The playlist is at the bottom of this page. I recognize “Match Box Blues” as a song that has been modernized. Versions of “All I Want is Pure...
Category - Blues
AllMusic’s bio of blues legend Buddy Guy was written by Mark Deming. Here is how it starts: Buddy Guy is one of the most celebrated blues guitarists of...
New blues from St. Paul and the Broken Bones. This is from the band’s website: Front man Paul Janeway’s handle “St. Paul” is a wry allusion to the...
Legends aren’t dependent on mystery. Louis Armstrong and The Rolling Stones are legends, and they have been all over the place for decades. A bit of...
Leadbelly — Huddie Ledbetter — is a legend. The outlines are contradictory: Leadbelly was a murderer who sang kids songs and became a bedrock of...
Those are two great nicknames, and there probably were more. Champion Jack Dupree led an interesting life, it seems. From the AllMusic bio: Dupree was...
Big Bill Broonzy was one of the most important blues players of the twentieth century. The problem: Broonzy — at least according to the bio at the site...
Little Walter — Marion Walter Jacobs — is considered by those who know about such things to be the greatest blues harmonica player who ever lived...
I am not a guitar player, but to me Furry Lewis’ technique seems unique. “Kassie Jones” is a song about a conductor, but doesn’t sound...
Bessie Smith’s death was the result of a car accident outside of Memphis, according to This Day in Music. Here is more on Smith from The Red Hot Jazz...
