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Does anyone remember the heady, blues filled days of the 1990s when Texan bluesman Bobby Mack was a regular visitor to these shores?
Well Bobby is back out playing again and will be hosting a live webcast of his gig tonight from The Big Easy in Houston, Texas.
The fun starts at at 21.30 CST which is a crushing 6 hours behind the UK, so is a 3.30am start.
Check out http://www.bobbymack.com for details.
What a great idea.
Just get some musicians together, let them play and record the results.
http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/index.php?page=ep27
My old mate Neil Partington’s band were featured live on BBC Radio Lancashire Bluenotes yesterday – with three of the songs from the forthcoming CD.
BBC iPlayer – Lancashire Bluenotes: 29/01/2010 http://bit.ly/d5Bepr
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 – commonly referred to as a “genius award.” Corey’s latest CD on Telarc Records is blu.black. It’s a collection of primarily blues and reggae songs that examine the African-American story of earlier centuries and connects it to the present day and future generations.
http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp
This week there is a Chicago theme at Wolfgang’s Vault. So you’d think that they would have some blues, right?
Right!
… and more
Chuck Berry 1967
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/chuck-berry/concerts/winterland-march-18-1967.html?
Rory Gallagher 1978
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/rory-gallagher/concerts/bottom-line-november-10-1978-early-show.html?
and loads, loads more….
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/concerts
**STOP PRESS**
I was just about to publish this post when Jonny Spencer from bluesinthenorthwest.com favourites The Stumble emailed in the paydirt.
Lots of blues and other good stuff at the microsite for Ash Grove – including Muddy from 1971.
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/concerts/support/ash-grove.html?
Honey, Where You Been So Long? http://bit.ly/7YmaAh – featuring Leroy Carr – Court Room Blues (1934)
Two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel is one of Australia’s most respected musicians. The legendary guitarist has a professional career that spans almost five decades and continues to intersect with some of the finest musicians throughout the world. Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to try this “fingerpicker” style as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans.
http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=548
http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp Show 548
CHRIS SMITHER’s unique brand of blues-infused folk has, over the years, proven him to be what The Boston Herald aptly deemed “a one-man band of blues-inspired power that can justly be called locomotive.” After hearing Lightnin’ Hopkins album Blues in the Bottle in 1960, Chris was inspired and began performing. His career has stretched four decades and 13 albums. He has a long standing relationship with Bonnie Raitt that took shape in 1972 when Bonnie recorded Chris’s “Love Me Like a Man” and “I Feel The Same” in 1973. His latest is Time Stands Still and is his first CD released on his own label Mighty Albert. It’s a masterful work that stands as the quintessence of his life’s work while throwing in some new wrinkles that reflect where he’s been and what he’s encountered since the last time around.
http://www.woodsongs.com/showdetailspage.asp?SN=547
http://www.woodsongs.com/showlist.asp Show 547
Honey, Where You Been So Long?.
Jack Rose – Dark Was The Night (2008)
Jack Rose – Dark Was The Night (2004)
Stephan Mathieu – Key To the Kingdom pt. 1 (2009)
Stephan Mathieu – Key To The Kingdom pt. 2 (2009)
Man this is good. Posted over on Blues-L by Chuck Nevitt who was in a funky mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5X6juXuook
You can now hear audio samples of all 10 tracks from the latest Broke & Hungry Records release, Ain’t It Lonesome by Jimmy “Duck” Holmes. Just wander over to http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jimmyholmes3 to give it a listen.
The CD also is available through the Broke & Hungry Records web site at www.brokeandhungryrecords.com.
There is a 60th birthday interview with Bonnie Raitt on bluesmobile.com
http://www.thebluesmobile.com/
Scroll down an inch and click the audio file.
Bonnie was also featured on Radio 2 with a session recorded in 1999 (I think). Available on iPlayer.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00njfsv/Radio_2_Live_Radio_2_Live_Bonnie_Raitt/
Simon McBride
Matt Schofield
Ian Siegal (solo)
Matt Schofield and The Backbones
Matt Schofield Trio
Ian Siegal & The Matt Schofield Trio
http://nugenerecords.com/downloads.php
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