Harper Goin’ Up The Country, Worthenbury, Friday July 27th This was the first ever gig in the UK for Australian roots singer and harp player Harper and was a warm up gig prior to his appearance at the Maryport Festival the next day. Now a resident of Michigan he was backed by his young enthusiastic [...]

A few Maryport photos have appeared on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gibson/sets/72157601084037978/

There is an unconfirmed story that Jimmy “T-99″ Nelson passed away yesterday. I don’t think that I’ll be able to post more news on this as I am away for the next four days and the site will be on autopublish.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TDFtSx32y0

After hearing the other week that Gene Taylor had left the Fabulous Thunderbirds to live in Belgium, I ran a YouTube search to see if there was any recent footage of Gene Taylor over here on our side of the pond. What a bonus. Here is Gene Taylor with the fabulous James Harman and a [...]

Here’s a great recent photo of James. I wonder how he keeps that beard clean? Flickr photo James Harman Originally uploaded by CWDPhotos.

LiveBluesWorld.com » Uncle John Turner: 1944-2007

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Well you all know that Alex Schultz is one of my favourite modern guitar players. The man has class, bags of class, groove and chops to boot. I’d even bet that he’s a really top bloke. Anyway, here’s a recent clip (April 2007) of Alex in what looks like Italy. People who know me well [...]

We all know that phishing is a growing problem in the modern Internet.  These days, fake sites look very realistic and anybody can be fooled into entering private, valuable and maybe costly information into a phishing site. I just took the McAfee SiteAdvisor Phishing Quiz and I was amazed how accurate the fake sites were. [...]

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2538796020070726 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Blues singer Etta James is in stable condition in a Los Angeles hospital, suffering from complications following abdominal surgery, her manager said on Wednesday. The 69-year-old rock ‘n’ roll pioneer was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, following the mid-June surgery, Lupe De Leon wrote in an email to Reuters. James [...]

Y’all know that I love Memo and the boys. Here’s a new video of the band minus Memo. I am looking forward to the September gig in Warrington. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doBxWACSDco

Here’s the official Delmark trailer for the Jimmy Burns DVD. It’s not strictly a YouTube as it’s really a Google video. I know that I have posted before but it is well worth another look. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7611108206667866999

Dave Gross – Take the gamble SwingNation Records SNCD 388006   When I read that Dave Gross was only 22 years old, my heart sank. I expected yet another plank spanking guitar hero. I did not expect a great-sounding CD filled with a balanced selection of blues, covering styles ranging from gypsy jazz influenced swing [...]

This is a killer.  I have posted before but it’s worth a new show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lytV_AekcRQ Stick around – there are two tunes.  Both have a killer rhythm.

One thing that I have noticed as a big difference between blues clubs in the US and the UK is the quantity and quality of the dancing. The clubs in the US seem to have the dance floor full all night and the ‘Merkins seem to have knowledge of how to actually dance to blues [...]