Bman's Blues Report

Featuring performances and/or interviews of: T.D.Bell and the Cadillacs---Grey Ghost---W.C. Clark---Blues Boy Hubbard and The Jets---Erbie Bowser---L.P. Peterson---Eveta Turner---Jean and The Rollettes---Hosea Hargrove---Major Burkes---Bill Campbell---Ural DeWitty---Little Willie Bell---A J Manor---Little Herman Reese---Lavada Durst Plus interviews with B.B.King, Clifford Antone, Bobby Blue Bland and Victory Grill proprietor and promoter Johnny Holmes If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, -  ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band!

Formed in 2009 in Fremantle Western Australia the Suntones are a four piece country/blues roots based band currently playing in and around Perth WA. The line-up is Chris Harwood -Acoustic upright bass/vocals, Steve Smith acoustic guitar/mandolin/vocals, Jeff Barham - Acoustic/Electric guitar, mandolin, Dobro and vocals, Andrew Smith - drums. The Sun Tones play a wide range of songs including country influenced originals and roots based covers that appeal to a diverse audience. The general approach is low volume and we specialise in unplugged or totally acoustic performances but are also comfortable in the electrified format. Our influences include The Dingoes, Steve Earle, Paul Kelly, Carl Perkins, JJ Cale, Lucinda Williams and Little Feat. The Suntones recently returned from a successful tour of the 2012 Tamworth Country Music Festival where they impressed audiences with their catchy originals and quirky covers. The Suntones first Album titled "In the Valley" contains ...

Samantha Fish - guitar Danielle Schnebelen - bass Kate Moss - guitar Jimmy Hall - sax/vocals Reese Wynans - keyboard Kris Schnebelen - drums The Blue Star Connection is a charity working to get musical instruments to children fighting illnesses. The charity event raised over $9,000 just on that Sunday alone. In front of the stage were a bunch of newly purchased instruments that were going directly to Oklahoma City Children's Hospital the next morning.Two people gave guitars and there was even a nice piano donated. Lazy Dave won the guitar raffle winning a Stratocaster signed by all kinds of blues artists and put it BACK up for auction to raise more money! Kudos to Lazy Dave! This charity is really on the move! Samantha Fish performed with her band and was really on fire that evening just returning from Germany working with her new label RUF Records. Trampled Under Foot did a set along with special guest Jimmy Hall from the Wet Willie Band. The show was great and we played all ni...

Watch the brand new promo video for Europe’s new single "Firebox" Academy Events and the DHP in association with The Agency Group are pleased to announce Europe’s “ Bag of Bones UK Tour 2012” .  Hot off  the heels of last year’s Balls N’ Banners UK Tour and sold out concert at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, Sweden’s biggest hard rock band undertakes a nationwide November 2012 UK Tour.  Very special guest on all UK dates is the US rock band StoneRider . Tickets can bee booked online from www.eventim.co.uk and www.ticketweb.co.uk .   All tickets are priced £18.50, except London Shepherd’s Bush Empire (£20.00). The highly anticipated UK tour follows hot on the heels of Europe’s ninth studio album, Bag Of Bones , and the Planet Rock radio playlisted singles Not Supposed To Sing The Blues and Firebox . Classic Rock Magazine recently rated Europe’s previous album, Last Look At Eden , as one of the best hard rock album...

I just received the newest release, Gotta Earn It , from Altered Five . This is one of the more entertaining new recordings that I've heard in the past few months. The opening track, Ain't That Peculiar , a song made popular by Marvin Gaye has a definite R&B feel revved up with Albert King like guitar riffs by Jeff Schroedl. What's not to like! Three Wishes , having more of a soul ballad style really showcases leader Jeff Taylor's vocal abilities and gives Jeff Schroedl a nice opening to again showcase his chops on lead guitar. The title track, You've Got To Earn It , has a definite southern soul sound but holding tight to the blues with blistering guitar riffs from Jeff Schroedl and fine rhythm backing from drummer Scott Schroedl, bassist Mark Solveson and key man Ray Tevich. Keep The Best takes a modern uptempo blues shuffle stance with the ever constant great vocals from JT but unexpected ripping guitar soloing from Jeff Schroedl who not only exhibits gre...

VIZZTONE NEWS — IMPORTANT STUFF YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW!  NEW MITCH WOODS CD/DVD Blues Beyond Borders - Live in Istanbul! click the CD to listen or buy at VizzTone.com   ;-) VizzTone is proud to present Mitch Woods' latest CD/DVD Blues Beyond Borders / Live In Istanbul !     Boogie Woogie piano maestro Mitch Woods brings his all-star Rocket 88s, featuring noted players from his two home bases, New Orleans and San Francisco, on a five week tour of the Republic of Turkey.  Mitch brings the sounds of Boogie Woogie, Jump Blues, Swing and New Orleans Rhythm & Blues to an eager new audience and proves that Blues is truly BEYOND BORDERS.      "In October 2010, I embarked with my band the Rocket 88’s on a tour of Turkey with the Efes Blues Festival, playing 26 shows in 20 cities over 5 weeks.  I was deeply impressed ...

