BERNIE MARSDEN: Big Boy Blues Session (CD)

They tell us ….. Bernie Marsden, original Whitesnake guitarist with his legendary blues session album originally released in 2003. Bernie co-wrote many Whitesnake hits including “Fool For Your Loving” and “Here I Go Again”. This album takes Bernie back to his roots with a classic session with many other artists with a collection of fine […]

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Joe Bonamassa – Tour De Force-Live In London

    The collectible “Miniature” Vintage Marshall Amp is A One of a Kind Box Design. The entire outside surface is covered with a leatherette to feel and look like a real amp. The “speaker cabinet” is real screen-printed cloth to give the feel of Speaker Mesh. The official Marshall Logo is used and simulated […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 17/11/22

Boogie Beasts – Who’ll Be NextSpencer Mackenzie – Can’t Do RightJoanne Shaw Taylor – Then There’s YouJeremiah Johnson – Skippin’ SchoolAlbum of the week “Let’s Burn It Down” by Andy LindquistAndy Lindquist – 14 Stone Andy Lindquist – Blue Tail StompSlim Wilson & the Swamp Brothers – Looking For troubleThe Milk Men – How Do You […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 16/11/22

Blue Milk Hard – Way To FallLarkin Poe – Strike GoldBuddy Guy – What’s Wrong With ThatBoogie Beasts – No More LoversGeorge Lamb – Stand UpThe Dig 3 – You’re The OneDr Feelgood – Mary AnnThe Commoners – DeadlinesSuperdownhome – Living DisgraceBloomin Hummerz – End Of The LineJimmy Carpenter – Travelin MoodRobert Hill & Joanne […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 15/11/22

Spencer Mackenzie – No GoodDavey Pattison Blues Band – Have A Look At YourselfAnnika Chambers & Paul DesLauriers – Mississippi QueenJohn Primer and The Real Deal – Don’t Wait Too LongJed Potts & the Hillman Hunters – To The MountainsJed Potts & The Hillman Hunters Won’t Be No UseThe Hiding Magpies – Make It AlrightBoogie […]

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BLUES MUSIC: A Short, Sad History

by Bob Strauss Updated September 13, 2017 The musical genre known as the blues is difficult to define, but you know it when you hear it: a simple chord progression, a deep bass line, and lyrics that evoke wisdom, sadness, and resignation. A “standard” blues is twelve bars long: lyrics are repeated twice in the opening […]

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ERIC CLAPTON: Planes, Trains And Eric (Blu-ray) Track listings shown here

Eric Clapton is one of the most revered and influential guitarists of all time. From his early days with the Yardbirds, through John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek And The Dominos and on to his solo career he has had consistent critical and commercial success. “Planes, Trains And Eric” follows Eric Clapton and his […]

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BLUES: What really is the Chicago style?

by Reverend Keith A. Gordon Updated March 08, 2017 When American became embroiled in World War II, it served to increase the exodus of African-Americans from the Southern states northward to cities like St. Louis, Detroit, and Chicago. Former sharecroppers were moving out of the rural areas of Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia to find jobs […]

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ROBERT CRAY: The Redux Club, Dallas Tx.Jan 21st 1987 (CD) by Robert Cray w/ special guest Stevie Ray Vaughan

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. U.S.FM Radio Broadcast 01 I Guess I Showed Her 02 Still Around 03 T-Bone Shuffle 04 […]

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CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: Probably worth taking a look: Son Of Dust Sucker (Captain’s Tapes Of Bat Chain Puller) (CD)

“New Updated version of the “Dustsucker” album which will be deleted after the current pressing has sold through. Captain Beefheart’s original tapes of the Bat Chain Puller album sent to his friend Roger Eagle in the UK to make sure they got released in the UK as in the USA the tapes were tied up […]

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Henry Mccullough – Live At Rockpalast (CD+DVD)

This is the first and only solo Rockpalast appearance by the Irish singer-guitarist and legendary Grease Bandmember who backed Joe Cocker at Woodstock in 1969 and Paul McCartney (as an original member of Wings) inthe Seventies.He has also played with Sweeney’s Men, Spooky Tooth and Eire Apparent, and contributed spoken word to PinkFloyd’s ‘Dark Side […]

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BLUES-ROCK: The six most overlooked Blues-Rock guitarists?

Reverend Keith A. Gordon / ThoughtCo writes: Let be honest here, shall we? Blues-rock fretburners like Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Stevie Ray Vaughan typically receive all the love while other talented guitarists are too often forced to wait in line to gather up whatever crumbs of critical acclaim remain. These skilled musicians bring plenty […]

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ELMORE JAMES: A very useful mini-biography

Not my words, but …….. “No two ways about it, the most influential slide guitarist of the postwar period was Elmore James, hands down. Although his early demise from heart failure kept him from enjoying the fruits of the ’60s blues revival as his contemporaries Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf did, James left a ……..” […]

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JOHNNY WINTER: True To The Blues: The Johnny Winter Story (4CD Box)

This new 4-CD box set includes 56 tracks spanning Winter’s entire major-label career from 1968 to the present day (his most recent album having been released in 2011).  Though the two-time Grammy Award nominee is looking back with this comprehensive retrospective, he’s still very much an active artist, and will mark his birthday with a […]

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Lightnin’s Boogie – Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club (Vinyl 2LP) by Lightnin’ Hopkins

On June 23, 1977, Sam ‘Lightnin’ Hopkins walked onto a small stage in a smoke & whisky filled club in Montreal and proceeded to lay down arguably his last great performance before his death 5 years later. “Lightnin’s Boogie – Live at The Rising Sun Celebrity Jazz Club” – remastered and available on vinyl for […]

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P-A-U-L Lamb – the drinks are on him again

His name took up quite a bit of the interview, for his band is P-A-U-L Lamb and the Detroit Breakdown, which would get even longer if you used the names behind those initials – Paul Andrew Ulysses Lamb. This is at least the sixth year Paul has brought his Detroit Blues-Rock to the UK, and […]

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

Question: The blues weren’t invented in Chicago, but they were certainly shaped here: urbanized, electrified, and set to a danceable beat. Suppose I want to hear the real stuff, some authentic Chicago blues, and I go to a local blues club. What will I find there? David Grazian: Nowadays a lot of Chicago blues clubs […]

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BLUES MUSIC: Mississippi Delta Blues

by Reverend Keith A. Gordon Updated July 23, 2017 Perhaps the most influential of the many styles of blues music, Mississippi Delta blues, also called Delta blues, rose out of the fertile agricultural triangle located between Vicksburg, Mississippi, to the south and Memphis, Tennessee, to the north, and bordered by the Mississippi River to the […]

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BLUES: Our office playlist 2/11/22

Larkin Poe – Bleach Blonde Bottle BluesBoogie Beasts – France ChanceSuperdownhome – New York CityAynsley Lister – AmazingRusty Wright Band – No One Cares At AllRusty Wright Band – Devil Man BluesJoanne Shaw Taylor – Then There’s YouGrant Dermody – Don’t Boss MeZZ Top – TushChuck Berry – My Mustang FordGuitar Slim – Later For […]

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