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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
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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
Posted in Albums
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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Elvin Bishop, Bobby Rush, and John Hammond big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards
His latest album may be titled Can’t Even Do Wrong Right, but recent Rock Hall of Fame inductee Elvin Bishop (Paul Butterfield Blues Band) seemed to do quite all right at last night’s Blues Music Awards in Memphis, taking home … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Music Awards, Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop, Gary Clark Jr., Janiva Magness, Joe Bonamassa, John Hammond, John Nemeth, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kim Wilson, Lurrie Bell, Marcia Ball, Mud Morganfield, Ruthie Foster, Selwyn Birchwood
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Spring into the Blues
With the weather warming and signs of spring now all around, here’s a little something you can take with you when you go, whether that’s out and about on the trail, down the highway, or just to your favorite chair … Continue reading
Posted in BluesPowR Radio Hour
Tagged Blues Boy Kings, Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band, Dana Fuchs, Eric Bibb, Eric Clapton, Eric Sardinas, Grady Champion, Jimmy Thackery, John Cephas, Johnny Rawls, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Liz Mandeville, Melinda, Mike Zito, Otis Clay, Phil Wiggins, Rob Stone, Robben Ford, Robert Randolph, Roly Platt, Rufus Thomas, Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Sidestreet Reny, Steve Hill, Vaneese Thomas
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Johnny Winter wins blues Grammy plus a few Lancaster Roots & Blues Fest pics
Aside from Johnny Winter‘s posthumous award for Best Blues Album for his Step Back – the late guitarslinger’s first Grammy win for his own music, despite three of the albums he produced for Muddy Waters having won Grammys a few … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Shows
Tagged Buddy Guy, Corey Harris, Grammy Awards, Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, Joe Louis Walker, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown, Lancaster Roots & Blues Festival, Mac Arnold and Plate Full o' Blues, Popa Chubby
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Chicago tribute show, latest album Step Back both good ways to remember blues guitar legend Johnny Winter
If, like us, you weren’t able to make it to Chicago for the Johnny Winter remembrance show that took place at Buddy Guy’s Legends a few weekends back (or to a computer for the accompanying live webstream of the program), … Continue reading
Posted in Albums, Shows
Tagged Earl Slick, Edgar Winter, Jay Stollman, Johnny Winter, Lonnie Brooks, Mike Zito, Paul Nelson, Ronnie Baker Brooks
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Sugar Ray Norcia, Elvin Bishop and John Nemeth lead latest Blues Music Awards nominations
Last week, we told you about this year’s nominees for the annual Grammy Awards, where the type of music on which this blog focuses is often confined to a handful of categories at best, with now just one dedicated blues … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Foundation, Blues Music Awards, Bobby Rush, Eden Brent, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Gary Clark Jr., Janiva Magness, Jarekus Singleton, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Louis Walker, John Hammond, John Mooney, John Nemeth, Johnny Rawls, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Marcia Ball, Michael Mudcat Ward, Otis Clay, Rick Estrin, Rory Block, Sugar Ray Norcia, Sugaray Rayford, The Mannish Boys, Vaneese Thomas
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Keb’ Mo’s BLUESAmericana gets three Grammy nods; Johnny Winter, Ruthie Foster, Gregg Allman & Taj Mahal, and Charlie Musselwhite among other nominees
We’re sure that Keb’ Mo’s decision to title his latest album BLUESAmericana had little, if anything, to do with looking to maximize his chances for a nomination in the annual Grammy Awards, where Best Blues Album and Best Americana Album … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite, Dave Alvin, Grammy Awards, Gregg Allman, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo, Phil Alvin, Ruthie Foster, Taj Mahal
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True to the Blues until the very end, guitarist Johnny Winter dead at age 70
A spokesperson for Johnny Winter has confirmed the death of the Texas guitar legend yesterday in Zurich, Switzerland. Earlier this year, Columbia/Legacy Records released the box set True to the Blues: the Johnny Winter Story in conjunction with the guitarist’s 70th … Continue reading
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Tagged Johnny Winter
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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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