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Steely Dan founder and guitarist, Walter Becker, has passed. My thoughts are with his family.
Walter Becker, the guitarist and bassist for the popular rock band Steely Dan, died Sunday. He was 67. News of Becker's death was confirmed by a tribute post on his official website, though no cause of death was…
Continue Reading »SteepleChase Lookout artist: David Janeway - Distant Voices - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Distant Voices, from David Janeway and it's a real nice set of contemporary takes on classic jazz tracks as well as a number of new tunes by…
Continue Reading »Stella Blue Music artist: Stefan Hillesheim Band - Live at the Chicago Blues Festival - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Live at the Chicago Blues Festival, from Stefan Hillesheim Band and I really like it. Opening with, Always Get to Hear from You, Stefan Hillesheim on lead…
Continue Reading »STEP BACK BABY - KING BISCUIT BOY
Richard Alfred Newell (March 9, 1944 – January 5, 2003), better known by his stage name King Biscuit Boy, was a Canadian blues musician. He was the first Canadian blues artist to chart on the Billboard Hot 100…
Continue Reading »Step it Up and Go - Boo Hanks
Boo Hanks, a descendant of Abraham Lincoln on his mother’s side, is the greatest Piedmont Blues rediscovery in many years. He sings and plays guitar in the style of the legendary Blind Boy Fuller. At the age of…
Continue Reading »Step It Up And Go - Moses Rascoe
Moses Rascoe got his first guitar in North Carolina at the age of 13 and turned professional in Pennsylvania some 50-odd years later. In between, he traveled the roads as a day laborer and truck driver, playing guitar…
Continue Reading »Step It Up And Go - Moses Rascoe
by Jim O'Neal Moses Rascoe got his first guitar in North Carolina at the age of 13 and turned professional in Pennsylvania some 50-odd years later. In between, he traveled the roads as a day laborer and truck…
Continue Reading »Step Tempest - Herbie Nichols
Herbie Nichols (3 January 1919 – 12 April 1963) was an American jazz pianist and composer who wrote the jazz standard "Lady Sings the Blues". Obscure during his lifetime, he is now highly regarded by many musicians and…
Continue Reading »Stephanie Trick - Tour Info
Upcoming Performances I'll be on the East Coast this weekend and then I have a couple of gigs in the Midwest the following week. If you are near any of these venues, please check them out! Also, some…
Continue Reading »Stephanie Trick Update
Happy October! I hope you are doing well. As I'm writing this, I'm on the plane coming home from Seattle, after the two debut concerts of Nouveau Stride with Lorraine Feather... I get a big kick out of…
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