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Blues Lyrics of the Week: Thank You for Giving Me the Blues
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and some big name blues acts coming to town in the days just prior (Tommy Castro and his new band the Painkillers will be playing Moondog’s Tuesday night, while the King of the Blues himself, B.B. King, will grace … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Grady Champion, Tommy Castro, Zac Harmon
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A chompin’ good time: 40 years on, Alligator still rockin’ the house
Just as the Queen of the Blues Koko Taylor belts out in the opening lines of her “I’m a Woman” that starts the album, you know “everything gonna’ be alright” about the 40th Anniversary Collection from Alligator Records. From the indie label’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, Alligator Records, Buckwheat Zydeco, Buddy Guy, Elvin Bishop, Hound Dog Taylor, James Cotton, JJ Grey & Mofro, Koko Taylor, Luther Allison, Tommy Castro
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Joe Louis Walker goes cruisin’ for some bluesin’
We at the BluesPowR Blog have never had the good fortune of being aboard the floating stage they call a blues cruise, but would imagine it’s difficult to get much closer to the musical part of the experience than Joe Louis … Continue reading
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Tagged Curtis Salgado, Duke Robillard, Jason Ricci, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Kenny Neal, Mike Finnigan, Nick Moss, Tommy Castro
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