I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Stone Cold , from Russ Green , and it's a driving blues rocker. Opening with Lint Redux , you are immediately in the middle of a swampy blues with modern effects. With a firm foot stomp by Felix Pollard on drums and Vic Jackson on bass Russ Green on harmonica and vocals really has the earthy feel. Giles Corey on slide gives the track great grease and Green's harp work is strong. Excellent opener. 12 Feet of Water opens with a terrific harmonica aria before grinding into a super drum driven romp. With the feel that I can only describe as Hill Country , Green delivers such soulful vocals, comforted by Joe Monroe on keys, this track just grabs you. Green's harmonica is like a shuddering wind blowing through you with the thumping bass of Vic Jackson and Vince Agwada on guitar. Excellent! Easy going shuffle, Nobody Knows has a smooth, supple melody with backing acoustic guitar, minimal drum work and melodic ha...
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I just had the opportunity to review the debut release, JFI, from Johnny Fink and the Intrusion and I really enjoyed it. Opening with boogie track, Oh No, Johnny Fink on lead guitar and vocal is rocking out of the gates backed by Matt Newman on bass, Doug Moore on drums and Jimmy Rogers on keys. Maintaining the simmer like a master Fink slowly adds fuel to the fire and then explodes with fiery guitar riffs and pointed vocals. Very cool. On shuffle track, Hey Hey Hey, Fink has a smoother vocal sound in the Robben Ford range and the band rocks on with a driving bass line, simple, effective guitar riffs and super drums. On slow blues number, The Fall, Fink is front and center vocally, displaced only by tight, expressive guitar runs that will have you sitting back and listening ... contently. Very nice. Another real nice slow blues is Damn Broke. I have to admit, I am a sucker for slower expressive blues with cool guitar parts. I am less excited by blues ballads and Fink knows the difference building tension on his vocals with the addition of Rogers on organ and smartly phrased blues lead. Very nice. Whipping out the old slide on Knew She Was Looking, Fink opens a track that would be comfortable on a 70's Savoy Brown with it's boogie rock guitar rhythm and solid vocals. Rogers plays a strong piano and Fink rips on slide over a great bottom by Newman and Moore. With a staggered bass line and super round guitar lead, Go Away is a real nice track with some of the hottest riffs on the release. Another slow, expressive, blues track, Pain, really plays the dynamic card with quiet, soulful vocals over softly expressed chords and rim shots, parlayed into full throated blues guitar phrased melody. Really nice. Wrapping the release is It's Alright, a cool, Willie Dixon like track. A great bass line by Newman, tight drums by Moore and stark vocals by Fink, backed up by intuitive lead guitar makes for a super closer for this release. I think this release scratches an itch that you forgot you had. Excellent!
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Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson . The sexologist and music critic, Ernest Borneman , stated that Bogan along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith , was in "the big three of the blues". She was born Lucille Anderson in Amory, Mississippi , United States, and raised in Birmingham, Alabama . In 1916, she married Nazareth Lee Bogan , a railwayman, and gave birth to a son. She first recorded vaudeville songs for Okeh Records in New York in 1923, with pianist Henry Callens . Later that year she recorded " Pawn Shop Blues " in Atlanta, Georgia , which was the first time a black blues singer had been recorded outside New York or Chicago. In 1927 she began recording for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin , where she recorded her first big success, " Sweet Petunia ", which was covered by Blind Blake . She also recorded for Brunswick...
Charles LoBue was one of the fathers of the custom electric guitar business. Charles came to the industry after taking classes from Michael Gurian, first working in and around the guitar repair business in NYC in the mid 60's. Charles' interest in the business began by doing basic repairs on factory made guitars. These were primarily made by Gibson and Fender, the "Gold Standard" for electric guitars, as well as any guitar including acoustics which came through the door. As a professional player in the U.S. in the 60's, Gibson and Fender were the most likely choices if you wanted an electric guitar. It is well known that the Brits used European made guitars as well, primarily due to their accessibility. By the mid late 60's both companies had been sold to larger corporations which were not primarily in the guitar business. The basic perception even today is that the guitars made by these companies during this period were inferior in quality and also l...
It is with great sadness to report that J. Blackfoot (born John Colbert , November 20, 1946) died today, November 30, 2011 at Methodist Germantown Hospital near Memphis, TN. We will keep you abreast of service information as we receive it. J. Blackfoot will truly be missed. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! - click Here
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