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Tales of Travel Woe
In the seventies Super Stars like Leon Russell drove a van... Leon...a super Star? Oh Yeah. Man had an entourage that included Leon Russell – vocals, guitar, piano, organ, Jesse Ed Davis – guitar, Claudia Lennear – vocals,…
Continue Reading »Talk To Me Baby - Magic Slim And The Teardrops
Magic Slim (born Morris Holt, August 7, 1937, Grenada, Mississippi) is an American blues singer and guitarist Magic Slim was forced to give up playing the piano when he lost his little finger in a cotton gin mishap.…
Continue Reading »Talk To Your Daughter - Johnny Winter
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born February 23, 1944) is an American blues guitarist, singer, and producer. Best known for his late 1960s and 1970s high-energy blues-rock albums and live performances, Winter also produced three Grammy Award-winning albums…
Continue Reading »Talk To Your Daughter - Snooks Eaglin
Snooks Eaglin, born Fird Eaglin, Jr. (January 21, 1936 – February 18, 2009), was a New Orleans-based guitarist and singer. He was also referred to as Blind Snooks Eaglin in his early years. His vocal style is reminiscent…
Continue Reading »Talk To Your Daughter - The Hot Rod Band w/ Mikhail Sokolov
Jam Session in Rithm'n'Blues Club in Moscow, 11 March 2010 Petrovich - Vocals, Harmonica Slava Tikhonov - Harmonica Pavel Semiletkov - Guitar Andrey Barbashov - Keyboards Sergey Spitsin - Bass Andrey Pankratov - Drums The title of "Legend…
Continue Reading »Talkin Bout Love - Walter " Lightnin Bug" Rhodes
Walter was born in 1939 in Beaufort, NC and learned to play guitar there. In 1960 he was in New York playing for The Gospel Four and starting his recording career as a member of the Golden Arrows.…
Continue Reading »Talkin My Baby Down - Randy Scott
Randy was born and raised in blue collar Detroit, Michigan – Motown, a city steeped in a rich musical tradition. Randy was surrounded by rhythm and music from an early age. His mother played piano in the Pentecostal…
Continue Reading »Talkin to my Baby - Mississippi Shakedown
Mississippi Shakedown is a Band with a minimum of FUSS and a maximum of EFFECT. A 4-piece unit led by Blues charged SLIDE GUITAR, with a "Don't Bore Us, Get to the Chorus" attitude! With influence from the…
Continue Reading »Talking Dustbowl Blues - Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter and folk musician whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the…
Continue Reading »Talks About The Spaceship - Ironing Board Sam
Though an active blues artist for nearly four decades, Ironing Board Sam's file is pretty slim. Chalk up at least part of it to an inability to be in the right place at the right time and a…
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