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Spencer Mackenzie - Infected With The Blues - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the newest release, Infected With The Blues by Spencer Mackenzie. Mackenzie is a 16 year old gun slinger with an aim to make a mark on the blues scene and this…
Continue Reading »Spencer Mackenzie - Preach To My Soul - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Preach To My Soul, by Spencer Mackenzie, and it's a strong blues rocker. Opening with Baptized By Cold Water, Spencer Mackenzie on guitar and lead vocal hits…
Continue Reading »Spend Father's Day with Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials (VCBS Event)
Little Ed & The Blues Imperials - "a bazooka assault of foot-stompin' blues and slow-burnin' knee-bucklers" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES) - appears in concert on Father's Day (Sunday, June 21) at Studio Channels Island Arts Center in Camarillo, in a…
Continue Reading »Spend The Longest Day/Night Of The Year With Blowin' Smoke@Harvelle's This Saturday!
Spend The Longest Day/Night Of The Year At Harvelle's! Larry "Fuzzy" Knight Presents... Blowin' Smoke & The Fabulous Smokettes (St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue) Saturday, June 22@Harvelle's/Santa Monica "Blowin' Smoke began their evening's musical journey through their…
Continue Reading »Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
Buster Benton (July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996) was an American blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars, and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon-penned song "Spider in…
Continue Reading »Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
Buster Benton (July 19, 1932 – January 20, 1996) was an American blues guitarist and singer, who played guitar in Willie Dixon's Blues All-Stars, and is best known for his solo rendition of the Dixon-penned song "Spider in…
Continue Reading »Spider in My Web - Ronnie Earl with Diane Blue, Seth Holzman, and Gil Correia
Boston's DIANE BLUE has the “whole package” – she is a strong vocalist, skillful harmonica player and a crowd pleasing entertainer. Voted Outstanding Female Singer in The Blues Audience 2011 Readers’ Poll, Ms. Blue is a soulful and…
Continue Reading »Spider In My Web - Ten Years After
The studio cut of this appears on "Undead" which is a great recording of vintage Ten Years After with Alvin Lee. Check it out!! Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s…
Continue Reading »Spike Driver Blues
John Smith Hurt, better known as Mississippi John Hurt (July 3, 1893 or March 8, 1892[3] — November 2, 1966) was an influential country blues singer and guitarist. Raised in the tiny Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself how…
Continue Reading »Spin Doctors announce London Garage concert with special guests Dodgy
LIVE AT THE GARAGE, LONDON WEDNESDAY 25th SEPTEMBER plus very special guests Exclusive 24hr Ticket Presale starts Thursday 9th May at 9am. Tickets on sale to the general public on Friday 10th May from www.eventim.co.uk and 0844 249…
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