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Posthumous single from dual Blues Music Award winner Otis Clay: Mississippi Poor Boy
You may have seen in our last post that among the multiple award recipients at last week’s annual Blues Music Awards was the late soul-blues crooner Otis Clay, whose wins in the soul male artist and soul blues album (for his … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Price, Bob Trenchard, Johnny Rawls, Otis Clay
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Buddy Guy, Walter Trout, Otis Clay among big winners at last night’s Blues Music Awards
The winners of the 37th Blues Music Awards were announced last night in Memphis, with Buddy Guy, Walter Trout, Otis Clay, Cedric Burnside, and Victor Wainwright each taking home a pair of awards in a five-way tie for the event’s big … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Toussaint, Billy Price, Blues Music Awards, Buddy Guy, Cedric Burnside, Doug MacLeod, Joe Louis Walker, John Primer, Kim Wilson, Otis Clay, Ruthie Foster, Shemekia Copeland, Sonny Landreth, Victor Wainwright, Walter Trout
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James Harman, Anthony Geraci, and Sugaray Rayford top nominees for 37th annual Blues Music Awards
The Blues Foundation has announced the nominations for the next edition of its Blues Music Awards, set to again take place in Memphis in early May. Harmonica player and singer James Harman leads this year’s nominations with five, for instrumentalist-harmonica, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy T - Nick Nixon Band, Anthony Geraci, Billy Price, Blues Foundation, Blues Music Awards, Brandon Santini, Buddy Guy, Cash Box Kings, Cedric Burnside, Charlie Wooton, Doug MacLeod, Eric Bibb, Eugene Hideaway Bridges, Frank Bey, Guy Davis, Jackie Payne, James Harman, Joe Louis Walker, Michael Mudcat Ward, Monster Mike Welch, Otis Clay, Rick Estrin, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Shemekia Copeland, Sonny Landreth, Sugaray Rayford, Victor Wainwright, Walter Trout, Wee Willie Walker
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Blues Blues Lovin’
We haven’t done quite as good a job of keeping up with our BluesPowR Radio Hour as we would have liked in recent months, but the upside is that we’ve got a slew of great music to send your way! … Continue reading
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Tagged Alvin Youngblood Hart, Angela Lewis Brown, Bernard Allison, Billy Price, Bnois King, Brandon Santini, Clarence "The Blues Man" Turner, Corte', D'Mar & Gill, Deb Ryder, Fantastic Negrito, Ian Siegal, Ironing Board Sam, James Day & the Fish Fry, Joe Stanley, John Mayall, Lara & the Bluz Dawgz, Lead Belly, Markus James, Otis Clay, Ronnie Earl, Samantha Fish, Shemekia Copeland, Smokin Joe Kubek, Sugaray Rayford, TBelly, The Nighthawks, the Texas Horns, Urban Hill, W.C. Clark
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After years of collaborating, soul/R&B crooners Billy Price & Otis Clay come together This Time for Real
When it comes to soul vocals, there may be no one more well-regarded than Mr. Otis Clay, while Pittsburgh rhythm & blues/soul singer Billy Price still at times seems like one of the region’s best-kept musical secrets, despite having served … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Price, Duke Robillard, Otis Clay
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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
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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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Chicago guitarist Dave Specter delivers Message in Blue with latest Delmark release
There aren’t many musicians out there who could pull off a song acknowledging some of the biggest names in Chicago blues without coming across as somewhat opportunistic or trite. But Chicago native guitarist, bandleader, and producer Dave Specter manages to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Corritore, Brother John Kattke, Chicago Horns, Dave Specter, Otis Clay
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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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Heavenly new blues from Pinetop Perkins, Lurrie Bell
It’s been just over a year since the blues world bid farewell to one of its true masters in pianist Pinetop Perkins, who died at age 97 only weeks after receiving a Grammy Award for his Joined at the Hip project with former Muddy Waters … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Branch, Joe Louis Walker, Kenny Beedy Eyes Smith, Lurrie Bell, Matthew Skoller, Otis Clay, Pinetop Perkins, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Willie Big Eyes Smith
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