Author: Matt Marshall

As several have recently pointed out, we have been notably absent from posting great new blues content, as is our mission. For the past week, our editor has been in the process of moving, and has been unable to regulate the content. We are gearing back up again to provide great new content to the wonderful blues fans that visit us. Thank you all for your patience! We apologize for the delays, and will explain to our editor that coffee shops, bars, and most other businesses now offer something called “free wifi”. Stay tuned!

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Several years back, PBS released a special series of hour-long episodes, each exploring a different aspect of the blues, each with a different director. Arguably the finest was the “Piano Blues” episode, which was directed by Clint Eastwood. Here’s an excerpt of the show, featuring Dr. John playing the immaculate work of the late, great piano blues master, Professor Longhair. Here is “Big Chief”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcadYJb4gek

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Sonny Landreth has developed not just as an extremely competent conventional guitarist, but into someone who has mastered a technique with slide harmonics that nobody can touch. Sonny’s music is magical.

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