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You Better Be Sure - Lacy Gibson
Lacy Gibson (May 1, 1936 – April 11, 2011) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. He most notably recorded the songs, "My Love Is Real" and "Switchy Titchy", and in a long and varied career…
Continue Reading »I Ain't Mad at You - Big Maybelle
Mabel Louise Smith (May 1, 1924 – January 23, 1972), known professionally as Big Maybelle, was an American R&B singer and pianist. Her 1956 hit single "Candy" received the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1999. Born in…
Continue Reading »Muddy Waters - Blow Wind Blow
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1913 – April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered the "father of modern Chicago blues". He was a major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the…
Continue Reading »Free To Love Again - Robbie King
With his superb guitar work, blending both the retro and the contemporary, (think Otis Redding plays Robert Cray playing Stevie Ray Vaughan!), Robbie King is considered by many in the music world to be the very essence of…
Continue Reading »I Cant Be Satisfied / Walkin Blues - Goyo Delta Blues
Soloist of the delta blues of the Mississippi, as the pionerios, Robert Johnson, Are House, Blind Willie Johnson, Charlie Patton. Dobro of wood, national steel (dobro of Steel), harmonica, voice and many slide. For 5 years it formed…
Continue Reading »Keep On Playing The Blues - Larry Garner
Larry Garner was comfortable in the 9-to-5 routine of commuting to his day job, and making a good salary working for Dow Chemical. On his drive home one night, he was forced to take an alternate route. “There…
Continue Reading »Lisa Biales Upcoming Shows
Lisa Biales “Lisa’s soul stirring voice and unique guitar has created her signature sound.” - The Cincinnati Enquirer Upcoming Shows Monday, May 7 at 6:45pm - It's Blues Night on Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour. Lisa Biales shares…
Continue Reading »2nd place Winner Matthew Curry releases new video
BLUES 1st PLACE Tommy Castro, Bonnie Hayes Belvedere Tiburon, CA, USA 2nd PLACE Matthew Curry - Matthew Curry and The Fury Normal, IL, USA 3rd PLACE Leeann Atherton Austin, TX, USA Here's the top 3. Matthew and the…
Continue Reading »Whiskey Island Records artist: Jeff Powers - Self Titled - New Release Review
I have been listening to a new self titled release by Jeff Powers. Powers is a classically trained guitar player who has spent more than 7 years out of the country teaching classical guitar and refining his blues…
Continue Reading »Jimmie Lee Robinson
Unlike many of his Chicago blues contemporaries, Jimmie Lee Robinson wasn't a Mississippi Delta emigre. The guitarist was born and raised right in the Windy City -- not far from Maxwell Street, the fabled open-air market on the…
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