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Blues Valley - The Five Tones
The Five Tones are a high-energy, primal journey to the juke joints of Mississippi. Haunting, reverb-drenched guitar, dynamic harmonica, and a freight train rhythm section form this blues/rock trio. Cody Shipley plays vintage Silvertone guitars from the early…
Continue Reading »Turn Me Loose - EMANUELE FIZZOTTI
Emanuele Fizzotti, now living in London, is one of Italy’s foremost blues/rock guitarists and also one of the most versatile. Having turned professional in 1983, he spent a year (1988-89) studying guitar at the “Guitar Institute of Technology”…
Continue Reading »Shake Your Money Maker - MELODY MAKERS Blues Band with Silvio Sansone
EMANUELE FIZZOTTI vocals, guitars, dobro, 5 string banjo & mandolin ALDO GEDDO bass LUCA ROFFINO drums Emanuele Fizzotti (who studied guitar at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles and has played with the Treves Blues Band and with…
Continue Reading »Big Fat Mama Blues - Al Cook
Al Cook was born Alois Kurt Koch on February 27th 1945 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, but spent his entire life in Vienna. Music was no subject to him, until he came in touch with Rock And Roll…
Continue Reading »Gregg Wright @ Phil Brady's Tonight!
"KING OF THE ROCKIN' BLUES!" The Official Gregg Wright Newsletter Saturday, March 10, 2012 In this issue: Phil Brady's Tonight! An Interview With Early Blues Magazine PHIL BRADY'S TONIGHT! AN INTERVIEW WITH EARLY BLUES.COM PHIL BRADY'S TONIGHT! Saturday,…
Continue Reading »Come On In My Kitchen - James "Guitar Slim" Stephens
James “Guitar Slim” Stephens was born on March 10, 1915 near Spartanburg, South Carolina. He began to play the pump organ at the age of 5 and two years later he switched to piano. Slim was so small…
Continue Reading »Instrumental - RONNIE EARL The Broadcasters
Ronnie Earl (born Ronald Horvath, March 10, 1953, Queens, New York, United States) is an American blues guitarist and music instructor. In 1988 Earl formed his own band that he called The Broadcasters, named after the first Fender…
Continue Reading »Please, Mr. Jailer - Wynona Carr with Bumps Blackwell Band
Wynona Carr (August 23, 1924 – May 12, 1976) was an African-American gospel, R&B and rock and roll singer-songwriter, who recorded as Sister Wynona Carr when performing gospel material. Wynona Merceris Carr was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where…
Continue Reading »ALAIN APALOO BAND
Born in Aneho, Togo on 13. March 1976, Alain Apaloo started from childhood playing traditional drums in traditional ensembles in his home country in West Africa and at a very early age, singing choir in the Catholic Church.…
Continue Reading »Breaking Up Somebody's Home - Bobby Parker
Bobby Parker (born August 31, 1937, Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American blues-rock guitarist. He is best-known for his 1961 song, "Watch Your Step", a single for the V-Tone Records label that became a hit on the US R&B…
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