So a while back I started reading that the Cabot Theater in Beverly MA – a somewhat artsy town north of Boston – was going to have a night of tribute to Bessie Smith. (We saw Los Lobos here not too long ago.) I looked … Continue reading Bessie Smith – (Part 2) – The Greatest Blues Singer in the World Will Never Stop Singing
I’ve had Bessie Smith on my to-post list forever but had not gotten around to writing it. But I went to an event that catalyzed me into finally posting. That event will be Part 2, probably tomorrow. And if you like this one, you won’t … Continue reading Bessie Smith, Empress of the Blues (Part 1)
I wrote a brief bio of Boz Scaggs in this post recently. I hadn’t really planned on writing about him – or for that matter follow up a blues post with a blues post – but I heard this new album (July 2018) of his … Continue reading Featured Album – Out of the Blues – Boz Scaggs
This post has two titles because while it’s about the Butterfield band, it also incorporates info from an excellent documentary called Horn from the Heart about Butterfield that I saw at a theater last night. Read on – there’s a lot of history here. “It’s … Continue reading The Paul Butterfield Blues Band + Horn From the Heart
When you go to a Billy Gibbons or ZZ Top concert, you are going to hear one of three things – blues, boogie, or blues ‘n boogie. And on a good night you might ever hear boogie ‘n blues. You want ballads? Go listen to … Continue reading Concert Review – Billy Gibbons at the Tupelo
Otis Rush was one of the last of a generation of bluesmen who were not only great craftsmen but also heavily influential on another generation of (especially) British bluesmen and women. He died on September 29, 2018, at the age of 83. This is his … Continue reading A Tribute to Otis Rush
Every now and again I like to do that blues thang. I haven’t done one of these since May, so, yeah, it’s time. Eric Gales is one of those guitarists where you say to yourself, How come I don’t know this guy? Brief bio: 43 … Continue reading Time for a Shot of Blues
