On this day in 1983 one of the greatest ever bluesmen passed away. Please take a minute to stop what you are doing and reflect on the life and achievements of Muddy Waters. “She’s nineteeen years old – and got ways like a baby child” “Whoh yeah!”

Just bumped into Ian completely by chance. He told me that it was off tonight.

Hey everyone, I have created a public calendar here that I will use in addition to this blog to share gig information. Please let me have some feedback on how this is working for you. Cheers Ken

It seems I was looking at the Podcast feed page on Feedburner rather than Dave’s real site. So please take a look at this link to go to Dave Raven’s blues podcast page. I listen every week, highly recommended.

Pop on over to Juke Joint Video by clicking here to see a great collection of videos available for you to view online for your Blues pleasure. Some of these I had seen before, but hey, the blues is too good to see just once. I watched Little Charlie and the Nightcats again just the [...]

I just followed the link to Dave’s page and on my screen it doesn’t display well as there’s a chuffing large picure forcing the screen to scroll. Don’t let this worry you, just follow the link and scroll down a bit to see the pictures and enjoy the music.

Dave Raven presents a nice podcast on the blues each week. My only criticism is that it could be encoded at a higher bitrate to increase the quality, however this is not possible due to some podcast agreement or guideline — anyway that’s not the point of this blog entry. The point is that Dave [...]

Trafficker playing at ‘The Nova’ (formerly The Lido) Prestatyn, Sat May 6th, 8pm doors

I only know about the following gigs for May… 4 May – Chris Farlow with Norman Beaker Band – Alexanders, Chester 12 May – Smokehouse Blues – Warrington Blues Club 15 May – Paul Jone and Dave Kelly – Alexanders, Chester 16 May – Rocky Athos – Harbourside Club, Liverpool Marina 16 May – Tommy [...]

Interesting radio show from NPR in the U.S. NPR : A Blues and Country Collection for Collectors: “A Blues and Country Collection for Collectors” Americans should be proud of NPR, however in my typical unbiased fashion I can state with 100% confidence that BBC Radio 4 is *the* best radio station in the world. It’s [...]

My close friends will know that my all time favourite record is “Rocking the Boat” by The William Clarke Blues Band. The piano player on that legendary record is the wonderful Fred Kaplan — born on 23 April 1954 in L.A. Happy birthday Fred. Mr. Kaplan has an amazing career and has featured on loads [...]

No great link for you to follow, nor is there a cool gig to go to. My only news is that I picked up a harmonica today and let me tell you — I loved it! I haven’t played for months and, to be honest, I had forgotten what a great and glorious instrument the [...]

I remember that the old DejaBlues TV site had a video of Rocky Athas for viewing. I’ve just checked and the The Deja Blues TV site appears to have gone now. So if you hunt around on the web you may be able to find this video again. Deja Blues also had videos of other [...]

Here’s the press release sent by John Welsh. Rocky Athas at the Harbourside Club, Liverpool Marina Tuesday 16th May 2006 (doors open at 8pm) Texan guitar-slinger Rocky Athas returns to the UK, having made such a huge impression last year – not least at The Cavern in Liverpool. His masterful guitar playing is wonderfully complemented [...]

This is timely. If you go to see Doug tomorrow then please wish him a happy 60th birthday for today, born 1946 in New York City.

Doug MacLeod is on at Worthenbury. Check out this link or this link for stories and music from Doug. Dr. Feelgood are on at Warrington, Alford Hall . Check out this link for their homepage, this link to soundfiles, finally this one for videoclips. Enjoy!