GRAVENITES / BUTTERFIELD: The Record Plant ’73: News

Nick “Gravy” Gravenites the acknowledged link and catylst between the sixties white blues boy scene of Chicago and the burgeoning acid/hippy happenings of San Francisco has a remarkable and imposing CV. Writing for the Quicksilver Messenger Service, Janis Joplin’s Kosmic Blues Band and the Butterfield Blues Band, he eventually formed the Electric Flag with Mike […]

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TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND: News

Let Me Get By is the third studio album from Tedeschi Trucks Band, featuring ten new, original songs that stand together as a testament to the spirit and commitment of the tightly-knit 12-member ensemble. Driven by Susan’s soaring, spiritually charged vocals and Derek’s masterfully lyrical slide-guitar, the band’s musical talents are on display in full […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 10/12/22

Boogie Bombers – Boogie BombMud Morganfield – Leave Me AloneJohnny Rawls – Love MachineJed Potts & the Hillman Hunters – Where’s Your ManSamantha Fish – Blame It On The MoonAltered Five Blues Band – Holler If You Hear MeSpencer Mackenzie – Don’t Wanna Be Your DogBoogie Beasts – Still A FoolDr. Feelgood – She’s A […]

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MUDDY WATERS: News

Classic live radio broadcast from 30th May 1973 Includes the entire broadcast Digitally remastered for enhanced sound quality Background liners Muddy Waters had only recently completed his Australasia tour that had started in late April and finished in Perth on 11th May 1973. He arrived just two days later in Vancouver before performing five dates […]

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ELMORE JAMES: Blues After Hours (Vinyl LP)

We are told ….. Compiling singles originally released on the Flair label (a subsidiary of the legendary Modern label, known for making a star out of B.B. King, among others), this 1960 LP was released only two years before the death of electric bluesman Elmore James. One of the most important and influential slide guitarists […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 08/12/22

The Commoners – Fill My CupMud Morganfield – Blues In My ShoesRoadhouse – Steamboat SongThe Rolling Stones – Sympathy For The DevilLouisiana Red – Leaving GrandmaThe Milk Men – Gabba Gabba HeyBuddy Guy – Symptoms Of LoveAndy Lindquist – Liquid MileJimmy Johnson – The Things I Used To DoYates McKendree – QualifiedBoogie Beasts – Boogie […]

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JEREMY SPENCER: In conversation

 Asking the questions: editor Fran Leslie. You have been invited to play at the Chicago Blues Festival and I see that you are doing a workshop entitled The Art of Slide. How did that come about? In July of last year (2008), I was playing with the Norwegian band at Fitzgerald’s, a blues club in […]

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STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN: News

We are told: The entire original King Biscuit Flower Hour, WXRT, WLIR, WMMR, Washington DC and KBCO FM Broadcasts Covering performances from Nine Incredible shows; Ripley’s Music Hall 1983, The Spectrum 1984 & 1988, Chicago Blues Festival 1985, Fox Theatre 1986, Mann Music Center 1987, Red Rocks Amphitheatre 1989 and include five bonus tracks performed […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 07/12/22

The Bad Day – HurricaneThe Blueflies – Treacherous KicksBad Bob Bates – Get Your Shirt A Little WetAC/DC – Ride OnAlex Fawcett Band – Devil On Your BackThe Milk Men – Shoot The LightsMark Hummel – Creeper ReturnsSherman Robertson – Out Of Sight Out Of MindLittle Walter – Just Your FoolThe Cinelli Brothers – Married […]

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SEASICK STEVE: Interview

Kicked out of his family home at the age of 14, Steve became a genuine hobo, hopping freights all over America. Always travelling with his guitar – having been taught a few chords as a kid by Delta bluesman KC Douglas, an old pal of the legendary Tommy Johnson – in the ’60s he began […]

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SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON: Keep It To Ourselves (Limited 200g 45rpm Vinyl 2LP)

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original analog tapes Deluxe gatefold tip-on jacket from Stoughton Printing 200-gram LPs pressed at Acoustic Sounds’ state-of-the-art pressing plant, Quality Record Pressings We are told ….. An American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. One of the greatest bluesmen ever. His harp, vocals, and […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 06/12/22

Blue Milk – Hard Way To FallThe Lonely Hands Band – Did It Cross Your MindThe Milk Men – Highway WomanThe Dig 3 – Love Me Some Of YouSuperdownhome – I’m BrokeSuperdownhome – Utter DazeMick Clarke – No Fool BabyRobert Hill Band & Joanne Lediger – Preacher’s Blues Sonny Boy Williamson II – Help MeThe Rolling […]

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WALTER TROUT: Battle Scars (CD)

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, […]

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WALTER TROUT: Battle Scars (CD)

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, […]

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CHICAGO BLUES: An interview with David Grazian author of Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs

“Blue Chicago offers a revealing look at an important part of Chicago life. David Grazian spent lots of time in blues clubs all over the city, schmoozing with musicians, bartenders, club owners, and audiences, sometimes even taking the stage himself. What he uncovers is how people involved with the Chicago blues scene define the blues experience […]

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BUDDY GUY: When I Left Home – My Story by Buddy Guy

Martin Chilton writes: “Buddy Guy dedicates his memoir to Muddy Waters – “father of us all” – and some of the most sparkling and gritty reminiscences in this autobiography, called When I Left Home, concern Guy’s friendship with his fellow Blues star. Guy, winner of six Grammys and a man inducted into the Rock and […]

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CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE: Interview by Billy Hutchinson

Since the release, in 1966, of ‘Stand Back’, Charlie Musselwhite has recorded over 20 albums and received 18 WC Handy Awards and 6 Grammy nominations. In a career now running into it’s 5th decade he’s played with all the greats (John Lee Hooker was the Best Man at his wedding!) and pushed the boundaries of […]

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