by Bman | Feb 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Kenny Wayne Shepherd (born Kenny Wayne Brobst, June 12, 1977, Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He has released several studio albums and experienced a rare level of commercial success both as a blues artist and a young...
by Bman | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas (February 3, 1911 - August 15, 1995) was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. Known at different times as "Baby Face" or "Mule", and occasionally billed as "The Blues Troubadour", Jesse Thomas popped up all over the blues map in his...
by Bman | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Another of the many performers briefly illuminated by the spotlight of the folk-blues revival of the 1960s, Louisiana-born country bluesman Herman E. Johnson was the product of a highly religious family environment, a background which heavily informed the spiritual...
by Bman | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Slim Harpo (February 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) was an American blues musician. He was known as a master of the blues harmonica; the name "Slim Harpo" was derived from "harp," the popular nickname for the harmonica in blues circlesBorn James Moore in Lobdell,...
by Bman | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
BROTHER DEGE PREMIERES NEW "BLACK IS THE NIGHT" VIDEO FROM HIS ACCLAIMED ALBUM "FOLK SONGS OF THE AMERICAN LONGHAIR" If Robert Johnson were alive…he’d be stealing licks from this cat. Feeling the bite of 21st century ennui? Hell with it. Strap in, turn on and tune...
