smiley Lewis
Smiley Lewis (July 5, 1913 – October 7, 1966) was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues musician. The journalist, Tony Russell, in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, stated "Lewis was the…
Continue Reading »Every Day in the Week Blues - Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley and Pink Anderson
Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley (July 3, 1881 - January 17, 1961) was an American country blues singer and guitarist. Dooley was born in Hartwell, Georgia. Dooley met Pink Anderson in 1916 and taught him to play guitar. The…
Continue Reading »Talkin Bout Love - Walter " Lightnin Bug" Rhodes
Walter was born in 1939 in Beaufort, NC and learned to play guitar there. In 1960 he was in New York playing for The Gospel Four and starting his recording career as a member of the Golden Arrows.…
Continue Reading »Love is Sweet - Shawn Kellerman
They called James Brown the �hardest working man in show business� and it would be no understatement to call Shawn Kellerman the �hardest playing blues guitarist� on the scene today. Shawn is recognized as one of the most…
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