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6-CD box set reveals studio, live mastery of late, great harmonica player and singer Junior Wells
Here’s another blues box set worth checking out: a compilation of tracks from throughout the career of vocalist and harmonica player Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., better known by his stage name of Junior Wells. Born in West Memphis, Arkansas, Wells moved to Chicago at age … Continue reading
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Tagged A.C. Reed, Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, Junior Wells, Lafayette Leake, Muddy Waters, Otis Spann, Phil Guy, Syl Johnson, Willie Dixon
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Plenty more Magic to be heard on expanded edition of blues/soul great’s Black Magic
We probably don’t need to spend much ink trying to convince you that Magic Sam‘s Black Magic – the follow-up to his 1967 debut West Side Soul – is worth owning; even many casual blues fans will already have a … Continue reading
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Tagged Eddie Shaw, Lafayette Leake, Magic Sam, Mighty Joe Young, Odie Payne
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