Category Archives: Blues

Today’s Music: “Cold Morning Shout”

Posted on February 10, 2012 by admin

Actually, I’ve never heard of Craig Ventresco and Meredith Axelrod before; just happened to run across them at the Fraulini Guitars site, but they cook up some nice rags-and-blues guitar pickin’ here. Enjoy!

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Today’s Music: “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

Posted on February 8, 2012 by admin

Big Joe “Boss of the Blues” Turner was a Kansas City blues belter who started out in the 1920’s at the age of 12 playing in K.C. dives and, by the ’30’s and ’40’s, was performing with a whole host of … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Little Walter, “Juke” and “My Babe”

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin

Marion Walter Jacobs, AKA ‘Little Walter’, along with Big Walter Horton and a couple of others, defined the ‘Chicago Saxophone’ sound on the harmonica way back in the 1950s. Instead of playing first position ‘country’ harp, Walter moved to second … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Buddy Guy and Junior Wells

Posted on January 31, 2012 by admin

From the classic 1965 blues album ‘Hoodoo Man Blues,’ Buddy Guy and Junior Wells at their peak. First up, Kenny Burrell’s signature tune, ‘Chitlin’s Con Carne’ followed by a live performance of ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’ at some music festival:

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Today’s Music: Albert Collins, “I Ain’t Drunk”

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

The Ice Man definitely cometh here, with Albert Collins bearing down on his humbucked, minor-key-tuned Fender Telecaster with nothin’ but the blues.  I’m glad I got a chance to hear Albert live down on Lincoln Ave. in Chicago before he passed … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: Kim Wilson and The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Posted on January 28, 2012 by admin

Here’s Kim Wilson, the guy Muddy Waters once called the ‘greatest harmonica player since Little Walter,’ tearing it up with his band The Fabulous Thunderbirds which once included Stevie Ray Vaughn’s older brother Jimmie on guitar, playing some of their … Continue reading →

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Today’s Music: ‘Chitlin’s Con Carne’ by Kenny Burrell

Posted on January 27, 2012 by admin

This is what jazz-blues fusion really sounds like. Smooth with a bite and some soul power. Kenny Burrell from nearly 50 years ago, and he’s still playing great. H/T to Mathew Tyler Wilson.

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Etta James, Dead at 73

Posted on January 21, 2012 by admin

Yet another great blues/R&B singer has passed. Here’s her obit from the NY Times and a video of her most well-known song, “At Last”:

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R&B Godfather Johnny “Hand Jive” Otis Dead at 90

Posted on January 20, 2012 by admin

R.I.P., Johnny. Read the Billboard obit here.

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Today’s Music: Peter Green’s “Albatross” Plus…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by admin

Although he’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, most people these days barely know who influential guitarist Peter Green was or who he played with or that he composed “Black Magic Woman,” Carlos Santana’s calling-card hit. He also … Continue reading →

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