Actually, it’s not a hard question if you look closely at their faces. Rapper Shawnna — above performing Gettin’ Some — is Guy’s...
Category - Blues
David Bromberg stands out even in a landscape in which there are many talented and eccentric acts. He is part rock-and-roll and blues royalty — he took...
This site — which appears to be maintained by a professor of sociolinguistics at the University of Essex in the U.K. — has a nice bio of slide...
Professor Longhair was a New Orleans piano player who greatly influenced Dr. John. Here is the first paragraph of an interesting site dedicated to the colorful...
Luther Allison was a tremendous blues guitarist who passed away in 1997. While he didn’t get the publicity of some of his contemporaries, he appeared...
Aaron Thibeaux (T-Bone) Walker was ranked number 47 on the list of greatest guitarists by Rolling Stone. Here is the listing: T-Bone Walker invented the guitar...
This family video of R.L. Burnside playing When My First Wife Left Me (above) was shot by the legendary Alan Lomax (along with Worth Long and John Bishop) in...
Wikipedia on Tom Waits. Daniel Durchholz’s definition of his voice is priceless, and pretty much on target. Thomas Alan “Tom” Waits (born...
The great Delbert McClinton cuts across many genres. Here is All Music’s take: The venerable Delbert McClinton is a legend among Texas roots music...
Here is a bio on Bo Diddley: Born Otha Ellas Bates (later known as Ellas McDaniel), 28 December 1928, McComb, Mississippi, USA. After beginning his career as a...
