by Bman | Oct 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Southpaw guitarist Frank Craig (like many of his peers, he played an axe strung for a right-hander, strapping it on upside down) never really transcended his reputation as a trusty sideman instead of a leader -- and that was just fine with him. But he stepped into the...
by Bman | Sep 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Benjamin Brown is a singer/songwriter living in San Francisco, CA. Deceivingly young at age 25, he is a self-taught blues guitarist who plays with as much soul as any musicians from the aspiring immersion of blues artists in the early part of the 20th Century. Born in...
by Bman | Sep 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Chicago Jazz Soul Blues and Funk Legends · “Mr Cool” Vince Willis · “Lornacatin” Lorna Boston · “Down Town” Tony Brown ...
by Bman | Sep 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Larry "Big Twist" Nolan heartily epitomized the image "300 pounds of heavenly joy." Based in Chicago, the huge singer and his trusty R&B band, the Mellow Fellows, were one of the hottest draws on the Midwestern college circuit during the 1980s with a slickly polished...
by Bman | Sep 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eddie "devilboy " Turner picked up his first guitar, a candy apple multi-pickup Japanese Tiesco, when he was twelve. Raised in Chicago, he moved to the Rockies in the early 70′s to attend the University of Colorado; "a ruse," he says, "to get my parents to keep...
