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💿 ALBUM REVIEW: John Primer and Friends - Tribute To Theresa's Lounge

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John fell in love with the blues as a child when his father and an older cousin played guitar and sang at night after a hard day in the fields. His mother moved to Chicago to secure a job and support her family. She promised to bring John and his sister to the big city when they reached age 18, leaving them with family. Depressed and lonely, young Primer frequently went into the neighboring woods, where he cried his troubles away and began singing the blues in solitude. He eventually built himself a diddley bow on the side of his grandmother's house out of broom wire, two nails and a brick and began accompanying himself as he sang, eventually playing for dimes and quarters in his schoolyard. After listening to Jimmy Reed , Little Milton, B.B. King , Albert King and Muddy Waters on his grandmother's record player, his biggest dream was to play alongside Muddy Waters one day. 🎵 LISTEN & SUPPORT THE ALBUM ▶ Listen to Album Samples (Clic...
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Snatch It Back and Hold It - John O'Leary

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JOHN O'LEARY is one of the pioneers of the art of the blues harp in the UK. Originally from Ireland, John's family was part of the massive migration to England in the aftermath of World War 2. In London's thriving jazz clubs of the 1960's he first heard blues harp player Cyril Davies with Alexis Korner's Blues Inc. John bought his first instrument in 1962 and learned to play by listening and watching Davies. Inevitably, he discovered the great masters of the blues harmonica; Sonny Boy Williamson No.1, Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Noah Lewis, James Cotton, Shakey Horton and Junior Wells. John's career has seen his involvement with numerous bands and musicians over four decades. Beginning in 1965 with Savoy Brown's Blues Band through to the present day John O'Leary & Sugarkane, John has continued to maintain a prominent position on the British and European blues scene.
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  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2024 at 2:32 AM

    Great harmonica player bad father! John's illegitimate daughter Sarah Brooke born 19th October 1965 to mother Thelma Brooke 17 years old groupie of Foxley Road Thornton Heath Surrey. John never tried to make contact with his daughter Sarah!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2024 at 2:36 AM

    Great harmonica player poor father. Sarah Brooke illegitimate daughter born 19th October 1965 to mother Thelma Brooke 17 years old groupie of Foxley Road Thornton Heath Surrey.
    John never tried to make contact with his daughter!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 12, 2024 at 1:16 PM

    Hope she may one day be proud of his contribution, however lax he was in his duties. Champion Jack Dupree once described him as the best harp player since Sonny Boy Williamson.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2026 at 12:58 PM

    O'learys daughter is Not proud of him!

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  5. AnonymousMay 10, 2026 at 5:13 AM

    O'leary sexually Abused a very young girl of just 17 years old and left her with an internal injury. He also walked away from his baby Daughter who he did Not want to see or know of. It's a pity his mouth organ did not choke him to death. Self Centred O'leary deserved his demise.
    Signed Alex, a man that knew him.

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