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Tony Holiday collects guest artists like I used to collect marbles as a kid; Albert Castiglia, James Harmon, Johnny Burgin, Bobby Rush, Lurrie Bell, Kid Ramos, Charlie Musselwhite, Kid Andersen, and others have recorded with him on his Porch Sessions albums. Each one brings a different facet to a bluesman too bursting with creativity for Salt Lake City to hold onto. Memphis was calling him like a siren in a wind storm.

Kid Ramos on his forthcoming Nola Blue Records album ‘Strange Things Happening’ does gospel the way Metallica does rock: intense, hard-driving and with a dedication that is nothing less than obsessive.

John Mayall stood above the British Invasion superstars. The Rolling Stones, Animals, Yardbirds, and Cream may have used blues as inspiration for their rock music, but John stood alone among them. While they had a dotted line connection to the American blues legacies, John had a solid line connection.

The longest tenured band in Alligator Records’ history as the premier blues label, this band is fronted by the rawest of the raw on guitar. This group puts on a show that would peel paint off a classic Cadillac, let alone an Imperial.