There are interesting anniversaries every day and, of course, birthdays of note. On this day in 1967, for instance, The Monterey International Pop Music...
Category - Blues
Walter Horton, who also was known as Big Walter Horton, Mumbles Horton and Walter “Shakey” Horton, was a Mississippi-born harmonica player who lived from 1918...
Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear is a mother and son duo out of Kansas City. Rolling Stone says that in a few months the two have gone from playing coffee houses...
An idea of the importance of William Christopher (W.C.) Handy is apparent in his nickname: The Father of the Blues. Handy was born in Florence, Alabama, in...
John Adam (Sleepy John) Estes was a sharecropper who lived from 1899 to 1977. He made his debut recordings, according to Wikipedia, in Memphis in 1929. The...
While “researching” a post — ie, listening to music on YouTube — a few weeks ago on Elvin Bishop, I found this tremendous cover of...
The sad news that BB King has passed away was expected. On May 1, he wrote on his Facebook page that he was in hospice care. The New York Times obituary...
Elvin Bishop hardly has blues roots. He was born in Glendale, CA and lived near Elliott, IA until he was ten, when his family moved to Tulsa. His community was...
It’s interesting to see the wide divergence of acts with whom talented musicians played during their studio days, if they had any. Little Feat’s...
Last week came the sad news that guitarist John Renbourn had died at age 70. A great number of tremendous guitar players were born in Great Britain during and...
