They tell us ….. We’re calling this series the “Best of American Blues Scene,” and although the main focus is on content you might have missed from the last year or so, we’ll be diving back in time even further to pull interesting articles from American Blues Scene’s earlier years! We can’t even begin […]
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“The legendary Doc Pomus was one of the most important songwriters of the early sixties and in the history of American popular music. For the first time ever we have compiled a mesmerising 56 track 2CD set coupling his early recordings as a blues singer with his hits as a songwriter. Includes such great acts […]
King of the electric slide guitar and one of the most influential blues guitarists/vocalists of all time, Elmore had his first hit in 1951, with “Dust My Broom”, the opening riff of which is perhaps the single most recognizable in the history of blues. Featuring some early sides with Ike Turner on piano, and “classic” […]
We are told: TajMo marks a timely convergence of the talents of two unique American artists who’ve already built iconoclastic individual legacies that have extended and expanded blues traditions into adventurous new territory. The collaboration brings out the best in both artists, with the pair merging their distinctive voices, personalities and guitar styles to create […]
Jan Persson’s photograph of the bluesman performing on stage with Lucille, his Gibson guitar, in 1969.
By Reverend Keith A. Gordon Blues Expert: The 34 years since the release of their self-titled 1977 debut album, George Thorogood and the Destroyers have forged a career of exceptional durability. Delivering guitar-driven roadhouse rock and houserockin’ blues, the blueprint established by that debut has been followed by the band ever since, and songs from […]
Live In Concert 1979 Parr Meadows Long Island There have been quite a few high profile events to commemorate the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival, but one of the most interesting occurred when many of the original musicians who had performed at Woodstock converged in Long Island’s Parr Meadows to celebrate the 10th anniversary. Unlike later […]
We are informed ….. 10 CD box set containing twenty original albums from all the giants of the electric Chicago blues, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, John Lee Hooker, Bo Diddley, Howlin’ Wolf, Memphis Slim, Sunnyland Slim, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Elmore James, King Curtis, Freddie King and Little Brother Montgomery.
\Jack White learned his craft listening to the blues legends of the 20s and 30s on albums released by a tiny Scottish label. And now he’s rereleasing Document Records’ archive on vinyl. t was shortly before Christmas when Gary Atkinkson met Jack White just after the latter came off stage at the Winter Gardens in […]
Smokin’ set from Club Redux, Dallas, Texas, Broadcast live by Q-102 FM. Riding high on the success of this Grammy Award winning 4th album ‘Strong Persuader’ Cray is joined by Stevie Ray Vaughan for a stunning Strat duel finale. 01 I Guess I Showed Her 02 Still Around 03 T-Bone Shuffle 04 Right Next Door […]
To celebrate 25 years as a solo artist, Provogue Records is releasing 10 original albums from Walter Trout on vinyl. The 25th Anniversary Series is very limited high quality vinyl releases of some of the best Walter Trout catalogue released in special packaging. Each release is very limited to only 2,000 copies worldwide and produced […]
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band set the standards in the 1960s for kick-ass white electric blues. Arguably no other group could hold a candle to them.In 1964 The Butterfield Blues Band recorded what was to be their first album for Elektra Records. For unknown reasons the album was never issued and sat quietly in the […]
It is a story as old as time itself. I’m sure that it predates rock’n’roll, but it is a paradigm which has appeared so many times within the canon of the sort of bands that I have spent the last four decades listening to, but it hardly bears repeating. Except, of course, that I must […]
Limited Blues box set compiling the 4 double CD albums “How Britain Got The Blues” Various – Skiffle, Folk, Rock’n’Roll & The British Blues Boom, 2 Various – How Britain Got The Blues 2 : How Merseyside Got The Blues, 3 How Britain Got The Blues Vol 3 (How London Got The Blues), 4 How […]
From the archives – several years ago Paul Rishell & Annie Raines were interviewed by Y6 pupils* at Russell Hall Primary School, West Yorkshire following their workshop at the school and prior to their appearance in Keighley. * Thanks to Laura, Daniel, Natasha, Emily, Holly, Scott, Lauren & Lucy. Who or what encouraged you to […]
Deluxe edition digipack with extended booklet and 2 bonus tracks. Joyful, energized guitar-and-vocal performances frame the dozen original songs that narrate his hard-won, life-or-death struggle waiting for, and ultimately receiving, a life-saving liver transplant. With bristling energy, unflagging virtuosity and lyrics that cut to the core of human hope and willpower, Walter Trout’s new album, […]
Contemporary blues icon Robert Cray will be celebrating his 40 years of performing with an incredible live release, ‘4 Nights of 40 Years Live’ on 28th August 2015. This live album was recorded at Venture, Belly Up, Saban Theatre and his rehearsal studio in Dec 2014. Both the DVD and Blu-ray contain 90 minutes of […]
Rory Gallagher threw every fibre of his being into his music. Scrappy, unabashed, and bluesy to the core, he was a sublime guitarist and compelling singer. His live and studio recordings, especially during the 1970s, deliver strength, wisdom, and inspiration. Personally, I count him among my favorite guitarists. I seldom travel without his music and […]
Excellent value, budget-priced new collection of x20 (various artists) CD’s in a cardboard lift-off lid box Sometime after the Great War of 1914-1918 the American music business really started to get going. Much of what was recorded is now forgotten, whilst the most historically important work was being done away from the mainstream with pioneering […]
The opportunity presented itself in November to attend a performance by blues artist Mose Allison at a jazz club in the Detroit area. This was my first time seeing him perform live, although I had been familiar with his music since youth. I have just recently become reanimated by his music, which has always made […]
This is truly terrific stuff. If you love UK blues with a USA professionalism then I can’t recommend this highly enough. Click HERE for useful further information and a review I really agree with. I got mine very cheaply HERE but prices are now rising fast! Neil McCauley / OLC editor in chief
This four-disc collection comprises three CDs and a DVD (NTSC / Region Free) featuring all of the surviving radio and television broadcasts in the BBC archive transmitted on radio and television in the UK between 1972 and 1982. The set features on CD Todd’s solo 1972 BBC Radio One “In Concert” performance, recorded soon after the release of […]
This morning started pretty good I thought. Okay, I spent a bit too long in bed, but the sun was shining and there was fresh melon in the fridge and I hadn’t run out toothpaste. And there were clean pants in the drawer. All fairly mundane stuff – but it made me feel okay. I’m […]
This performance, live from the Bumbershoot Arts Festival in Seattle and originally broadcast by local radio station KISW captures Stevie Ray Vaughan in the month that ‘Soul to Soul’ was released. It is a fascinating document of a key turning point in his career, at the height of his fame before the addictions took over, […]