ELVIN BISHOP “Red Dog Speaks” (Delta Groove Music – DGPCD138) Slide master Elvin Bishop’s second release for Delta Groove Music, following the star-studded “The Blues Rolls On” in 2008, sees the veteran paying homage to his trustee ’59 Gibson Stereo ES 345 guitar, “Red Dog”, with the 11 tracks on offer being very varied, and [...]

‘Delta Blues’ Brings Tourists To An Economically Depressed South. As Facebooked by James Carlyle

The Birth of an Airline in a Delta Cotton Field by Noel Workman Gulf Coast Airlines? Doubtful. Hill Country Airlines? Never heard of it. Delta Airlines? Now that’s a different story….. Read the full article over on the Delta Magazine site. http://www.deltamagazine.com/delta.html

The Boot and Shoe in Nantwich is holding a bank holiday weekend festival and some blues bands are on the bill. The Cartellos Rhythm Zoo The Crawl Check out the website…. http://www.thebootandshoe.com/What%27s%20On/BATB%202010%20home.htm or download the flyer http://www.bluesinthenorthwest.com/Media/2010BATBFlyer.pdf ALL EVENTS ARE FREE

Sweet little ditty about The Old Neptune in Whitstable, Kent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Yr0jCMM4M

Great news that the blues jam night hosted by Noel Ward, the HOOCHIE COOCHIE MANcunian has been extended. Manchester Blues Jam – 1st Tues of each month The Bull’s Head Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester. M45 8QP 1st Tues of every month Excellent house band, in Noel’s words and playing with Noel are….. Drums; Mark [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupcbiNHkrU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML_97DsnF38 Can’t wait!

“Between 1975 and 1977, Michael Abramson hit Chicago’s South Side night clubs – Perv’s House, Pepper’s Hideout, The High Chaparral, The Patio Lounge, and The Showcase Lounge, not to capture the artists on stage, instead popping off a half dozen rolls every night on the crowd.” http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/2010/07/light-on-the-south-side

THE BIG BLUES FESTIVAL   3 – 6 September 2010 Pontin’s Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park, Prestatyn, North Wales, Denbighshire LL19 7LA There is a NEW weekend Festival at Pontins Prestatyn with a great line-up at a fantastic value-for-money price! Line-Up Sherman Robertson (USA) Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges (USA) Aynsley Lister The Stumble Nicky Moore’s Blues Corporation Little [...]

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BARE BONES BOOGIE BAND (self-titled – BBBBCD1) Released at the turn of this year, comes the debut from the rocking Southern-based Bare Bones Boogie Band – a four-piece comprising of Helen Turner (vocals), Iain Black (guitar), Trev Turley (bass) and Andy Jones (drums). The band deal in a hybrid of classic British rock with blues [...]

According to Tom Radai: PHILLIP WALKER HAS DIED 4:30am heart failure. No further details at this time.

THE MARTIN HARLEY BAND – Worthenbury Village Hall, Friday July 16th This was the first time that Martin Harley and his band had appeared in the region and whilst the schools breaking up that day had affected the attendance, a good crowd nevertheless enjoyed one of the best nights in Worthenbury in a long, long [...]

Not a YouTube but a NYT Special http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20081203_odetta.html

The next Wyre Blues show at Fleetwoods Marine Hall takes place on Thursday July 29th and features the young West Country Guitarist Jay Tamkin with his band. 22 year old Jay Tamkin describes ‘Sorted’ his debut album on Wienerworld as ‘a documentary of my musical steps so far’. It’s a significant observation for while this [...]