Category Archives: Blues

Howlin’ Wolf Live At Big Duke’s Flamingo, Chicago 1971

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Tony
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Blues Kings From Baton Rouge

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Tony

    2-CD (Digisleeve) with 52-page booklet, 53 Tracks. Total playing time approx. c. 148 minutes. • A taster of the blues from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on two compact discs. • Like New Orleans, Memphis or St. Louis alongside the … Continue reading →

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New Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes You Tube Clip For ‘Catfish Blues’

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Tony

The official video for Catfish Blues by Jimmy ‘Duck’ Holmes, from his upcoming Easy Eye Sound release ‘Cypress Grove’, out October 18th

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The Day The Music Burned – The 2008 Universal Fire

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Tony

A New York Times investigation has revealed that decades of Universal Music Group treasures burned in 2008. By Niraj Chokshi From The New York Times. June 12th 2019 Eleven years ago this month, a fire ripped through a part of … Continue reading →

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Me And Big Joe by Michael Bloomfield

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Tony

In 1980 great white blues guitar player and session player Michael Bloomfield (1943 – 1981) –  ex-Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Electric Flag, Bob Dylan, Al Kooper, Taj Mahal, Janis Joplin and many others wrote a short 60 page book called … Continue reading →

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Don’t Worry ‘Bout The Bear – The Music Memoirs of Jim Simpson

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Tony

‘Don’t Worry ’Bout The Bear – From The Blues To Jazz, Rock & Roll and Black Sabbath’ is written by Jim Simpson and his brother Ron and is published by Brewin Books on June 22nd  Jim was the original manager … Continue reading →

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Interview With Charlie Gillett From 2008

Posted on May 28, 2019 by Tony

 The late Charlie Gillett was a renowned broadcaster, journalist and author. He wrote the acclaimed and influential ‘Sound Of The City’ (“the first serious and comprehensive history of rock & roll”) and the story of Atlantic Records ‘Making Tracks’. … Continue reading →

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Down Home Blues: Chicago Volume 2: Sweet Home Chicago

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Tony

‘Down Home Blues: Sweet Home Chicago’ is the second volume of Chicago Blues post war down home blues music from Wienerworld, recorded from the mid-1940s through the golden decade years of the 1950s up to the early 1960s Sweet Home … Continue reading →

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Joe Louis Walker – Live In Las Vegas

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Tony

 Joe Louis Walker – a Blues Hall of Fame guitarist and singer and songwriter and his band storm through ten 10 tracks live in concert at the Boulder Station Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. This great live performance is … Continue reading →

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Netflix Documentary On Robert Johnson

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Tony

Netflix has made a new documentary about the life of legendary Delta blues guitarist Robert Johnson, whose guitar playing in the 1930’s was pioneering for the genre and laid the template for rock’n’roll. The film is called ‘Remastered: Devil at … Continue reading →

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