Category Archives: Blues

Honeyboy Edwards Dead at 96

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

…he was the last of the old Delta bluesmen with a connection to Robert Johnson — he had played with Johnson back in the ’30s.  R.I.P. Honeyboy. Here are two videos and the obit from Howard Reich at the Chicago Tribune: Honeyboy with … Continue reading →

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‘Use Me’ by Bill Withers

Posted on August 29, 2011 by admin

Bill Withers, a native of the pastoral West Virginia hellhole of ‘Slab Fork,’ was working on an aircraft company assembly line in L.A. in 1970 and submitting demos of his music to record companies. A small company named Sussex Records … Continue reading →

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Two by Wes Montgomery

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

What can you say about Wes Montgomery (born John Leslie Montgomery in 1923) except that he’s a jazz genius who influenced everyone from jazz masters Kenny Burrell to George Benson to rock-blues virtuosos like Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughn … Continue reading →

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Mose Allison Double Dip: ‘Parchman Farm’ and ‘Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy’

Posted on August 21, 2011 by admin

For a half century, Mose Allison has defied the usual classifications — he’s blues, jazz, beat poetry, social commentary, what have you — but his mellow vocal style is unmistakable and he’s an impeccable instrumentalist. Never a huge star in … Continue reading →

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Howard Roberts — Star Eyes

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin

Though mostly unsung while he was alive and nearly forgotten by most guitarists today, Howard Roberts’ bluesy approach to jazz guitar rivals that of Kenny Burrell and his lines are as clean and cogent as the best instrumentalists in the … Continue reading →

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‘You Really Got Me’ by The Kinks

Posted on August 19, 2011 by admin

This tune by The Kinks is remarkable for several reasons, one being that some credit it as the first ‘heavy metal’ song that led to all the hair bands of the 1970s and beyond. Be that as it may, when “You Really Got … Continue reading →

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Smokestack Lightnin’ by Howlin’ Wolf, 1956

Posted on August 18, 2011 by admin

The original 1956 Chess Records release. Wolf sure knew how to set a mood.

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A Tune for Tim Pawlenty?

Posted on August 14, 2011 by admin
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