by Bman | Jun 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Luther Tucker (January 20, 1936 — June 18, 1993) was an American blues guitarist. While soft spoken and shy, Tucker made his presence known through his unique and clearly recognizable guitar style. Tucker helped to define the music known as Chicago Blues, but played...
by Bman | Jun 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eric Gales (aka Raw Dawg) (born October 29, 1974, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American blues-rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. As of 2011 Gales has recorded ten albums on major record labels, and has done session and tribute work. He has also...
by Bman | Jun 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Walter Miller was born in Whiteville, TN. on February 7, 1907. The details of his life are scarce and it's not really known when he moved to Memphis to become a musician. By the time that George Mitchell recorded him for Arhoolie in Memphis, Miller was 60 years old....
by Bman | Jun 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
From the Wolf's At The Door: Lost Recordings From The Spirits Of The South (2010)...Bengt Ollson, a young Swedish blues enthusiast, made the recordings found here during his extensive travels throughout the Deep South in the late '60s and early '70s. In 1969, at 19...
by Bman | Jun 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Coy "Hot Shot" Love was a renaissance man, of a kind, in blues: sign-painter, street denizen, and a magician with a harmonica, who liked to adorn his leather jacket and his bicycle, and other personal items with messages regarding his outlook on life. He lived on...
