by Bman | Apr 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
"Killer" Ray Allison first broke into the Blues scene in the late 70's playing drums behind Blues legends Buster Benton, L.V. Banks, Snooky Prior, Lovee Lee, Valerie Wellington, Paul Butterfield, J.W. Williams, Syl Johnson, Left Hand Frank, Robert Junior Lockwood,...
by Bman | Apr 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Blues Jam at Chess/Fleetwood Mac In Chicago/Blues Jam In Chicago Vols. 1 & 2 was the result of a recording session in early 1969, at Chess Records in Chicago (home to Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, et al.) with Fleetwood Mac, then a young British blues band, and some of...
by Bman | Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cortelia Clark (c. 1907, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 24, 1969, Nashville, Tennessee) was an African American blues singer and guitarist, known for his performances on the streets of Nashville. He won a Grammy for Best Folk Recording in 1967, for the...
by Bman | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
The tune combines the Waco Brothers’ Chicago blue-collar country via punk rock stomps, with Paul Burch’s Nashville stylized approach to traditional country. The collaborative group release Great Chicago Fire on Bloodshot Records on 4/24. Stay tuned for further...
by Bman | Mar 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
Harold Edwin Burrage, 30 March 1931, Chicago, Illinois - 25 November 1966, Chicago, IllinoisPianist Harold Burrage started out singing blues and R&B during the 1950s and ended up as a linchpin of the emerging Chicago soul sound of the ’60s; he made recordings in both...
