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Sitting Here Drinkin" - MARION JAMES
Born and raised in Nashville, Marion James grew up in a family with a love for music. Like most great R&B singers, Marion's musical background is firmly rooted in the church. As a child, James first experience with…
Continue Reading »I Am the Man Downstairs - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth
Prez (Dec. 29, 1933 - June 27,1995.was a great singer, guitar and gut bucket bass player, and a really nice guy, he played with a big triangular flat pick and sang and played out of the same bass…
Continue Reading »Hamilton Loomis Tour Schedule
Happy New Year from www.hamiltonloomis.com! Hamilton and Band are holding DVD release parties all winter long -- see below for the tour dates...more listed on www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.htm! Gulf Coast fans: join us New Year's Eve at Suga's Deep South…
Continue Reading »New York City Blues - Robi Zonca
Born in the middle of the fifties (1955) Robi Zonca grew up listening to the Beatles, Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan. Then the Brithis Blues arrived in italian music stores with John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick…
Continue Reading »Rolling Stone - Paris Slim & Peter Dammann
Guitarist Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser is no stranger to those who've been paying attention to the West Coast blues scene over the last two decades. Born in Paris, France in 1960, his initial blues inspiration came from Hound…
Continue Reading »SHE MOVES ME - Adrian Jimenez
Adrian Jimenez was born 16th January 1971 in Buenos Aires. He started his first steps with the harmonica in 1990, taking lessons with Luis Robinson, for over a year. After that, he had the opportunity to study with…
Continue Reading »Heavy Manic Souls - New Release review
I just received and had the opportunity to listen to the new self titled recording by Heavy Manic Souls. This is a blues fusion recording having not only the components of the blues but also rock, punk and…
Continue Reading »Mayne Stage Schedule for Dec 28, 2011
December 28, 2011 UPCOMING SHOWS THE VIC AND PAUL SHOW 12/20-30 RIFFMASTER AND THE ROCKME FOUNDATION 12/30 @ 10:30PM ABC7 COUNTDOWN CHICAGO TO 2012 WITH JAMES HUNTER 12/31 @ 10PM DAN TELFER 1/6 @ 8PM THIS MUST BE…
Continue Reading »The Lionel Young Band
io Lionel Young is a high energy performer with a bent for the blues. His LIONEL YOUNG BAND, winners of numerous awards for best in and around the Colorado region, have won the 2011 International Blues Challenge (IBC)…
Continue Reading »Nobody's Fault But Mine - Pop's Staples
Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000) was a Mississippi-born Gospel and R&B musician. A "pivotal figure in gospel in the 1960s and 70s," he was an accomplished songwriter, guitarist and singer. He was the…
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