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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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TEXAS LOVE - LOS GUMBO Blues Band

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LOS GUMBO Blues Band, born in november 2008 in Gran Canaria Island (Spain), get their name from the most popular Louisiana dish and that's what they are: a creole mix of all old and modern influences that you may find in Blues Music.... L O S G U M B O BLUES BAND ESPAÑOL: Los Gumbo Blues Band, nacen en Las Palmas de Gran Canaria oficialmente en noviembre del 2008, tras 1 año de infructuosos intentos de crear una formación sólida y comprometida con un género poco explorado en la isla hasta entonces. ALBERTO GULIAS (voz, batería, armóníca) y RICARDO BARINAGA (bajo) iniciadores del proyecto original, consiguen finalmente contar con la valiosa colaboración de ANTONIO MANZANARES a la guitarra para arrancar en formación de Trío y estrenar su primer repertorio de Blues en Mayo del 2009.Toman su nombre del sabroso plato criollo de Luisiana que Alberto cocina habitualmente para mantener al grupo unido alrededor de un caldero. Sus directos sorprenden desde un inicio por incluír sonidos qu...