Thursday, January 31, 2013

Monday, January 28, 2013

Scrapper Blackwell

Wikipedia
Blackwell was given the nickname, "Scrapper", by his grandmother, due to his fiery nature



Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Monday, January 21, 2013

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Live At Montreux 【Complete version】

Watch this one on full screen...



Notes from YouTube:


1. Program Start
2. Scuttle Buttin' 0:01:41
3. Say What!
4. Ain't Gone 'N' Give Up On Love 0:08:46
5. Pride And Joy 0:15:10
6. Mary Had A Little Lamb 0:20:18
7. Cold Shot(with Johnny Copeland) 0:24:25
8. Tin Pan Alley (aka Roughest Place In Town) 0:30:00 0:36:53
9. Look At Little Sister(with Johnny Copeland) 0:43:20
10. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 0:52:10
11. Texas Flood 1:03:09
12. SRV Talking From Stage 1:09:40
13. Life Without You 1:12:12
14. Gone Home
15. Couldn't Stand The Weather


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

B.B. King - Live in Dallas (1983) - Full Concert

Make sure you watch this one in full screen...


Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Duke Ellington Tee Shirt


Duke Ellington - T-shirts - Mens Vintage


Vintage Distressed Duke Ellington @ Monterey Jazz Festival 1966 Logo & Photo These Super Soft Distressed T-Shirts Are Custom Made To Be Much Thinner Than Regular Tees And Some Have An Outer Stitch. They Feel Like You Purchased It At A Concert In 1980, And Never Took It Off.

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The Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter 1970

Here is an oldie and a goodie!


Monday, January 14, 2013

Kokomo Arnold

Wikipedia
Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana



Saturday, January 12, 2013

Sounds of Blackness





Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Curtis Solgado - Soul Shot

Chicago Blues
Curtis Salgado fans rejoice! Clap those hands and start to dance - fast, slow, slow and swaying, and back to stomping your feet.







Sunday, January 06, 2013

Yasmin Levy and Natascha Atlas

Defies classification



Saturday, January 05, 2013

Jan Bang "...And Poppies From Kandahar"



David Honeyboy Edwards - Delta Blues

Edwards earned his nickname "Honey-Boy" from his sister, who told his mother to "look at honey boy" when he stumbled as he learned to walk as a toddler.

A real good entry in Wikipedia including
.... He performed with famed blues musician Robert Johnson with whom he developed a close friendship. Honeyboy was present on the night Johnson drank poisoned whiskey which killed him, and his story has become the definitive version of Johnson's demise....







 


Thursday, January 03, 2013

Furry Lewis - Memphis Blues





Toot Blues




Notes From YouTube:  In the late 1980s, Timothy Duffy, a penniless North Carolina musicology student, set out to document and preserve traditional southern roots and blues music. On his travels from Winston-Salem's drinkhouse music scene, an off-the-grid hotbed of gritty traditional blues, to deep-south family run churches, he found purpose and inspiration from a cast of amazingly talented, pure and unique set of characters (the artists!!).
Toot Blues remarkably captures the true essence and talent of the artists from Guitar Gabriel, a 'homeless magic potion selling' blues genius; to Willa Mae Buckner, a snake charming elderly woman taunting delightfully raunchy blues; to Beverly 'Guitar' Watkins, a grandmother who continues to tear up the stage and play a killer electric guitar behind her head; to Bishop Dready Manning and family churning out homebrewed rockabilly-gospel; to Boo Hanks, an 80 year-old bluesman recording an album for the very first time; to blind guitarist, Cootie Stark, mesmerizing crowds world-wide while never failing to find his way home by himself.
Shortly after befriending and championing for these artists Tim quickly realized the limitations set upon them by living in poverty, not only in their struggles to survive and support their families but also their ability to afford time and outlets to continue with their deepest passions-music, by a simple twist of fate, Tim along with his wife Denise, began the Music Maker Relief Foundation.
With rare footage, interviews, and numerous live performances, the film documents these unique musicians, brought together through the Music Maker community and their shared and vital musical heritage.


Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Howlin' Wolf - How many more years

Wikipedia
He explained the origin of the name Howlin' Wolf thus: "I got that from my grandfather [John Jones]." His Grandfather would often tell him stories about the wolves in that part of the country and warn him that if he misbehaved, the howling wolves would "get him".