This is a fantastic six minute music/commentary by George Thorogood and Tom Hambridge, who produced and co-wrote the album. 2120 S. Michigan Ave. was the home of the legendary Chess Records, which Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, and a great many other blues legends called home. The building now houses Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven, a non-for-profit organization that honors the great history that can be found in the building.
Author: Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall is the original publisher of American Blues Scene and owns Bluescentric.com -- the shop for Blues, Soul, and Rock n Roll. Authentic music t-shirts where every sale pays artist's estates directly.
After a fire raged on the property of the legendary Gip’s Place, rumors &questions have been swirling as to whether it burned to the ground, or if fire damage destroyed the venue. Luckily, the main venue and Gip’s adjourning house came out of the disaster unscathed.
In honor of the passing of Robert Johnson yesterday, this is a video of a discussion with Honeyboy Edwards, the only living person in the world that knew Johnson.
The Mississippi Blues Trail just released a Blues Trail iPhone app, and it is, in short, fantastic. The app has a number of wonderful, complete features that should make any blues fan happy.
73 years ago today, Robert Johnson is said to have passed in Greenwood, Mississippi. While nearly nothing is known about the legend as a man, the music he left was some of the most influential in history.
Former Allman Brothers Band guitarist Dan Toler has just gone public about his worsening battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — or ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
34 years ago today, Elvis Presley passed away at merely 42. He was, in effect, the country’s first great rock star. But before that, he was a young man from the Mississippi Delta that just wanted to play blues.
Jim O’Neil, the legendary blues researcher and founder of Living Blues Magazine is currently undergoing cancer therapy. He does not have insurance.
Where did “Rock n’ Roll” come from? Is “Rocket ‘88” by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats the very first rock and roll record?
Trumpet records began it’s existence in Jackson, Mississippi in 1951 because of a forgotten pile of records. It lasted only five years, but it’s brief time made a enduring impact on musical history.