Bman's Blues Report

 I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Storyteller , from Irish blues-rock sensation, Eamonn McCormack and it touches on many faces of european rock. Opening with The Great Famine , a folky rock tune with atmospheric backing and tight rock guitar riffs, Eamonn (pronounced A-min) McCormack  leads on vocal and guitar, backed by Edgar Karg on bass, Max Jung-Poppe on drumsand Arne Weigand on keys. Sounding a bit like David Bowie with the Beatles, Help Me To Understand is a sool, low key rocker with a solid bass line by Karg and powerful vocals by Eamonn. Jacking up the rock side of the business, Tie One On sounds like it's heavily influenced by Thin Lizzy with it's snappy drum rhythm and super Rory Gallagher like slide work. Very cool. One of my favorite tracks on the release is hard driving, Cowboy Blues , with it's tight bottom and slashing slide work. Very cool. On blues ballad, In A Dream, McCormack is up front on vocal with solid support from We...

Time: May 31, 2012 at 6pm to June 3, 2012 at 11:45pm Location: BALLYSHANNON City/Town: BALLYSHANNON Website or Map: http://www.goingtomyhometown.… Event Description ROLLING STONES - MICK TAYLOR & HIS BAND / HORSLIPS / DR. FEELGOOD / BRIAN "ROBBO" ROBERTSON (ex. Thin Lizzy) with EAMONN McCORMACK BAND / PAT McMANUS BAND / SINNERBOY / JOHNNY GALLAGHER & BOXTIE / MOONCHILD / SHINKICKER / LARRY MILLER BAND / LAUNDROMAT / DAVE McHUGH BAND .... the list goes on - RORY GALLAGHER INTERNATIONAL TRIBUTE FESTIVAL 2012 - Full Programme of nightl...

John Bonham of Led Zeppelin with Professor Longhair, Photo by Sidney Smith Today is the birthday of the funky, enigmatic, and wildly talented Professor Longhair, who’s outstanding life and music have touched millions for generations. Lovingly known far and wide as the “Fess”, the godfather of New Orleans piano, Professor Longhair was born Henry Byrd on Dec 19th, 1918 in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The family moved to New Orleans shorty after his birth and, though he did get music lessons from his mother, he would say that his first musical instruments where the bottoms of his feet! As a child, he used to tap dance on street corners of the French Quarter for spare change. Byrd didn’t get any real serious interest in music until he was in his late teens. He was a member of a dance troupe when he had to fill in for the drummer one night (no one knew he could play the drums — not even him!). Tuts Washington, the piano player in that group, told Byrd he should continue with the drums...