Word just came when I was writing this post that one of the great giants of rock and roll – Little Richard – has died. Good article here in Rolling Stone. Only one left from that era is Jerry Lee Lewis. Little Richard “He seemed … Continue reading Stevie Ray Vaughan – (Part Two) – Let’s Dance
This seems like as good a time as any for a blues roundup …. Albert Collins (pictured above) was one of the best blues singer/guitarists ever. I saw him once at a now-defunct mob-owned cavernous shithole in Boston called the Channel. Albert and his band … Continue reading Time for a Shot of Blues
Note – This is a re-blog. I first published this a few years back when it was making the rounds of the film festival circuit. I just noticed today that you can now rent it. I saw it here just for one place. This post … Continue reading The Paul Butterfield Blues Band + Horn From the Heart
NOTE: I’m working on a Stevie Ray Vaughan series but in the meantime …. Brothers Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughn had grown up in Dallas, Texas and developed their blues-playing chops in Austin, 200 miles south. Both went on to fame, Jimmie as a member … Continue reading Featured Album – Family Style – The Vaughan Brothers
Random note: There’s a good documentary on Showtime called Hitsville: The Making of Motown. There’s a lot of good footage. (Stevie Wonder speaks but Diana Ross is conspicuously absent.) But the best part is that Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson return to Detroit and spend … Continue reading Time for a Shot of Blues
.. apologies to the Rolling Stones for post title. (Pictured – Wishbone Ash). I have a couple of shows that for whatever reason I never got around to writing about. Generally speaking, I’ll write about them whether good, bad, or indifferent. In that dilemma of … Continue reading Got Live if You Want It
(Pictured on the book – Koko Taylor and Hound Dog Taylor.) Alligator Records has been – since 1971 – arguably the pre-eminent blues label. Founded by Bruce Iglauer – who co-wrote this book – they have recorded many of the finest albums by a wide … Continue reading Book Review – Bitten by the Blues: The Alligator Records Story
“Probably the most original country style rock and roll guitar player. Has the nicest tone, the most amazing chops technically – superfast. And much neglected.” – Jerry Garcia on Roy Buchanan. “We never heard anything quite like what Roy was doing. He interested the hell … Continue reading Introducing Roy Buchanan! – The World’s Greatest Unknown Guitarist
Every now and again I look around and see what new music is out there. Here’s some stuff I heard recently that I dug. It is, I think, a fairly eclectic mix with some jazz, some pop and some other shit. *Her press stuff says … Continue reading New Music Revue – 3/26/19
In the previous post, I laid out a brief history of the British blues and gave you a few tasty tunes. In this post, I’ll lay out a few more songs as well as a 40-tune Spotify list. And rather than just dump tunes in … Continue reading Jumping at Shadows – An ME Tribute to British (and Some Irish) Blues-rock (part 2 of 2)
