Junior Wells Trouble No More...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Junior Wells Trouble No More
Junior Wells
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Various Artists: Light on the South Side (Reviews)
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...
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Kick it Around
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
From his web site Born in Colchester, England, -“When I was nine, my parents moved into this caravan in Thorrington, outside Colchester. It was this poxy little caravan, old and knackered, with me and my brother stuck in one half of it and Mum and Dad sleeping in the living room. We had a radio and there wasn’t much interesting on that, and my grandmother gave us an old gramophone and a...
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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Sugar Blue's "Threshold" Explores Alternate Musical Routes
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Known for harmonica work on Rolling Stones' "Miss You," Blue branches out with new album, out January 26, 2010 NEW YORK, NY -- "We have chosen the title Threshold because the tunes open new musical territory for us," says bluesman Sugar Blue of his new album, due out January 26, 2010 on Beeble Music. The album follows the acclaimed 2007 album Code Blue, which hinted at a widening...
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Nashville blues singer/guitarist Johnny Jones dies
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Another old-time bluesman has gone -- Johnny Jones, 73, a Nashville legend for his guitar stylings, died Friday. Here's the item from Phoenix bluesman Bob Corritore's newsletter that alerted me: Nashville blues and soul singer/guitarist Johnny Jones passed away on Friday Oct 16th. He was 73. Born in Edes, Tennessee and raised in a gospel oriented family, Jones became influenced by the blues of Memphis...
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Johnny Jones, Hendrx Mentor and Bluesman, Dies...
The Daily Swarm (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Blurt : Blues guitarist Johnny Jones passed away on Wednesday (Oct. 14) at the age of 73. According to media reports no cause of death was immediately known; he was found dead in his Nashville apartment by exterminators. An autopsy is pending. BLURT contributor Rev. Keith A. Gordon pays tribute to Johnson at his Blues.about.com blog . It is reprinted, in part, below. *** By Rev. Keith A. Gordon Born...
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ALDS Game 2: Twins at Yankees (Sam Borden/The LoHud Yankees Blog)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Sam Borden / The LoHud Yankees Blog : ALDS Game 2: Twins at Yankees — YANKEES — Pitching: RHP A.J. Burnett (13-9, 4.04 ERA regular season) — TWINS — Pitching: RHP Nick Blackburn (11-11, 4.03 ERA regular season) — WEATHER: Mostly cloudy and cool with showers in the forecast during the evening.
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Derek Jeter believes it will be "awkward" ... (Jim Baumbach/Newsday)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Jim Baumbach / Newsday : Derek Jeter believes it will be “awkward” without Jorge Posada starting a playoff game — As you know, Derek Jeter and Jorge Posada are close friends. Close enough that Jeter was Jorge Posada's best man at his wedding. So knowing that Posada is not happy about sitting yet having to toe …
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Phillies name Pedro Game 3 starter (Bill Chastain/MLB.com)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Bill Chastain / MLB.com : Phillies name Pedro Game 3 starter — Veteran of Red Sox-Yankees battles goes in pivotal game — Pedro Martinez, Boston's warhorse in four postseasons from 1998-2004, was named by Phillies manager Charlie Manuel on Friday to be the starter in Saturday's Game 3 of the National League Division Series in Colorado.
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Harper: Ace should hear pitch from Mets (NY Daily News)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
NY Daily News : Harper: Ace should hear pitch from Mets — ANAHEIM - He has had a big-game reputation since he won Game 7 of the 2002 World Series as a 24-year-old rookie, yet John Lackey hadn't won a postseason start since that magical night. And last October he had raised eyebrows in his own clubhouse …
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Burnett Readies for First Postseason Start (Jack Curry/Bats)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Jack Curry / Bats : Burnett Readies for First Postseason Start — A.J. Burnett of the Yankees will make his first postseason start, against the Minnesota Twins in Game 2 of their division series, on Friday night. Burnett fielded one question about the Twins during Thursday's workout; he was asked more questions about who would catch him in the game.
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Wanted by Braves: Big bat, righty preferred (David O'Brien/Atlanta Braves ...)
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
David O'Brien / Atlanta Braves with David O'Brien : Wanted by Braves: Big bat, righty preferred — We've got some Junior Wells wailing on the stereo, Dodgers-Cardinals muted on the TV, door to the patio open and a nice Punch cigar burning. It hasn't been a week since the season ended, but doesn't it already feel like long time since the Braves …
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Great duos
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
My reader (maybe the only one!) Private Beech suggested that I add a Great Duos to the recent blogs listing Great Female Singers and Great Girl Groups. Sounds like a good idea to me, so here is a list of the great duos of the 1950s and 1960s. I've included some duet pairings by established singers, but only where they made a real impact via one or two albums, not just one offs. To kick off, here are...
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Hunk
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Buddy Guy and Junior Wells I saw these guys play a couple times in the early 80s at a place in Toronto called Albert's Hall. One time Junior Wells seemed really messed up. He just kind of teetered on stage and Buddy Guy pretty much carried the show. The other time, they were both in fine form and the show was great. We saw a Junior Wells show shortly before he died. I guess he was trying to play to...
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Tommy Castro and friends are 'Legendary'
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Janiva Magness Tommy Castro has been rumbling around Northern California and northern Nevada for almost two decades. He opened for B.B. King, his group became the house band for three seasons of the little-remembered "Comedy Showcase" on NBC, and he found his music backing action on shows as diverse as "Nash Bridges" and "The Young and the Restless." It's taken a long...