TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
At the very first Ponderosa Stomp (I don't even think it was called the Ponderosa Stomp yet, it might have been called the Knights Of The Mau Mau Ball), held at the Circle Bar in New Orleans (size: 750 square feet) Dr. Ike brought in, among dozens of other greats (Howard Tate, R.L. Burnside, Paul Burlison, Tousaint McCall, et al) Tony Joe White. I'd never seen him live but have always loved his records....
Bob Dylan Encyclopedia (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The rather wonderful Doug Sahm died ten years ago today. It's my prejudice that people who talk up the dreary playing on Together Through Life should do themselves the favour of listening to Doug Sahm & Band . It's so beautifully loose and alive, so full and generous spirited and fun. Anyway, here's Doug's entry in The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia: Sahm, Doug [1941 - 1999] Douglas Wayne Sahm was born...
casa de Charlotte della luna (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
is my newest addiction! These pics are from today’s Mirliton Fest. I have to tell y’all, I had a hard time sittin’ still when this man and his band were playing. Ok, so I did a little wiggly-woo where I was sitting on the ground – I didn’t want to embarrass my friends tooo much! [...]
TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
From Private Elvis , a collection of sleazy photos of G.I. era Elvis on leave in Paris having fun, long out of print.... From Pic mag, May, '56, a digest size sleaze mag... Nowadays, anytime some weenie pulls out a guitar there's twelve morons with a camera phone there to document the event, but there are very few great recordings from rock'n'roll's golden era. There are no great live recordings from...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Sounds like golden outtakes from lost sessions where James Brown's backing band got together with Booker T and the MGs at the Stax studios with an insanely talented batch of unknown singers. Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon: the trifecta of Chicago blues. Magic Sam, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells: also men of stature in the Windy City tradition. Elmore James, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed: the list of...
Cogito Ergo Geek (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Portland, Oregon KPTV News on USPSA/IPSC shooting competiton Take a look at a sport that combines target shooting with an obstacle course. It may not be "New news" to us, but Portland (Oregon) television station KPTV has a portrait of USPSA competition up on their website. Dated October 25, 2009 , the web-article features People That I know! Norm and (son) Zack Bright , Dave and (daughter)...
The Enterprise Ledger (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
North Main Street, South Main Street and College Street. That where over 130 vendors will be set up at the Boll Weevil Fall Festival downtown Saturday. There is no charge for the event, which begins at 9 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
BlueNotes is on the road this weekend, and missed the Burgh's Friday night shows with Duke Robillard and Shemekia Copeland (reviews are welcome), but still has a few items for your consideration. First, the Allman Brothers -- not exactly a blues band, but their Southern rock is definitely rooted in the blues. Here's a Washington Post interview with Gregg Allman about their current life. The Allmans...
Fl color promo a img fl color promo (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
After nine years, people now schedule their vacations around the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in Golden Gate Park. Fans fly from all over the world to attend investment banker Warren Hellman's annual clambake. There is no other music festival like it...
Wolfgangs Vault (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Download for $12.98. Listen to Taj Mahal performed at Ash Grove on February 26, 1967
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Jimmy Vaughan and Omar Dykes Jimmy Reed Highway
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
When Eddie Taylor Sr., a founder of postwar Chicago blues and the genius behind the famous Jimmy Reed, passed away in 1985, his red guitar, a Gibson 355 stereo, was left sitting in the corner. Eddie Jr., the third son in the family, had grown up hearing blues, but his main interest at the time was the current hip-hop music. One day he started listening to his father's records, picked up the guitar,...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
While he's largely lived in the blues world for much of his career, guitarist Robben Ford has always been defined by a jazz sensibility. Sure, there's the grease and grit of overdriven, wah-wah'd electric guitar and a strong, rock-hard backbeat; but Ford's language since Robben Ford and the Blue Line (Stretch, 1992) has been a compelling combination of visceral blues bends and more evolved harmony....
TheHoundBlog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
These clips come from a local Texas TV show called The Beat, I mean The !!!! Beat , which was hosted by the legendary WLAC (Nashville) disc jockey Bill "Hoss" Allen, and the house band was Gatemouth Brown and his band. I believe the year is 1966. I love everything about these clips, from Freddie's shiny sharkskin suit (slightly too tight), to the big, greasy, conk on top his head. Notice...
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