by Bman | Sep 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bud played with Jack Owens for thirty years (from 1967-97). He knew Skip James who he faintly remembered from childhood.His father, Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Spires played with Lightning Hopkins in the early 1940’s and then gone to Chicago in 1943. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page...
by Bman | Sep 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
Boyd Rivers (vocal and guitar) and his wife Ruth May Rivers perform "Fire In My Bones" at their home in Canton, Mississippi. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long, August 30, 1978. Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE “Like”...
by Bman | Sep 24, 2011 | Uncategorized
LIVE We performed at Harvest Blues Festival in Monaghan (Ireland) last weekend and will be back on the road in Europe from October 18 - November 13. Here is a list of the confirmed dates: Oct 18, Gauchy (F), MCL de Gauchy Oct 21, Eeklo (B), N9 Oct 22, Silkeborg (DK),...
by Bman | Sep 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Fenton Robinson (September 23, 1935 — November 25, 1997) was an American blues singer and exponent of the Chicago blues guitar.Born in Greenwood, Mississippi, United States, Robinson left his home at the age of 18 to move to Memphis, Tennessee where he recorded his...
by Bman | Sep 16, 2011 | Uncategorized
Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King ("B.B." short for Blues Boy), is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at...
