Artmanjosephgrech (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
12.00 I make up just under fifty artman glitter cards while watching Prime Minister’s Question Time. For once the Liberal democrat leader was the most effective with a question about the position of the Ghurkhas, an issue where I expect the government and the rest of Parliament to give in, if there is sufficient public support, He was also powerful about Iraq but covered old ground and would...
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Bill Homans, professionally known as "Watermelon Slim", plays both guitar and harmonica. He has been performing since the 1970s and has been linked to several notable blues musicians, including John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Champion Jack Dupree, Bonnie Raitt, "Country" Joe McDonald, and Henry Vestine of Canned Heat. with Super Chikan
UK Commentators (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
Play Loud ... Back to the source ... the bluesman Champion Jack Dupree actually lived in Halifax in the 1970s and would do occasional concerts around the West Riding - I think he worked for the council. As a young fan it always seemed a trifle unreal that a 'real' blues musician could be living in Yorkshire rather than Chicago or the Mississippi Delta. Play soft ...
Cameron K's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/30/2009
Paul ‘Koss’ Kossoff was born in London in 1950 and the son of famous British character, actor, David Kossoff (Kid for Two Farthings). He learned to play classical music but was always interested in blues and soon mastered the guitar. Along with Simon Kirke (drums) they started playing in a London R&B band called Black Cat Bones. The group were engaged to back Champion Jack Dupreee (piano)...
Ample Sanity (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
"Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it." E. B. White Spent very little time on the site as yet, so content may be offensive to some. Still, this may give you a smile, so what the heck. Chuck Dillon's Blog 30 x 30 is pretty darn cool. Opera Unite is a unique technology that turns any computer or device running Opera into a Web server....
breath of life (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
This week we go back to the early years with a visit to New Orleans blues piano professor, Champion Jack Dupree. Our contemporary travels take us to Cameroun via France for the exciting work of Sandra Nkaké. We close with five versions of "Betcha By Golly Wow" featuring The Stylistics, Cool Riddims and Sista Teedy, [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Champion Jack was a veritable singing history book.
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 04/18/2009
A Portrait of Champion Jack Dupree is a compilation drawn from three albums Dupree recorded for Rounder Records near the end of his life, when he was in his late seventies and early eighties. The first of them, Back Home in New Orleans, was released in 1990, the year he turned 80, the last, One Last Time, came out in 1993, the year after his death. Even at his advanced age, Dupree remained a formidable...
Manchester Evening News (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
CLARKSDALE, Memphis, Chicago – they’re the sort of places people associate with the Blues. But Burnley? Yet this weekend’s Burnley International Blues Festival will mark its 21st year.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009
Matthew Bourne uses wrecked pianos in a humourous and sometimes touching show.
Remix (Free subscription) | 01/27/2009
Read the Remix review of The Roots of Hip Hip compilation. Ken Micallef reviews The Roots of Hip Hop compilation.
Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
1. “I Got A Mind To Give Up Living” Paul Butterfield Blues Band East-West 2. “That’s All Right Mama” Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup 3. “Every Day I Have The Blues” B.B. King 4. “Piney Brown Blues” Big Joe Turner 5. “Baby, Please Don’t Go” Big Joe Williams 6. Blues In The Night Bobby “Blue” Bland Ask Me ‘Bout...
ßench (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Phil The Ex-Fireman took this photo of me Wednesday night in Halifax .He took me on a Tour of a few Pubs I knew in my Yoof............ Phil wishes you web-people to know this................When he was a Postman.He delivered letters to the mailbox of Halifax's famous Bluesman Champion Jack Dupree . When he was in the Fireservice .Working at The Shay . Derby County were playing............Phil asked...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
This collection features classic New Orleans R&B from artists like Champion Jack Dupree, Fats Domino, Guitar Slim, and others. Remastered edition with 22 tracks. Thanks again to Mamma B. Tracks: 1. Mardi Gras in New Orleans - Roy Byrd 2. Heavy Heart Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 3. Careless Love - Fats Domino 4. Crescent City Bounce - Archibald 5. Her Mind Is Gone - Roy Byrd 6. She Won't Leave...
Where's the Outrage? (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
A friend of mine mentioned Jerry Wexler to me. I said who? Here’s what he wrote me - Bad week for R&B, what with Isaac Hayes and Jerry Wexler dying. Wexler was THE reason that Atlantic Records and Stax Records were different from Motown. Twenty essential Jerry Wexler recordings 1. Professor [...]
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