by Bman | Mar 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Larry Davis (December 4, 1936 – April 19, 1994) was an American electric Texas blues and soul blues musician. He is best known for co-composing the song "Texas Flood", later recorded to greater commercial success by Stevie Ray Vaughan.Born in Kansas City, Missouri and...
by Bman | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Pete Johnson (March 25, 1904 – March 23, 1967) was an American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist.Journalist Tony Russell stated in his book The Blues - From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray, that "Johnson shared with the other members of the 'Boogie Woogie Trio' the...
by Bman | Mar 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just received a new recording, Hide and Seek by Neil Haverstick who goes by the name Stickman. This recording is a guitar players daydream. It explores every type of sound that can be made with a fretless guitar, Oud, 12,19 and 36 tone guitars, slide, fretless banjo...
by Bman | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Mound City Blue Blowers were an American novelty jazz ensemble, formed in St. Louis, Missouri and given its nickname. It was co-founded by Red McKenzie and Jack Bland and performed during in the 1920s and 1930s.First assembled in 1923, the group's original members...
by Bman | Mar 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The unfortunately named Papa Egg Shell Casey was a relatively obscure St Louis bluesman in the 1930's who recorded very little but these show him to have been a very good singer and excellent guitar player. Sometimes also known as Papa Slick Head, Casey gained his...
