This Day in Music relates that on August 13, 1952 Big Mama Thornton recorded Leiber and Stoller‘s “Hound Dog” which, of course, subsequently...
Tag - American Blues Music Online
There are interesting anniversaries every day and, of course, birthdays of note. On this day in 1967, for instance, The Monterey International Pop Music...
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...
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...
Samuel Charters, a very important historian of the blues, died March 11. He was 85 years old. This is from his profile at Wikipedia: Charters had for years...
It is great that the 125th anniversary of Leadbelly’s birth is being commemorated with a five CD boxed set from the Smithsonian and a Kennedy Center...
Steve Earle’s next album, “Terraplane,” is set for release on February 17. Here is a cut from the album entitled “You’re the Best...
