Today’s video comes from Howlin’ Wolf, playing Smokestack Lightnin’ to a ravenous crowd in England in 1964.
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Hubert Sumlin, the long celebrated and legendary blues guitar master who played scorching guitar for Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters during the Chicago Blues heyday, has reportedly passed away.
In response to the popularity of the recent Cookie’s Blues, here’s one more; A moose singing the blues to a Skip James tune!
Take a look at this trailer for the very exciting upcoming documentary on Honeyboy Edwards, rest his soul, featuring Keith Richards, Joe Perry, Robert Cray, B.B. King and many more!
Bobby Messano’s album That’s Why I Don’t Sing The Blues shot up the Blues Top Five chart to secure the #1 spot this week, easily besting the Josh Garrett Band’s String Of Problems, which fell to number 5 after a two week run at #1. The Grammy-nominated Bobby Messano has just released That’s Why, his fifth contemporary blues album, in July to critical acclaim. The Mojo Roots’ Thirteen Shades of Blue climbed to #2 from being in the #5 position last week, and critically acclaimed blues pianist Lee Pons secured the #3 position, his third week on the chart. Low Society, a newcomer to the top five, showed their…
He’s got the chocolate covered, cream filled blues!
“I believe I’ll dust my broom”, as both a phrase and a song, has been a blues staple for 75 years. Versions of the song’s melody and phrase “I believe I’ll” have been around even longer. Learn about the iconic tune!
A great recent article in the Chicago Tribune covers a blues class, created by Columbia College in Chicago, that is geared towards teaching children music. Below is the news segment covering the event. It’s worth a watch.
Nick Moss has the rare and treasured ability to be blues in a way that is progressive and exciting, lending optimism and depth to the genre. Here I Am is proof positive.
It is with deep sadness that we must pass along the news that the enigmatic Hoodoo bluesman Coco Robicheaux, who is famous for his menacing, haunting blues sound, collapsed last night at the Apple Barrel on Frenchman Street, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Tulane Medical Center. He was 64. According to NOLA.com, Mr. Robicheaux was not performing at the time he was stricken; he often held court outside the Apple Barrel on his off-nights. Known for an especially gravelly voice, a swamp-blues guitar style and a fascination with subjects of a spiritual and/or…