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Earwig Music relays important part of Chicago music history through Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection
Chicago label Bea & Baby Records and its subsidiaries may never have achieved the same recognition as others like Chess, Alligator, Delmark and Vee-Jay, but listening to the new four-CD set Cadillac Baby’s Bea & Baby Records: The Definitive Collection … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew "Blueblood" McMahon, Bobby Saxton, Carey Bell, Detroit Junior, Earl Hooker, Earwig Music Company, Eddie Boyd, Eddie Taylor, Hammie Nixon, Homesick James, Hound Dog Taylor, Hubert Sumlin, James Cotton, L.C. McKinley, Lee Jackson, Little Mack Simmons, Michael Frank, Narvel "Cadillac Baby" Eatmon, Robert Lockwood Jr., Singing Sam Chatmon, Sleepy John Estes, Sunnyland Slim, Tall Paul Hankins, Willie Hudson, Willie Williams
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Remembering music legends James “Mr. Superharp” Cotton and Chuck Berry
The blues world lost another legend Thursday with the passing of harmonica great James Cotton. Here’s a good obituary on Cotton from Alligator Records, with whom the harmonica player first recorded in the mid-80s and then returned for the final … Continue reading
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Tagged Chuck Berry, James Cotton
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Blues Won’t Let Me Take My Rest
What could be better than another edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour to help keep your holiday season grooving? How about another edition that’s actually two more shows jammed into one?! Here for your listening pleasure is another two hours … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Arlen Roth, Bob Corritore, Buddy Guy, Colin John, David Gogo, Deb Callahan, Debbie Davies, Gaye Adegbalola, Guy Davis, Henry Gray, James Cotton, Jimmy Burns, John Earl Walker, John Primer, Johnny Winter, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, King King, Long Tall Deb, Lucky Peterson, Mitch Woods, Monkeyjunk, Murali Coryell, Omar Coleman, Rick Vito, Robert Cray, Robin McKelle, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Sam Butler, Sugar Brown, Tad Robinson, The Hurt Project, Zakiya Hooker
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Former Muddy Waters guitarists John Primer, Bob Margolin lead all-star centennial birthday tribute to the master on Muddy Waters 100
A 100th birthday tribute album to Muddy Waters that features former Waters band members and collaborators John Primer, Bob Margolin, James Cotton, and Johnny Winter as well as such other guests as Shemekia Copeland, Billy Branch, Keb’ Mo’, Gary Clark … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Billy Flynn, Bob Margolin, Derek Trucks, Felton Crews, Gary Clark Jr., James Cotton, John Primer, Johnny Iguana, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Larry Skoller, Leanne Faine, Matthew Skoller, Muddy Waters, Shemekia Copeland, Vincent Bucher
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Johnny Winter box set chronicles nearly 50 years of blues rock legend keeping True to the Blues
With five decades worth of hard-driving rock and blues under his belt, it’s hard to believe that there hasn’t been a definitive box set of Texas blues-rocker Johnny Winter‘s music before now. Perhaps it was precisely the daunting nature of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Margolin, Derek Trucks, Dr. John, Edgar Winter, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Michael Bloomfield, Muddy Waters, Paul Nelson, Pinetop Perkins, Vince Gill, Walter Horton, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Willie Dixon
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The BluesPowR Radio Hour is back!
Check out the spring edition of our BluesPowR Radio Hour, featuring new music from the likes of Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues, The Robert Cray Band, Downchild, Damon Fowler, Eden Brent, Matt Schofield, … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite, Damon Fowler, Dan Sowerby, Downchild Blues Band, Eden Brent, James Cotton, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Josh Hoyer & the Shadowboxers, Lou Pride, Magic Sam, Matt Schofield, Muddy Waters, Nick Moss, Ray Fuller, Robert Cray, Tommy Castro, Trevor Sewell, Ursula Ricks
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Lancaster Roots & Blues in photos
Thanks to all who have waited patiently to see our photos from the inaugural Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, which have now been posted to our BluesPowR Gallery, with dedicated albums showcasing Johnny Winter and James Cotton, Samantha Fish, and Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, in addition … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Thomas King, Heritage Blues Orchestra, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Lonnie Shields, Samantha Fish, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Tom Principato, Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
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Inaugural Lancaster Roots and Blues festival draws impressive crowd of blues artists and fans
When we talked with Lancaster Roots and Blues organizer Rich Ruoff a few weeks back by email, he noted that he doesn’t do things halfway. This past weekend, we got to see just what he meant when we and a few thousand … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Thomas King, Heritage Blues Orchestra, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Lonnie Shields, Monster Mike Welch, Samantha Fish, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Tom Principato, Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
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Coming soon: Lancaster Roots and Blues Festival coverage
It may have been a bit warmer everywhere this weekend, but nowhere was it hotter than in Lancaster, PA, where thousands of fans converged for the inaugural offering of the Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival featuring more than 50 roots music artists … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Thomas King, Heritage Blues Orchestra, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Lonnie Shields, Samantha Fish, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
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All routes lead to Lancaster for city’s inaugural Roots & Blues festival
There’s an old saying from blues great Willie Dixon that “the blues are the roots and the other musics are the fruits”. Regardless of whether you happen to personally agree with that statement, you can rest assured that there’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Joe & the Dynaflows, Bill Wharton the Sauce Boss, Chris Thomas King, Clarence Spady, Dr. Harmonica, Gennaro Porcelli, Heritage, James Cotton, Johnny Winter, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Lonnie Shields, Loudon Wainwright III, Samantha Fish, Steve Guyger, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones, Tom Principato
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