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Perpetual Obscurity Records artist: Paul Thorn - What The Hell Is Going On - New Release Review
Been listening to the new release by Paul Thorn, What The Hell Is Going On and it's pretty cool. It opens with Lindsey Buckingham's Don't Let Me Down Again. Snake Farm, a Ray Wylie Hubbard track really conjures…
Continue Reading »Big Ron has a blast in North Dakota - and don't miss Shakori Hills!
Big Ron rocked North Dakota! Big Ron played the North Dakota Museum of Art on April 14th, and he received the same warm welcome that Ironing Board Sam did! Artist Adam Kemp worked with children at the museum…
Continue Reading »Killer Mosquito - Bernie Worrell, Warren Haynes, Will Calhoun & Brett Bass
George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. (born April 19, 1944) is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and…
Continue Reading »I'll Run Your Hurt Away - Ruby Johnson
Ruby Johnson (19 April 1936 - 4 July 1999) was an American soul singer best known for her recordings on the Volt label in the late 1960s. She was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and was raised…
Continue Reading »Ten Years To Life - Bee Houston
Guitarist/vocalist Edward Wilson "Bee" Houston's an exciting performer whose style blends elements of Texas shuffle blues and Southern gospel-tinged soul. Houston played in a high school drum and bugle corps as a youngster in San Antonio, and played…
Continue Reading »Cheating and Lying Blues - Doctor Clayton
Doctor Clayton (April 19, 1898 - January 7, 1947) was an American blues singer and songwriter. Peter Joe Clayton was born in Georgia, though he later claimed he had been born in Africa, and moved to St. Louis…
Continue Reading »Fingerbuster - Willie The Lion Smith
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholoff Smith (23 November 1893 – 18 April 1973), a.k.a. "The Lion", was an American jazz pianist and one of the masters of the stride style, usually grouped with James P. Johnson and Thomas…
Continue Reading »Giles Robson & The Dirty Aces
Ranked in Classic Rock Magazine’s Top Ten Blues albums of 2011, Giles Robson has already been hailed as the most exciting new harmonica virtuoso’s of his generation by blues harp legends such as Sugar Blue and Paul Jones.…
Continue Reading »That's Wrong - Sandy Mack Band
I'm Sandy Mack. I play some harmonica, sing a little and write some songs. I try to make music that doesn't sound like everybody else's. You decide if it's good or bad. ..I'm one of the weirder people…
Continue Reading »Stepping Out - Berends/Wilson Trio
This short lived trio was fun while it lasted. From it came The Berends Bros Band Myspace pages: Bill Berends | Rich Berends Ed is probably still doing a solo act somewhere. If you like what I’m doing,…
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