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World Premiere Video – Tomás Doncker “EVIL”
“I don’t want to play it like it’s already been played.”
April 15, 2020 No Comments
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The Rolling Stones Lend a Hand Gathering Tracks by Blues Pioneers on ‘Confessin’ The Blues’
‘Confessin’ The Blues’ collects the greatest bluesmen ever and provides a perfect study of the genre. The tracks on the various formats of the release have been chosen by the Rolling Stones in collaboration with BMG and Universal.
July 31, 2018 No Comments
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Ten Essential Chess Records Albums
The label and its founders refused to record Guy playing in the style of his live shows, referring to it as “noise,” and instead they attempted to make his sound more widely accessible.
July 14, 2018 No Comments
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The 20 Best Lines In Songs
“I love the tip, I love the top, I love you better than a hog loves slop
‘Cause you’re a big legged woman, with a short short miniskirt…”
May 28, 2018 No Comments
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Eddie Shaw Dead at 80
Shaw toured the south in a brand new Cadillac with Muddy Waters in 1959 and ‘60, and was Howlin’ Wolf’s band leader from 1972 until his death in ’76.
January 30, 2018 No Comments
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Ten Perfect Blues Songs For Halloween: Witches, the Devil, and Voodoo, Oh My!
Whether or not one celebrates Halloween, most will agree that there always seems to be a tinge of evil in the air.
October 31, 2017 No Comments
Reviews
‘Howlin’ At Greaseland’ Does Howlin’ Wolf Proud
‘Howlin At Greaseland’ offers a modern take on Howlin’ Wolf classics from the viewpoint of today’s premier West Coast and Chicago players.
October 23, 2017 No Comments
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Blues Site Named a Mississippi Landmark
Dockery Farms was designated at the request of the Dockery Farms Foundation, which currently manages the site.
July 28, 2017 No Comments
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Harmonica Master James Cotton Dead at 81
Master harmonica player James Cotton has died of pneumonia at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas; he was 81 years old.
March 16, 2017 No Comments
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TBT- The Wolf Is Still Howlin’ Today
Seeing Howlin’ Wolf perform was not an experience soon to be forgotten.
January 12, 2017 No Comments