Long-time pro-player on the International Folk and Roots Circuit touring Britain, Europe and world-wide... Major festivals include Cambridge Folk Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Glasgow Celtic Connections, Hong Kong, Skagen Denmark, San Daniele del Friuli Italy, Inglemunster Belgium and Auckland New Zealand Folk Festivals... Major folk and blues venues include The Sage Gateshead, Southbank Purcell Room, Wavendon Stables, Treibhaus Innsbruck, Jazzhaus Freiburg, Mahogany Hall Bern... Nine recorded vinyl and video albums..three current CDs available and one DVD... Music influences include Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy, Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, Rev Gary Davis, Blind Willie McTell, Woody Guthrie, Tom Rush, John Prine and Steve Goodman... Plays picking-style ragtime and folk blues on a custom-made large-body 'JJ' model acoustic guitar made by Ralph Bown of York (England)...highly recommended....a Johnny Joyce Aria 12 and Martin OM28V.... Currently working solo and...

SUMTER BRUTON is considered by many to be one of the top interpreters of the T-Bone Walker guitar style as well as an authority on blues and rhythm and blues music. He was born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in a musical family. His late father was a jazz drummer and his younger brother, the late Stephen Bruton, was a guitarist, singer, songwriter and record producer. Sumter’s career began when he started playing guitar in 1962. The first bands he played in were college blues and rock & roll combos. In 1968 Sumter joined the Robert Ealey Blues Band. He was the only white musician in the group that became Robert Ealey and the 5 Careless Lovers in 1972. In 1974 Sumter formed his own band called Boogie Uproar, a blues and R&B band that featured a horn section. A year later he formed a similar band called Rhumboogie. In 1977 Sumter, along with singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Colegrove, started the Juke Jumpers, a legendary Texas R&B, rockabilly, jazz and swing band. The J...

Hamilton and Band are back from Europe and will be recording a new CD this November and December!  We'll keep you all updated...November shows listed below, and all tour dates are at www.hamiltonloomis.com/schedule.htm. NOVEMBER 2012 FRI 2nd Houston TX MONNALISA ROOM @ HOTEL SORELLA 10pm 713-973-1600 SAT 3rd Houston TX PRIVATE PARTY 8:30pm THU 8th Kemah TX JACKIE'S BRICKHOUSE 8pm 832-864-2459 FRI 9th Port Arthur TX DYLAN'S 9pm 409-722-1600 SAT 10th Lafayette LA  BLUE MOON SALOON 9pm 337-234-2422 FRI 16th Houston TX LAST CONCERT CAFE (all ages) 713-226-8563 CLAY MELTON opens @ 8pm, HAMILTON @ 9:30pm CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS SAT 17th Conroe TX QUALITY SLEEP SHOPS CUSTOMER APPRECIATION PARTY (open to public, all ages, BYOB) 7:30pm 936-447-5337

Bill Gaither (April 21, 1910 or 1905 or 1908, Belmont, Kentucky — 1956 or more likely 1970) sometimes known as "Little Bill" Gaither or Leroy's Buddy, was an American blues guitarist and singer. Gaither recorded hundred of songs for labels such as Decca, Arhoolie and Okeh. He was often partnered with the pianist George "Honey" Hill, and the duo patterned themselves after Leroy Carr and his guitarist, Scrapper Blackwell. One of Gaither's most famous blues songs was "Champ Joe Louis", recorded on June 23, 1938, the day after Louis won his rematch against Max Schmeling. Ethnomusicologists have cited Gaither among a group of important but understudied 20th century musicians. His blues lyrics have been appreciated as poetry. Gaither is buried in New Crown Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana, where jazz musician Wes Montgomery is also interred. If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fat...

George Murphy "Pops" Foster (May 19, 1892 – October 29, 1969) was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally. Foster was born to Charley and Annie Foster on a plantation near McCall in Ascension Parish near Baton Rouge in south Louisiana. His family moved to New Orleans when he was about ten years of age. His older brother, Willard Foster, began playing banjo and guitar; George started out on a cello then switched to string bass. Foster married twice: to Bertha Foster in 1912 and Alma Foster in 1936. Pops Foster was playing professionally by 1907 and worked with Jack Carey, Kid Ory, Armand Piron, King Oliver and other prominent hot bands of the era. In 1921 he moved to St. Louis to play with the Charlie Creath and Dewey Jackson bands, in which he would be active for much of the decade. He also joined Ory in Los Angeles. He acquired the nickname "Pops" because he was far older than ...

