by Bman | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Anodyne Blues Band mixes the grit and swing of classic Chicago blues with the electricity and excitement of bands that have been turned on by them ever since. Led by Chris Botta, a guitarist and vocalist whose style shows equal parts Muddy and Duane, early Clapton...
by Bman | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Matthew Davidson was recently announced as the winner of the 2011 Robert Johnson Blues Foundation/Gibson Guitar New Generation Award. This award is presented annually by the Foundation to a young guitarist between the ages of 12 and 18 years old. As winner of the...
by Bman | Jan 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jay Gaunt began playing harmonica at the age of 12, developing a passion for blues music. One of Jay’s first exposures to blues was The Blues Brothers movie and shortly thereafter he went to see Dan Aykroyd (in full Elwood mode) at the Opus Theater in West Nyack, NY,...
by Bman | Jan 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
When 22-year-old harmonica ace Annie Raines first sat in with 42-year-old country blues guitarist Paul Rishell in a Boston bar in 1992, few in the crowd suspected that they were witnessing the beginning of a musical partnership that would span the next fifteen years...
by Bman | Jan 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
After being forced to have his lower right leg amputated as a result of diabetes complications last year, guitar legend Leslie West, 66, was forced to cancel a tour — not because he was unable to perform, but because he didn’t have transportation equipped for a...
