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Part Time Love - 'Jumpin' Jack Benny
Entertainer extraordinaire -Jumpin Jack Benny is one of the most entertaining acts in the music industry today. Audiences are amazed by their Las Vegas style performances. Benny Cortez brings his M/C-animated-Hi Energy Blues to the stage reminiscent of…
Continue Reading »Breaking Up Someone's Home - Kara Grainger
Australian songstress and guitarist Kara Grainger’s take on the Americana sound is a sensual one combining a soulful voice and technically masterful and emotive slide, electric and acoustic guitar work in passionate and insightful originals and co-written songs.…
Continue Reading »Megaforce Records artist: Johnny Winter - Roots - New Release review
I just received the new Johnny Winter recording, "Roots". Johnny comes out of the gate swinging with "T-Bone Shuffle" where he trades solos with Sonny Landreth, broadly known as one of the blues most popular slide guitar players,…
Continue Reading »Jimmy Hall and the Prisoners of Love with Jack Pearson
Former guitarist with The Allman Brothers Band, Jack Pearson has been playing professionally since the age of 15. Although he may be best known as an A-list blues/rock lead and slide guitarist, Jack is also a soulful, creative…
Continue Reading »New Release: Warm Up My Bones - Liam Tarpey - Review
I just received a copy of Liam Tarpey's new recording "Warm Up My Bones". This recording is really strong. It is a 10 track all original (self penned) recording. The first track, "On My Neck" is a Texas…
Continue Reading »Don't Let Nobody Turn You 'Round - Rev. Robert Wilkins
Robert Timothy Wilkins (January 16, 1896 – May 26, 1987) was an American country blues guitarist and vocalist, of African American and Cherokee descent. His distinction was his versatility; he could play ragtime, blues, minstrel songs, and gospel…
Continue Reading »What'd I Say - Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942, Beaumont, Texas, United States) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit,…
Continue Reading »Down Behind The Rise - Pete Franklin
Edward Lamonte Franklin was born in Indianapolis, IN. on January 16, 1928. He made his debut recording as a session guitarist in Chicago backing St. Louis Jimmy on an Opera Records release. In 1949 he cut four songs…
Continue Reading »SO WURRID - LESTER "Mad Dog" DAVENPORT
Lester "Mad Dog" Davenport (January 16, 1932 – March 17, 2009), was an American Chicago blues harmonica player and singer. Born in Tchula, Mississippi, United States, Davenport moved from Mississippi to Chicago, Illinois, when he was 14. There…
Continue Reading »Ventilator Blues - Gov't Mule
NPR tipped me to this band a long time ago...now that is wierd...finding out about a band from NPR... but there is Warren Haynes belting out Grinnin In Your Face... I was hooked. That was a long time…
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