The amazing giant of guitar and blues turns seventy five years young today, and rocks harder than most musicians alive. Thank you for keeping the beat, buddy.
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Several years back, PBS released a special series of hour-long episodes, each exploring a different…
“We thank you so much for all you have done,” was the tearful response given by Shauna Drayson-Hayward. The gaunt, thin figure of RICHIE HAYWARD, legendary drummer for LITTLE FEAT, stood beside his wife.
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The creative team behind the award-winning 2008 blues movie M For Mississippi have reunited.
This heartfelt article was recently a headline on CNN. The story is based in the Mississippi Delta around Moorehead, (“Where Southern Cross the Dog”) and Indianola, (B.B. King’s Hometown).
Reverend Peyton, who’s new album Peyton on Patton was released today, stopped by the back porch and gave us some serious enlightenment on Charlie Patton, his amazing playing, and his Warped Tour!
A yard sale find from a hobby collector reveals personal musings and intricate details behind the father of the blues, W.C. Handy, and one of his most prolific works.
The illustrious delta bluesman Honeyboy Edwards, after a lifetime dedicated to the blues, is officially retiring at 96 due to health complications.
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.