You know James Cotton’s career has spanned 69 years and his new release Cotton Mouth Man proves that there’s no quit in the man! Way back in the late 60s, the rock music scene was still in its infancy, young folks wanted to know where rock music came from Muddy Waters and Brownie McGhee told [...]
So how would you like to be a blues artist and share a birthday with the great Robert Johnson? Well if you’d like to know, just ask Joe Bonamassa. Robert Johnson was born on this date in 1911 and 66 years later along come Joe! Hum, Joe was a child prodigy. He caught the [...]
So I was checking out the newly released albums today at New Releases Now and I see that the great James Cotton has a new release Cotton Mouth Man. James Cotton (born July 1, 1935, Tunica, Mississippi, United States)[1] is an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who has performed and recorded with many [...]
So yesterday I was checking out this weeks Roots Music Report’s Blues Chart and I saw an album debuting at Number 8 that looked interesting, Tell You What from Jason Elmore and Hoodoo Witch. I went to MOG gave it the 30 second test and quickly put it on the iPhone and have been enjoying it [...]
So on the ride up to South Brunswick this morning, the soundtrack of the trip was Turquoise, the new album from Devon Allman. Now I’ve heard Devon before on both his album with The Honeytribe, and his work with Royal Southern Brotherhood and I think that this is some of best work. Here’s some background [...]
Today in 1930, one of the greatest, no the greatest harmonica player was born, Little Walter. Little Walter influenced all the great harp players that came after him, just like Hendrix! He was also the first musician to amplify the harmonica! From Wikipedia: Little Walter, born Marion Walter Jacobs (May 1, 1930 – February 15, [...]
So born on this day in 1935 was a very influential blues musician Mr. Otis Rush. Rush is a native of Philadelphia… Mississippi that is! Wikipedia has this to say about Rush… … His distinctive guitar style features a slow burning sound and long bent notes. With similar qualities to Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, [...]
Today I traveled over the Burlington-Bristol Bridge and out Street Road to the Costco in Warminster,Pa. The reason I traveled all that way today was to see about getting new hearing aids! Why go to Costco? – well their cost for hearing aids is one-half price of their competitors! I will be getting two aids [...]
So on this date in 1923, alphabetically the first of the “Three Kings” of Blues was born, Albert King.Albert had a major impact on the blues and rock music. On December 11th, 2012, it was announced that King would be posthumously inducted into the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.From Wikipedia: One of the [...]
So the soundtrack for the trip back from the New Gretna exist of the Garden State Parkway was the new album Shake It from the Wisconsin based blues group Johnny & the Mo-Tones. The other day in the first listen I thought what great jump blues, songs that really get you moving! Today, as I listened, I [...]
