Audio Fidelity has just given one of the most influential albums in blues rock history the audiophile, 24 KT gold compact disc treatment with the release of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers' 1966 classic 'Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton'. Remastered in original mono from the original Decca LTD. master tapes, the recording was named # 195 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all...
In 1980, music journalist Robert Palmer was invited to drop by the sessions for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy in New York. When Palmer arrived, Lennon was adding background vocals to “(Just Like) Starting Over.” Palmer noted that Lennon had sung his parts perfectly in key. Lennon, impressed by Palmer’s ear, said, “You’ll [...]
Dirty Projectors Brooklyn-based experimental art-rock unit Dirty Projectors, founded in the early aughts, is headed by musical director Dave Longstreth. The ensemble exists as...
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http://www.mediafire.com/?zzyjywllnoe This album is worth every penny,it is full of quality tracks from some of the best known names in the history of Black music. 1. Mojo Hanna - Esther Philip2. Help the Bear - Ted Taylor 3. Help Me (Part 1) - Ray Sharpe 4. Help Me (Part 2) - Ray Sharpe 5. Maggie's Farm - Solomon Burke 6. Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White 7. Got to Get an Understanding - Wilson Pickett...
I wrote a few days ago about the death of Sam Carr, a great Mississippi blues drummer. And then a few days later, i remembered that a new album I had just written about contained a song that was a bit of a tribute to Carr and and the band he played with for years, Frank Frost and the Jelly Roll Kings. And I also ran across a story from the Clarksdale, Miss., Press Register about Sam and his life....
Magic Sam with conk All time classic rocker. Another good 'un. Magic Sam plays on this one by Shakey Jake, early re-issue of Artistic 45. Magic Sam at home, 2009. Magic Sam (Samuel Gene Maghett) was born on Feb. 14, 1937 in Grenada, Mississippi and moved to Chicago with his family at the age of fourteen. He learned to play guitar mostly from listening to records, sang in a gospel group, later did a...
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Chicago blues singer Jesse Fortune , who was most active in the '50s and '60s, collapsed onstage Sunday night and later died. Fortune was best known for his 1963 song 'Too Many Cooks' and his efforts alongside icons like Otis Rush, Buddy Guy and Willie Dixon. He was 79. According to the Chicago Tribune , Fortune -- better known as the 'Fortune Tellin' Man' -- was performing...
Image via Jesse Fortune, known the "Fortune Tellin' Man" and a contemporary of many Chicago's most famous blues legends has died. Fortune, 79, collapsed on stage during his first performance at Gene's Playmate Lounge (4239 W. Cermak). Fortune was pronounced dead at Mt. Sinai Hospital at 12:51 a.m. According to his biography , he performed with many of Chicago's all-stars, including Otis...
Blues singer Jesse Fortune, most active in the 1950s and 60s, collapsed on stage while performing Sunday night in Chicago and later died. Fortune, 79, of the 3800 block of West Jackson Boulevard in East Garfield Park, was performing at Gene's Playmate Lounge at 4239 W. Cermak Ave.He was pronounced dead at 12:51 a.m. today at Mt. Sinai Hospital, according to a spokesman for the Cook County medical examiner's...
JOHNNY 'BIG MOOSE' WALKER - Bluestown Biography (born June 27, 1929, Greenville, Miss; died November 27, 1999, Chicago, Ill.) Johnny ''Big Moose'' Walker, like Sunnyland Slim, Pinetop Perkins , and Jimmy Walker (no relation), is one of the elder statesmen of Chicago piano blues. Born in Mississippi, Walker played piano at juke joints and house parties in and around Mississippi and southern Illinois...