Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour – Show Details. COREY HARRIS has dug for the deepest and truest essence of the blues, reggae, gospel and other roots music by examining and celebrating their origins in various cultural centers – Africa, the Caribbean, Appalachia, Europe and beyond. In 2007, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship grant – [...]

If anyone was wondering what Welsh bluesman Steve Blackstone (formerly from Balloos Band) has been up to recently, then check out this video. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102283129 http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=102283129

The legend Albert Collins funking it up in 1981. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lALV-bWzHaQ

23 Jan 2010 20:00 Rainford Football Club Rainford, Northwest 30 Jan 2010 21:00 The Swinging Arm Pub Birkenhead, Northwest 31 Jan 2010 16:30 Royal Oak, Standishgate, Wigan Wigan town Centre, Northwest 6 Feb 2010 21:00 The Shakespeare Pub Southport, Northwest 3 Mar 2010 21:00 Foggertys Liverpool, Northwest 4 Mar 2010 21:15 BJ’s Blues Club, The [...]

Was the first rock and roll record recorded in Dallas in 1949? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3FNLnFg6Ck It beats Ike Turner by two years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gbfnh1oVTk0 Me, I don’t care – they are both great.

Here’s a note from Alan Pearson with news of a fabulous batch of gigs for the winter and spring. Hello everyone.  A quick message to let everyone know what’s coming up in the first part of the year. At Poulton Community Hall Sat Feb 6th – Paul Lamb & The Kingsnakes Sat Feb 20th – [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMXXnLSRdBE Available in High Def directly from YouTube.

Arthur Adams – Stomp the Floor Delta Groove DGPCD135 This is the latest release from Delta Groove featuring 69 year old Arthur Adams from Medon, Tennessee who has previously released work on Blind Pig. He has had a varied and interesting career having decamped to LA in 1964 where he worked as a session guitarist [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAb8ZusfZxc

28 Jan – Rhythm Zoo 05 Feb – Ricky Cool and the Hoola Boola Boys 12 Feb – Junior Parker Band Here’s what they say about Ricky Cool… Just let the Hoola Boola re-ignite your smile. Yes that’s exactly what Ricky Cool and The Hoola Boola Boys are all about. Ricky has long been known [...]

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Here’s an update from Chris Denton in Carlisle. Happy New Year!  Now that the new decade is here we can look forward to some great music for this year. Many of the gigs are at Club 35 but there will be quite a number at the Brickyard due to non availability of the room in [...]

The video header information says rare.  I have few doubts about that. In four parts, I have just posted the first two, I’m certain that you can find the others if you like. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH27r-YOkF8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevmRrjJciY

JEFF CHAPMAN – Big Jeff’s Blues -Vol 1 no label This is a raw dose of bar-room foot stamping blues featuring ZZ Top lookalike Jeff Chapman whom I presume might hail from Greenville Illinois as the credits indicate that the cd was recorded and mixed there. The opener, I’m a Bluesman is a basic raw [...]

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – Old Man River http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNjD9DYp33g

Songwriter Bobby Charles passed away this morning; the cause has yet to be determined. The writer of “Walking to New Orleans” and “See You Later Alligator” had struggled with ill-health for years, including back problems and a bout with cancer that was in remission. Those problems led him to miss a scheduled appearance at the [...]