by Bman | Nov 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hip Linkchain (November 10, 1936 – February 13, 1989) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. His best known numbers were "Change My Blues" and "That Will Never Do". Allmusic described him as a "solid, no-frills bluesman". Another music...
by Bman | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cancer struck guitarist Hip Linkchain down before he could shed his status as a Chicago blues journeyman. With a fine album on the Dutch Black Magic logo, Airbusters, to his credit shortly before he died, Linkchain might have managed to move up a rung or two in the...
by Bman | Nov 10, 2011 | Uncategorized
Hip Linkchain was born in Jackson, Mississippi on November 10, 1936. He was raised in Louise, Mississippi. Hip picked cotton from age seven to age eighteen; he then moved to Chicago. He has played the blues all of his life. His first time playing on a bandstand was in...