Browsing: C.C. Rider the Venerator

I always thought the name Pinetop came from the pine top of a piano. But the man they call Pinetop Smith got his nickname from his love of climbing tall trees. It was the piano though, that made his nickname famous…

The lady born Elizabeth ‘Kid’ Douglas, chewed tobacco while she sang. Perched in her chiffon ballgown, she spat without missin’ a beat…

This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues.…

You know the songs. Sunshine of your Love, White Room. And you know the band right? Cream? Well do you know who wrote ‘em, who sang ‘em? I’ll give you a hint. It wasn’t Eric Clapton…

A mean temper, with a mouth like a sailor, a penchant for whiskey, and a taste for both men and women, Bessie Smith lived a life that would drop the jaws of even the baddest rock star.

“Pretty Woman” is Roy Orbison’s biggest hit, the best known of all his songs. It took the already famous Orbison and rocketed him to a whole new stratosphere.

What’s the name Pink Floyd mean? Ever wonder where it came from? How did those two words come together? What if I told you the origin of the name Pink Floyd is buried in the blues…

The Chocolate Drops were just following the example of the string bands that came before them. Like Chatmon Family, who made up the Mississippi Sheiks. Dom Flemons has more.

We don’t know much about him. We’re not even sure of his real name. What we know we get from his music. We know that he was good at guitar. Really good.