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Friday, December 9, 2011
Gregg Wright at MAVERICK'S FLAT, L.A. EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN JANUARY, 2012!
New Jimi Hendrix Experience, 50% Off Hendrix Poster, Download Hot Tuna
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WNTI 91.5 Rock-it Science with Greg Lewis - Playlist December 8, 2011
Hurricane, Ray Manzarek Roy Rogers, Translucent Blues
Start: 20:00:00 Duration : 0:00
Little Red Rooster, Doors, Alive She Cried
Start: 23:09:40 Duration : 0:00
Terraplane Blues with John Lee Hooker, Roy Rogers, Slidewinder
Start: 23:10:38 Duration : 0:00
Riders On The Storm , Ray Manzarek Roy Rogers, Ballads Before The Rain
Start: 23:12:06 Duration : 0:00
Bicentennial Blues, Ray Manzarek, It All Started With Rock n' Roll And Now It's Out Of Control
Start: 23:12:48 Duration : 0:00
A phone chat with , Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers, from their California homes
Start: 23:14:35 Duration : 0:00
Game Of Skill, Ray Manzarek Roy Rogers, Translucent Blues
Start: 23:15:52 Duration : 0:00
King Bee, Doors, Live In Detroit
Start: 23:16:21 Duration : 0:00
Mystery Train, Doors, Live In Hollywood
Start: 23:16:48 Duration : 0:00
Requiem For A Heavyweight, Roy Rogers, Split Decision
Start: 23:17:35 Duration : 0:00
He's a Dog [with Roy Rogers], Elvin Bishop, Gettin' My Groove Back
Start: 23:18:27 Duration : 0:00
Do The Do, Howlin' Wolf, Power Of The Voice
Start: 23:19:30 Duration : 0:00
I'll Be Home On Tuesday, Hubert Sumlin, My Guitar and Me
Start: 23:20:54 Duration : 0:00
Big Black Car, Billy Hector, Mixed Bag
Start: 23:22:17 Duration : 0:00
Big, Doyle Bramhall, Is It News
Start: 23:23:10 Duration : 0:00
seg 3 16 Rainbow Graveyard, Neal Black & The Healers, Handful Of Rain
Start: 23:23:44 Duration : 0:00
17 Bright Lights, Gary Clark Jr, Bright Lights EP
Start: 23:24:21 Duration : 0:00
18 Les Doucers de la Vengeance, Hubert-Felix Thiéfaine . Paul Personne, Amicalement Blues
Start: 23:25:28 Duration : 0:00
19 As You Leave, Ray Manzarek Roy Rogers, Translucent Blues
Start: 23:32:00 Duration : 0:00
December 9 & 10, 2011 Hot Tuna and Friends Beacon Theatre, NYC, NY
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Founding members Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady masterfully blend Americana rock with blues and acoustic folk on a record that hits their full spectrum of styles from electric and acoustic Hot Tuna to their days in Jefferson Airplane. Reaching a zenith of their historic career, Steady As She Goes is an absolute masterpiece and this show will tell it all!
Helping them celebrate at the Beacon will be special guest, 
SEE YOU AT THE BEACON!
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I'm a Man - Billy Branch with Llou Johnson
Not your average host, Big Llou ensures that your event attendees are fully engaged, informed and entertained. He is a professional, live event personality and entertainer whose folksy and bigger than life persona and voice, relates and connects with blues lovers worldwide.
He is called upon regularly to host some of the biggest events in blues, including, The Blues Music Awards in Memphis, TN and The Legendary Rhythm and Blues Cruises and events for the Chicago Blues Fest.
His acting career has seen him on the big screen in such films as “Barbershop I and II, Let’s go to Prison and more recently, “Dreams” to be released fall of 2011. He was also the on camera host for the BET’s “Ballers” with NBA superstar John Salley and the voice of Courtney Cox’ “Mix it Up” on the WE network.
