by Bman | Feb 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Headliners Exclusive Interview: Mike Farris Bman: Hi Mike. I appreciate you taking time out from your busy schedule to talk with me. I am totally at awe with what comes out of you!Mike: Thank you, Bman!Bman: I had to do a bit of catchup because outside of the...
by Bman | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Manuel Gales, 4 December 1968, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, d. 21 July 2002, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Citing Albert King and Jimi Hendrix as influences, King’s guitar style exhibited an uneasy amalgam of both disparate elements, which he struggled to mould into a...
by Bman | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
They’ve made quite a name for themselves as individual musicians, but now Elam McKnight and Bob Bogdal have teamed up to release Zombie Nation, a debut album that melds the rural Mississippi blues of the Delta with the hard-charging electric style of the Hill Country....
by Bman | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Robert Calvin Bland (born January 27, 1930) better known as Bobby "Blue" Bland, is an American singer of blues and soul. He is an original member of the Beale Streeters, and is sometimes referred to as the "Lion of the Blues". Along with such artists as Sam Cooke, Ray...
by Bman | Jan 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1904 – June 5, 1977), best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee.In 1915, Estes' father, a sharecropper who also played some...