Born: 29 September 1969 / Biel-Bienne (CH) First performance: 1984 The media call him: King of Boogie It all started in 1977, when Nico Brina, then aged eight, discovered a piano at his neighbour’s house. It was love at first sight, and it was also a love which remains unbroken to this day. With total devotion and limitless passion, Nico has developed a unique talent over the years which is characterised by incredibly fast boogie-woogie rhythms, dizzying bass lines, artistically sparkling melody lines and spectacular chords and audio avalanches that he plays with both his hands and his feet. At the beginning, he drew his inspiration from Elvis Presley and the classics of the big American boogie-woogie stars. Yet Nico Brina rapidly developed his own unmistakable style which has made him well known far beyond his homeland. Whether it’s in a small club, a big concert hall, on a cruise ship, in the Caribbean, in Dubai or in Kazakhstan: Nico Brina’s music is listened to with enthusiasm...

Well, it all started back in year zero with a band called Delta and a lot of smoke, later there was talk of world domination and of course enlightenment. We decided that if it was in fact noise and playing with other people's heads in smoky rooms that was to be the way... then that's just the way it had to be...The only reason we do it is because it gets us high playing all this Frock, Flazz & Blues music. Then the smoke filled rooms became fewer and other people's heads became screwier, so we decided that smearing love across the masses was now to be the way... Fuelled by the psychedelic, enslaved by our imaginations we set out on a voyage of discovery, pitted against the apathy of our lovely hometown we ventured forth to show them all that getting high is just a state of mind, and feeling down is just another... So we exalted in the spirit and made music to help realise the way, we danced cavorted and otherwise comingled to call upon the spirits of our ancestors ...

October 2012 In this issue Lockerbie Jazz Festival Kobe Jazz Street Festival Upcoming Release of Nouveau Stride Album November West Coast Tour Dear Friends, I hope this message finds you well, and that if you are affected by the big storm on the East Coast of the U.S., you are safe and sound.  Since my last newsletter, I've had some fun experiences playing in Scotland and Japan, and now am looking forward to a new CD release as well as to my annual tour of California. Lockerbie Jazz Festival My overseas trip at the end of September began in the United Kingdom with the Lockerbie Jazz Festival.  It was my first time to play and to be in Scotland.  This festival combines both traditional and modern styles, so I was honored to be one of the musicians representing classic jazz.  I had the chance to see a good part of the countryside -- miles and miles of open pasture dotted with sheep ...

I just received a copy of Who Needs Shelter , the newest release from Half Deaf Clatch . Clatch has put together 14 tracks of primitive blues music using nothing but a resonator guitar, slide, butcher block stomp board, stompbourine and his own voice. Track 1, Dancing In The Rain , is a mix between delta and Richie Havens. Well Well has some smooth slide resonator work with open tuning and a cool delta flare. Oh My Daze although still primitive in nature has a lot more of a modern sound to it. The influences of more contemporary rock sounds are apparent although they work nicely rather than conflicting with Clatch's theme. Handful o' Trouble is a cool Piedmont style country blues, keeping with the sound of original blues but with a touch of today. Good Deal Blues is a happy go lucky tune with finger picking resonator and Clatch's honest voice. (singing the) Working Blues is done acapella much like that of an old work song. It captures the feel of the original stylin...

Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne Release Amoeba Collective National release date on November 6 from Busted Flat Records Songwriters Tippy Agogo and Bill Bourne team up with virtuoso guitarist Madagascar Slim and veteran drummer Michelle Josef on a new recording Amoeba Collective . Amoeba Collective is a certified organic project featuring ten original songs that are a brilliant and compelling blend of Blues, Rock, World Beat Hip Hop, Electro-Acoustic with a dash of Country. Sharing the songwriting and lead vocals equally, Tippy and Bill constructed a variety of songs that serve as vehicles for a multi-genre improv romp that exudes a sense of celebration and conveys a global sensibility. Madagascar Slim contributes his inimitable Hendrix/Malagasy guitar to the colourful melee and drummer Michelle Josef ties it all together with rock solid grooves.  Tom Mennier's wonderful piano and Donato Scipioni's fat bass fill out the fus...

      NICK AND THE OVOROLS TO RELEASE THEIR DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM "TELEGRAPH TABOO" JA N. 22, 2013!   THE CHICAGO BASED BLUES-ROCK FOURSOME OFFERS THEIR NEW SINGLE "HEED THE WORDS I SAY" AS A FREE DOWNLOAD!   Nick and the Ovorols (left to right: Carlos Showers (guitar),Vic Jackson (bass), Nick Peraino (vocals, guitar), Lance Lewis (drums) [photo credit: Chris Monaghan of Mo Pho ]   Nick and The Ovorols are preparing the release of their debut studio LP Telegraph Taboo early next year - an album that finds the Chicago-based foursome injecting deep soul, spirited guitar-driven rock and even a bit of psychedelia into their heavy bedrock of electrified blues. The group is lead by vocalist and guitarist Nick Peraino , a native New Englander who moved to Chicago in '98 to pursue studies in jazz guitar at DePaul University. A strong passion for blues music was a deciding factor in choosing to attend college in Chicago. Perain...