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Terra Blues - Steve Guyger,Louis X
Philadelphia is home to one of the finest blues harp players in the world, much to the surprise of people not "inside" the blues scene. Over the past thiry-plus years, Steve Guyger with his band, The Excellos, has…
Continue Reading »Turn On The Bright Lights - Albert Washington and The Kings
Singer and songwriter Albert Washington spent most of his career singing in the blues clubs around Cincinnati, Ohio and his home in Long Island, N.Y. Washington, who is blind, released two recordings for Iris Records in the 1990s,…
Continue Reading »Sister Kate - Eva Taylor
Eva Taylor (January 22, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri — October 31, 1977, Mineola, New York) was an American blues singer and stage actress. Born Irene Joy Gibbons in St. Louis, Missouri, on stage from the age of three,…
Continue Reading »Good Woman Blues - Doug Quattlebaum
Doug Quattlebaum(b-January 22, 1927)The Post War Blues was a record label set up in 1965 by Mike Rowe. It specialized in reissuing obscure post war blues recordings on LP samplers. The label has been one of the first…
Continue Reading »Corrine Corrine - Sleepy John Estes & Hammie Nixon
Hammie Nixon (January 22, 1908 – August 17, 1984) was an American harmonica player. Born Hammie Nickerson in Brownsville, Tennessee, he began his music career with jug bands in the 1920s and is best known as a country…
Continue Reading »Your Mother Loves Her Children - Rev. C.L. Franklin
Clarence LaVaughn Franklin (often billed as Bishop C. L. Franklin) (January 22, 1915 – July 27, 1984), was an American Baptist minister, a civil rights activist, and father of the legendary soul and gospel singer Aretha Franklin. He…
Continue Reading »Aquavit Boogie - Kid Andersen
Born and raised in Norway, Chris "Kid" Andersen moved to California to pursue a career in the blues in 2001 at the age of 21. He quickly became a staple of the thriving West Coast Blues scene, just…
Continue Reading »Homesick - The Steady Rollin' Men
The Steady Rollin' Men est un groupe de Blues/Rythm'n Blues composé de Jean-Noël Aunet (guitariste soliste) et de Xavier Berland (chanteur guitariste). Ces deux amis ont toujours joué ensemble et commencent, aprés leur enregistrement, a jouer en public.…
Continue Reading »Full Moon On Main Street - Sean Chambers
Sean toured with the legendary Hubert Sumlin as his guitarist and band leader from 1998-2003. Performing extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe together, Chambers recalls this time as being his "College Education" in music. "My band would usually…
Continue Reading »Chicken Shack - Champion Jack Duprée
William Thomas Dupree, best known as Champion Jack Dupree, was an American blues pianist. His birth date is disputed, given as July 4, July 10, and July 23, in the years 1908, 1909, or 1910. He died on…
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