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"Mr. Johnnie" Billington
Johnnie "Mr. Johnnie" Billington is the primary teacher and artistic director of the DBEP. A master guitar player & singer, he returned to his Delta roots twenty years ago after playing with Chicago Blues greats Muddy Waters, Elmore…
Continue Reading »Hugh Cornwell unveils 'Totem and Taboo' album & 'No More Heroes' UK tour
AUTUMN 2012 UK TOUR Hugh will perform his new album âTOTEM AND TABOOâ followed by âNO MORE HEROESâ 24 Hour Box Office: 0844 478 0898 Book Online: www.hughcornwell.com www.thegigcartel.com Hugh Cornwell is pleased to confirm a nationwide UK…
Continue Reading »Lord, Look Down On Me - Bessie Griffin
Bessie Griffin (July 6, 1922 â April 10, 1989) was an African American gospel singer. Born Arlette B. Broil in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was steeped in church music as a child. She sang for a while with…
Continue Reading »See See Baby - Sean Costello and the Soul Shakers
Sean Costello (April 16, 1979 â April 15, 2008) was an American blues musician, renowned for his fiery guitar playing and soulful singing. He released five critically acclaimed albums before his career was cut short by his sudden…
Continue Reading »Jimmie Lee Robinson
Unlike many of his Chicago blues contemporaries, Jimmie Lee Robinson (Apr 30, 1931 in Chicago, IL - Jul 6, 2002 in Chicago, IL) wasn't a Mississippi Delta emigre. The guitarist was born and raised right in the Windy…
Continue Reading »New Tweed Funk CD
Upcoming Shows and News Tweed Funk has some great shows starting out this Saturday night at the Horny Goat Hideaway in the BFT. BFT stands for the Big Fun Tent and if you have not seen it, you…
Continue Reading »Delmark Records artist: Eddie C. Campbell - Spider Eatin' Preacher - New Release Review
Eddie C. Campbell is back with his new recording, Spider Eatin' Preacher. Campbell has a unique blues style that incorporates the ingredients of a stew of Blues, R&B, Soul, and a number of other other flavors. Campbell wrote…
Continue Reading »Steamy Windows - Shemekia Copeland
At only 19, Shemekia stepped out of her fatherâs shadow with the Alligator release of 1998 debut recording, Turn the Heat Up!, and the critics raved. The Village Voice called her ânothing short of uncanny,â while the Boston…
Continue Reading »Blind Pig Records: Heaven - Pinetop Perkins- New Release Review
On April 17 Blind Pig Records will offer a previously unreleased set of 1986 "after hours" recordings by Pinetop Perkins called Heaven. Typically I think of posthumous recordings as a bunch of remastered junk that has been put…
Continue Reading »MAGGOT BRAIN - EDDIE HAZEL
Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel (April 10, 1950 â December 23, 1992) was a guitarist in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee of the Rock and Roll…
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