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A Woman is Dangerous - Lonnie Shields
Lonnie Shields is truly the next generation of the blues. He cut his blues teeth performing with the Jelly Roll Kings. His recording career has led him through a number of studios from Memphis and Clarksdale to tours…
Continue Reading »Blues Without A Dime - Clifford Gibson
Clifford "Grandpappy" Gibson (April 17, 1901 — December 21, 1963) was an American blues singer and guitarist. He is best known for the tracks, "Bad Luck Dice" and "Hard Headed Blues". Born in Louisiville, Kentucky, United States, he…
Continue Reading »Cyril Neville, Eric Lindell & Rick Holmstrom Hit The Road!
Cyril Neville, Eric Lindell & Rick Holmstrom Hit The Road! Contact: Mark Carpentieri Phone: 631-754-8725 E-Mail: mc@mc-records.com web: www.mc-records.com M.C. Recording artists Cyril Neville, Eric Lindell & Rick Holmstrom will be pretty busy this Spring. Lots of places…
Continue Reading »Hobo Blues - Charley West
Charley West was born in Andalusia, AL. on September 27. 1914 and raised in Cincinnati, OH. He began singing in the mid-1920's with probable encouragement from Leroy Carr. In 1929 he moved to Chicago, IL. and began singing…
Continue Reading »The House Of The Rising Sun - TEXAS ALEXANDER
Alger "Texas" Alexander (September 12, 1900 – April 18, 1954) was an American blues singer from Jewett, Texas. Some sources claim that he was the cousin of Lightnin' Hopkins, but no direct kinship has ever been established. It…
Continue Reading »The Acoustic Blues Company
The Acoustic Blues Company is an idea of the Argentine guitarist Hernán Senra, also acquaintance as "Chinese". The project is born in 2005, in Barcelona, with the intention of enjoying, of interpreting and of announcing a musical style…
Continue Reading »You Can't Have Nothin' - Tino Gonzales
Born in the Southside of the Bluestown Chicago in 1951, Tino Gonzales, grew up with the sounds of Latin, Blues, R & B, Jazz, and Soul. All have contributed to his musical foundations. Having served his apprenticeship with…
Continue Reading »My Best Friend Is A Back Stabber - Artie "Blues Boy" White
White was born April 16, 1937 in Vicksburg, Ms. Like many blues singers he started with Gospel and sang with a spiritual group, The Harps Of David, at the age of 11 prior to coming to Chicago in…
Continue Reading »Hi Ho Silver - Cool Papa Sadler
Haskell Robert Sadler, also known as Cool Papa Sadler (April 16, 1935 — May 6, 1994) was an American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Born in Denver, Colorado, Sadler played a number of times at the San Francisco…
Continue Reading »GEE BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU - Alton Purnell
Alton Purnell (April 16, 1911, New Orleans - January 14, 1987, Inglewood, California) was an American jazz pianist. He was a longtime performer in Dixieland jazz. Purnell sang before playing piano professionally, beginning to do so locally in…
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