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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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New album from Willie Buck and Bob Corritore will have you, too, saying Oh Yeah!
We’re keeping things focused on Chicago after our last post with a look at the latest collaboration from harmonica ace Bob Corritore, who, although he’s called Phoenix, Arizona, (where he owns and frequently plays at the legendary Rhythm Room blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Geraci, Ben Levin, Big Jon Atkinson, Billy Flynn, Bob Corritore, Bob Margolin, Bob Stroger, Jimi Primetime Smith, Willie Buck
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Joined by Delmark All-Stars, Willie Buck still sounding great on Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends
There’s not much more we can say about blues veteran Willie Buck than we did in this post on his previous album Willie Buck Way, except that Willie’s latest album Live at Buddy Guy’s Legends (Delmark Records) is the closest … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Flynn, Johnny Iguana, Melvin Smith, Willie Buck, Willie The Touch Hayes
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Veteran bluesman Willie Buck still showing how it’s done on Willie Buck Way
Willie Buck may not have been born in Chicago, but he certainly sounds a lot like Chicago, at least the one made famous by the likes of fellow Mississippi natives such as Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, and Howlin’ Wolf. While … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Flynn, Bob Stroger, Jimmi Mayes, Johnny Iguana, Mervyn Harmonica Hinds, Willie Buck
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Harmonica player Mark Hummel delivers knockout instrumental album in Harpbreaker
We don’t write about a whole lot of all-instrumental albums here, but harmonica player Mark Hummel‘s latest release Harpbreaker (Electro-Fi Records) is one that’s really too good to let pass without mention. A mix of newly recorded, live, previously issued … Continue reading
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Tagged Anson Funderburgh, Billy Flynn, Kid Andersen, Little Charlie Baty, Mark Hummel, Rusty Zinn
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Delmark Records celebrates 65th anniversary with album paying Tribute to label’s past artists
Recently, we told you about the latest album from Lurrie Bell, on which he and brothers Steve, James and Tyson (dubbing themselves The Bell Dynasty) paid tribute to their late, harmonica-blowing father Carey Bell. Now that same record label celebrates … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Joe Williams, Big Time Sarah, Billy Flynn, Bonnie Lee, Carey Bell, Corey Dennison Band, Dave Specter, Dave Weld, Delmark Records, Demetria Taylor, Eddie Taylor Jr., Gerry Hundt, J.B. Hutto, Jimmy Burns, Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Johnson, Junior Wells, Ken Saydak, Lil' Ed, Linsey Alexander, Lurrie Bell, Magic Sam, Mike Wheeler, Omar Coleman, Otis Rush, Roosevelt "Mad Hatter" Purifoy, Roosevelt Sykes, Shirley Johnson, Sleepy John Estes
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Second-generation bluesmen Mud Morganfield, Bernard Allison help keep genre groovin’ with stellar new releases
There are few artists we look as forward to hearing new music from as those literal sons and daughters of the blues who have devoted their lives to helping to carry on the music — and thus the legacies — … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Allison, Billy Branch, Billy Flynn, Mike Wheeler, Mud Morganfield, Rick Kreher, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Studebaker John
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