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CC Rider - Cyril Davies All Stars with Long John Baldry
Cyril Davies (23 January 1932 – 7 January 1964) was one of the first British blues harmonica players and blues musician. Born at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham, Buckinghamshire, near London, he was the son of…
Continue Reading »Hipshakin' Mama - ElectroMen
ElectroMen...Psychedelic Hillbilly Roots for Your Consumption...!!!" The bizarre lovechild of Captain Kennie Fuller and Hank Deberitz, ElectroMen are without question Roots Rockin Racketeers of the Severe Kind. Complemented by the mighty rumble of GBN Bushby (upright bass) and…
Continue Reading »The Party - Dave Gillam and The Motif
What do you get if you combine Joe Cocker with Paul Rodgers, And sprinkle in some Old Fashioned Albert Collins? I don’t know either? But Boogie Blues Man Dave Gillam’s got it going on!! Lead Vocalist from Perth's…
Continue Reading »Hump'n To Please - Diamond Dave and the Doodaddies
Doodaddies are a four piece Chicago style Blues Band offering a solid selection of uplifting grooves covering swinging shuffles, soul, boogaloo, 'cry in your beer' blues and more. Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, Diamond Dave and The Doodaddies…
Continue Reading »The Sky is Cryin' - JIMMY BURNS
Jimmy Burns (born February 27, 1943, Dublin, Mississippi, United States) is an award winning American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although he was born in the Mississippi Delta, Burns has spent nearly all his…
Continue Reading »Acoustic Hawaiian Weissenborn Guitar - Asher Guitars
Bill Asher makes the Weissenborn style instruments that phenom Ben Harper plays. This one is absolutely stunning. It's crafted from highly figured Koa throughout, even the fingerboard. It's also adorned with Rope Style purflings and fitted with a…
Continue Reading »Who's That Comin' - BBC series by Tony Palmer
All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music is the name of a 17-part television documentary series on the history of modern pop music directed by Tony Palmer, originally broadcast worldwide between 1976 and 1980. The…
Continue Reading »Blues dla Dzidka - RYSIEK RIEDEL DÅ»EM
Ryszarda Henryka Riedla pierwszego legendarnego wokalisty DÅ»EMU wtorek, 15 grudnia 2009 15:44 Skocz do komentarzy Dnia 07.09.1956r. w Chorzowie urodziÅ‚ siÄ™ Ryszard Henryk Riedel. Październik 1956 - chrzest w chorzowskim koÅ›ciele Å›w. Jadwigi 1 wrzeÅ›nia 1963 - w…
Continue Reading »Cool Drinka Water - Houston Stackhouse and Joe Willie Wilkins
Joe Willie Wilkins (January 7, 1921 – March 28, 1981) was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Whilst he influenced contemporaries such as Houston Stackhouse, Robert Nighthawk, David Honeyboy Edwards, and Jimmy Rogers, Wilkins' bigger impact…
Continue Reading »Mustang Sally - Michael Coleman and the New Backbreakers
Voted one of the top 50 bluesmen in the world by Guitar World Magazine, and certainly one of Chicago’s hottest guitar slingers, Michael Coleman brings his funky twist to the blues. A gift discovered at 4 years of…
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