Woody Haut's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Heartbreak & Vine Music Festival Day 4 The great Percy Mayfield getting loose. Shot shortly before he died. Could this be the only film clip of one of the greatest ever r&b singers?
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
The best that the Lone Star state has had to offer over a 60 year period is right here, from Blind Lemon Jefferson's "Match Box Blues" (1927 ) to Stevie Ray Vaughn's live version of "Flood Down In Texas (Texas Flood)" from 1986. This compilation also features great sides by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, and Albert Collins. As a introduction to the...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
New Orleans r&b crooner Johnny Adams wasn't a classic blues shouter, and when he tackled a blues arrangement, he took a relatively refined, jazz approach to it, which gives his scattered pure blues pieces a sophisticated, laid-back, and resigned feel, a bit like listening to a guy talk late at night in the bar when the lights have come on and there's nothing more to do about anything. This collection...
Funky16Corners (Free subscription) | 03/13/2009
Reuben Wilson “Listen - Wildare Express - A River’s Invitation - MP3″ Greetings all. I hope the end of the week finds you all well enough to sit up, and dig some swinging, soulful Hammond organ (a condition I find myself in the grips of almost constantly). This time out, the Hammond in question is being worked masterfully [...]
breath of life (Free subscription) | 02/16/2009
This is a major part of the back story of the golden age of popular black music.
Free lyrics (Free subscription) | 01/01/2009
Written by Percy Mayfield Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey hey hey, yeah Ah, ah, ah, ah, hey h
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
Mr. Lucas fronted the blues rock band Canned Heat and was known for his barrelhouse vocals.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
The frontman of legendary blues rock band Canned Heat has died of a drugs overdose. Robert Lucas passed away a friend's home in Long Beach, California, on Sunday at the age of 46.
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
There comes a day when dads get suspicious about everything their 13-year-old sons are doing. And why not? They once were 13, too. That day, foreshadowed for some time now, arrived yesterday. Our 13-year-old is grounded, his computer privileges revoked. He was busted for the digital equivalent of what used to be getting caught with Playboy. He [...]
Home of the Groove (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
"I Don't Want To Be The President" (P. Mayfield) Percy Mayfield, Atlantic 3207, 1974 LISTEN Tongue firmly in cheek, Percy Mayfield teamed up with producer Johnny "Guitar' Watson back in 1974 for this musical declaration of non-service to his country as Commander-In-Chief - something about it limiting his ability to "frolic". The record was made some 20 years before Bill Clinton's...
BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues) (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
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]...
Guest Music Bloggers (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
The 2008 Jus’ Blues Music Awards Week is a wrap. Memphis, home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock and Roll has hosted another spectacular music special event. Blues and Soul music celebrities, executives and fans came together to network and celebrate the accomplishments of their peers at this year’s Jus’ Blues Music Awards [...]
MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
It is a surprise, if not a nice shock, to listen to this record, a cover record with soul and a firm respect for the blues and R & B. Amos Garett has played with higher (Steview Wonder) and lesser (Maria Muldaur) lights, but here plays inspired and honest. He shines a light on his own chops as he pays homage to a master songwriter. "Get Way Back" is a salute to the great writer/singer...
nongseynyo (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Not many living blues musicians can say they have performed with and recorded for legends like Big Mama Thornton, Sonny Rhodes, Luther Tucker, Jimmy McCracklin, Pee Wee Crayton, Carla Thomas, Booker T. Jones, Percy Mayfield, Etta James, B.B. King, and Jimmy Reed. Ron Thompson can, and that’s just the beginning! Ron Thompson is a legendary rhythm and blues guitarist and master keyboardist whose...
Landcroft House (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Flora Macneil: Craobh Un Ubhal (Tangent, 1977) I found this bag of LPs I used to DJ with downstairs. When I say "DJ", I think it's clear from the records themselves that I was never going to get a gig at, well, anywhere really. Perhaps a very lenient pub on a particularly quiet Tuesday lunchtime, but that's about it. I mean, there's some Herbie Mann in there, there's Jimmy Ponder's Mean Streets,...
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