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Box set chronicling Jimmie Vaughan’s years with The Fabulous Thunderbirds includes previously unreleased album of material recorded by Doc Pomus prior to band’s debut
Like many, our first real exposure to The Fabulous Thunderbirds came through such tough mid- to late-80s hits like “Tuff Enuff”, “Wrap It Up”, “Powerful Stuff” and “Stand Back”. And anyone who gave the band more of a listen at … Continue reading
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Tagged Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jimmie Vaughan, Kim Wilson
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Remastered classic lets Piedmont bluesman Pink Anderson shine on well beyond footnote in “Crazy Diamond” rock lore
Speaking of old-time bluesmen (as we were in this post regarding the Record Store Day Black Friday releases from T-Bone Walker and Charley Patton)… By now, you’ve probably heard the story of how Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett came up … Continue reading
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Music from T-Bone Walker and Charley Patton among Record Store Day Black Friday blues releases
Regardless of what shopping you may or may not have planned for this Black Friday, you might want to work in a visit to a local vinyl store or four to bag some bluesy Record Store Day (RSD) Black Friday … Continue reading
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Nine Below Zero revisits last two decades of blues with Blues Power Volume 1
A collection of Nine Below Zero‘s best blues tracks recorded over the last two decades, you say? Entitled Blues Power Volume 1? Ok, that’s probably something we here at The BluesPowR Blog are going to need to tell you about… … Continue reading
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Make some space on your music shelf for this delightful live recording from Dave Specter
We don’t get to Chicago as much as we’d like, so we’re always glad when we can get Chicago to come to us, be it in the form of a touring Chicago act coming to our area, a weekend livestream … Continue reading
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Tagged Brother John Kattke, Dave Specter
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Joe Bonamassa/Josh Smith-produced B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 shows the thrill is not gone from King of the Blues’ legacy
We mentioned this project on our social media channels earlier this week, but couldn’t resist coming back for a bit deeper of a dive. As terrific as this centennial birthday tribute collection to the late B.B. King looks on screen … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, Bobby Rush, D.K. Harrell, Derek Trucks, George Benson, Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Noah Hunt, Susan Tedeschi
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New Englander Ryan Lee Crosby visits Bentonia with At the Blue Front
We don’t know that the Bentonia style of blues would ever have been considered exactly popular, although folks were probably at least a bit more familiar with it back in the days of Skip James. Only a few others have … Continue reading
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“Braille Blues Daddy” Bryan Lee pays Homage to 4 Kings of the blues on posthumous release
Though we’d already heard him several times, most notably, providing lead vocals and some stinging guitar to complement that of his much younger counterpart on a rocking “Tina Marie” on Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s 2007 Grammy-nominated, Blues Music Award-winning (Best DVD) … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert King, B.B. King, Billy Flynn, Bryan Lee, Buddy Guy, Earl King, Freddie King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Muddy Waters
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