On this day in 1984, Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton died at age 58 in Los Angeles. Thornton wrote and recorded Ball ‘n’ Chain, which...
Category - Blues
…Just check it out. You’ll see what I mean immediately. I think this is what they mean by the term cognitive dissonance.
Nehemiah Curtis “Skip” James appears to be a very interesting person. Wikipedia describes his playing style: James often played his guitar with an...
Taj Mahal has been around forever. The only thing that seems to have changed is that he gained a bit of weight. He still sounds great. Mahal released one of...
Here is a intense version of Soulshine, though their was a bit too much singing and too little guitar playing. McCray is great on the old standard The Blues is...
The above, which features Mick Taylor, was recorded at John Mayall’s 70th birthday concert in 2003. It’s not the Roy Orbison song. Mayall is a...
Not too much to say about Vaughan. The videos speak for themselves. High on the too-long list of musicians who died too young. Here are Hendrix’ Voodoo...
The Kansas City-based blues band Trampled Under Foot is comprised of siblings Danielle, Kris and Nick Schnebelen. Other songs include Heart on the Line, Wrong...
Bonnie Raitt, usually an electric slide player, shows her versatility in the clip above. Raitt started her tour this week and has a new album, Slipstream. She...
Ragtime, perhaps because of the popularity of Scott Joplin, is associated with the piano. There also is a school of ragtime guitar, however. Elizabeth Cotten...
