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I'm old enough to have seen many blues greats live; but outside of our treasured local city dwellers like Furry Lewis and Bukka White, I haven't given enough credit to the ones who didn't move to Chicago. Now I miss them, so here are a few who stayed in the country just a few miles south of here. R.L. Burnside was an authentic and competent country blues singer and guitar player who, probably
My seventh ten top ten albums are country, folk or blues that haven’t yet made another category list. Hank Williams, Ramblin’ Man Coming across this LP was a real find. I have a couple of greatest hits collections, which are great, of course, but this album is full of gems, not least the title song. I’ve [...]
Everyone is still a bit stir-mental over Led Zeppelin aren't they? I mean, you see a lot more people wearing Zeptees now dontcha? Long gone are the days when VerZep were the sole property of men dressed entirely in denim...
Why did I say that Henry Butler is special? Here’s why, in two parts: See also these two posts at A Scale Canadian: Two versions of “Aberdeen Mississippi Blues”: one by Kenny Wayne Shepherd (pretty good), and the original by...
What's worse than not going to the Camden Crawl? Answer: Not going and unknowingly giving them your mobile number. There’s nothing like an hourly text message telling you the length of queues at the various venues to remind you just what you're missing.
Fortunately London offers plenty of alternatives to the £50 Crawl, Rough Trade celebrated World Record Store day with over a dozen acts performing...
With what recordings from the thirties would I load my “dream jukebox”–one that plays both 45s and 78s? Here’s the list to add to the twenties recordings I already listed. “Shake ‘em on Down”–Bukka White (1937) My favorite blues recording of all. Haunting voice and guitar. “If It Ain’t Love”–The Boswell Sisters (c. 1931) Any number of [...]
1. East St. Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey 2. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White 3. Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather 4. Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim 5. Memory of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe 6. Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown 7. Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown 8. Low Land Blues - Lee Brown 9. Round the World Blues - Lee Brown 10. Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon 11. Fast Life - Jimmie...
2006 "Careless Whisper" singer George Michael is arrested at London's Hyde Park on drugs charges after being found slumped over in his car. The cannabis advocate says it's his "own stupid fault, as usual."2005 Kentucky post-rock legends Slint play their first gig together in a decade at a holiday camp in the United Kingdom. 2004 Usher remains atop the U.S. singles chart with "Yeah!"2003 R. Kelly unseats...
2006 "Careless Whisper" singer George Michael is arrested at London's Hyde Park on drugs charges after being found slumped over in his car. The cannabis advocate says it's his "own stupid fault, as usual."2005 Kentucky post-rock legends Slint play their first gig together in a decade at a holiday camp in the United Kingdom. 2004 Usher remains atop the U.S. singles chart with "Yeah!"2003 R. Kelly unseats...
Song: Highway 49 Artist: Big Joe Williams Song: Spoonful Artist: Howlin' Wolf Song: Spikedrivers Artist: Mississippi John Hurt Song: Special Streamline Artist: Bukka White
Following the great success of the summer events in Berlin and Prague, Recoil are again celebrating the release of "subHuman" with a party, this time on December 1st at the club Strangel in Moscow (Ryazansky prosp. 2b.). Former Depeche...
After much success with the supergroup Depeche Mode , Alan Wilder ventured off to continue his solo project recoil. Some might say that this was musical suicide, though if you hear the varied dark ranges of sounds withing this album, you might conclude that he no longer felt he fit in with the DM format. Perhaps this really isn't the case, perhaps he was just becoming tired of the limelight that was...
