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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Washington Post credited Mem Shannon’s 2nd Blues Album (1997) with “confirming the suspicion that Shannon is the blues field’s finest social commentator since the days of Willie Dixon and Percy Mayfield.” Down Beat (9/97, p.52) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...uniformly enjoyable... frequently enlightening....Shannon's expertise as a storyteller comes through in fine fashion....[Shannon] delivers the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
November 1964 American Folk Blues tour concert featured musicians Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Willie Dixon and Clifton James NEW YORK, N.Y. — In the pantheon of blues, Howlin’ Wolf was in a category of his own. At 6’3” and 275 pounds, he had a voice that resonated with menace — not every bluesman could make a song like “I Asked Her for Water (She Brought Me Gasoline)” convincing. The Blues Foundation...
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Musical Stew Daily (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
One of the Stones’ great early blues covers. Written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin’ Wolf, the Stones recorded and released it in 1964 and had quite the little blues/pop hit in Great Britain, reaching #3. Here are the Stones playing at Atlantic City in the late 80’s. Roughly in the same period when [...]
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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
All of the musicians on this project virtually donated their time and talents just to be included. Viceroy Records decided that it would be most fitting to give something back to the music; therefore, a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this double CD will be donated to Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven Foundation which is a non-profit organisation that proves to preserve the blues tradition. 1995...
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A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
The “rules” for whether a musician qualifies for one of these Great Vintage Blues posts are just loose guidelines, to keep myself...
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Radio Dupree (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
The members of Blue Floyd come from bands such as Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule. This 2 CD set is said to be "a homage to the influence of Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon and Muddy Waters as a re-discovery of both FLOYD classics and rarities." The combination of blues rock and some of Britain's most sacred rock music is a winning concept if you want to sell albums, but when you actually listen to...
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Variety.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Film Reviews: "Who Do You Love" follows the story of Leonard Chess, founder of Chess Records and the man who delivered Chicago blues and Chuck Berry to the world.
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Enzian Theater (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
The rest of the titles in my Canuck movie marathon last week: DETROIT METAL CITY (3-stars) - Incredibly silly but frequently hilarious, plus Gene Simmons in a cameo as metal guitar god Jack Il Dark. Based on a popular manga...
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RegnYouth Archives (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
To evaluate almost a century of blues recordings and narrow it down to thirty albums takes much thought. First and foremost, you must include recordings that were important for their wide influence. Early Delta musicians like Charlie Patton and Son House influenced Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, respectively, who themselves started in the Delta and [...]
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Grouchy Old Cripple (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Well what do you know? They did have Pope Albert I of the Church of AGW speak last night. I...
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Minor Wisdom (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
What are the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century, in any genre? Here is NPR’s list, including audio downloads of NPR’s story on each one. Some entries I agree with: “Ain’t That a Shame,” by Fats...
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Little Hokum Rag (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
It's funny how many bands have done the Willie Dixon song, "Violent Love". I had no idea until I checked it out on YouTUBE and saw videos of Oingo Boingo, The Matches, Asylum Street Spankers, etc, etc. Anyhow, here's the Hokum Scorcher's 1990 version (follow link and scroll down for music player): Violent Love Performed by The Hokum Scorchers The Art(and Music) of Amy Crehore
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BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Personnel: Willie Dixon (Bass), Willie Dixon (Producer), Henry Gray (Piano), Buddy Guy (Bass (Electric)), Hubert Sumlin (Guitar), Little Johnny Jones (Piano), Sam Lay (Drums), Jody Williams (Guitar), Junior Blackman (Drums), J.T. Brown (Saxophone), J.T. Brown (Sax (Tenor)), Howlin' Wolf (Guitar), Howlin' Wolf (Harmonica), Howlin' Wolf (Vocals), Howlin' Wolf (Main Performer), Adolph Dockins (Sax (Tenor)),...
