by Bman | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
I just received the new self titled release from David Egan and it's quite entertaining. Opening with That's A Big Ol' Hurt, Egan conjures the silky smooth sound of Basin Street and a refined orchestration. This is a really cool track along the lines of I Got News For...
by Bman | May 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sherman Robertson (born October 27, 1948, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States) is an American blues guitarist, songwriter and singer, who has been described as "one part zydeco, one part swamp blues, one part electric blues and one part classic rhythm and blues."...
by Bman | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz (beating cornetist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by several months and later playing...
by Bman | May 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Everyone knows that bedrock of the 1960s Baton Rouge swamp-blues scene, Slim Harpo , whose haunting harmonica was matched by the stinging twin-guitar attack of his lesser-known sidemen, Rudy Richard and James Johnson. It’s Johnson’s biting guitar that puts the...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
HISTORY®’S SWAMP PEOPLE® CELEBRATES THE MUSIC AND CULTURE OF THE DEEP DELTA Collection from the heart of alligator country featuresthe Neville Brothers, Hank Williams, Jerry Reed, Tony Joe White, Buckwheat Zydeco, Zachary Richard, ...