Often compared to the likes of Barry White and Isaac Hayes, Big Llou’s sultry bass voice has appeared on numerous tv and radio commercials and he has performed on stages across the US and Europe performing blues, choral, pop, R&B and gospel music. His first blues CD “They Call Me Big LLOU”, to be released on the 2011 Oct LRBC, boasts an entertaining mix of R&B, soul and blues.
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Help Me - Junior Wells
Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998), born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was an American Chicago blues vocalist, harmonica player, and recording artist. Wells, who was best known for his performances and recordings with Muddy Waters, Earl Hooker, and Buddy Guy, also performed with Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones, and Van Morrison
Junior Wells was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and raised in West Memphis, Arkansas, though other sources report that his birth was in West Memphis. Initially taught by his cousin, Junior Parker, and Sonny Boy Williamson II, Wells learned how to play the harmonica by the age of seven with surprising skill. He moved to Chicago in 1948 with his mother after her divorce and began sitting in with local musicians at house parties and taverns. Wild and rebellious but needing an outlet for his talents, he began performing with The Aces (guitarist brothers Dave and Louis Myers and drummer Fred Below) and developed a more modern amplified harmonica style influenced by Little Walter. In 1952, he made his first recordings, when he replaced Little Walter in Muddy Waters' band and appeared on one of Waters' sessions for Chess Records in 1952. His first recordings as a band leader were made in the following year for States Records. In the later 1950s and early 1960s he also recorded singles for Chief Records and its Profile Records subsidiary, including "Messin' with the Kid", "Come on in This House", and "It Hurts Me Too", which would remain in his repertoire throughout his career. His 1960 Profile single "Little by Little" (written by Chief owner and producer Mel London) reached #23 in the Billboard R&B chart, making it the first of two Wells' singles to enter the chart.
Junior Wells worked with guitarist Buddy Guy in the 1960s, and featured Guy on guitar when he recorded his first album, Hoodoo Man Blues for Delmark Records. Wells and Guy supported the Rolling Stones on numerous occasions in the 1970s. Although his albums South Side Blues Jam (1971) and On Tap (1975) proved he had not lost his aptitude for Chicago blues, his 1980s and 1990s discs were inconsistent. However, 1996's Come On in This House was an intriguing set of classic blues songs with a rotating cast of slide guitarists, among them Alvin Youngblood Hart, Corey Harris, Sonny Landreth and Derek Trucks. Wells made an appearance in the film Blues Brothers 2000, the sequel to The Blues Brothers, which was released in 1998.
Wells continued performing until he was diagnosed with cancer in the summer of 1997. That fall, he suffered a heart attack while undergoing treatment, sending him into a coma. Wells died in Chicago, after succumbing to lymphoma on January 15, 1998, and was interred in the Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago.
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NEW ORLEANS SPIRIT CAPTURED ON THE MEET ME AT MARDI GRAS COMPILATION, DUE OUT JANUARY 10, 2012 ON ROUNDER RECORDS
NEW ORLEANS SPIRIT CAPTURED ON THE
MEET ME AT MARDI GRAS COMPILATION,
DUE OUT JANUARY 10, 2012 ON ROUNDER RECORDS
Album, just in time for February festivities, features Al “Carnival Time” Johnson, Professor Longhair, the Wild Magnolias, Larry Williams, Joe Liggins, Marcia Ball, Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys and more
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — There’s a chill in the air, and the sounds of the season are everywhere. Christmas, you ask? No, you’re in New Orleans, and it’s Carnival time — Meet Me at Mardi Gras. From every radio, bandstand, bar and coffee shop, the songs associated with Mardi Gras (especially perennial favorites such as Al Johnson’s “Carnival Time” and the ReBirth Brass Band anthem “Do Whatcha Wanna”) announce the month of parades and balls that will culminate with the nation’s biggest citywide party.
The 12-song set Meet Me at Mardi Gras, to be released on January 10, 2012, presents many of the best Mardi Gras songs on Rounder Records (a division of Concord Music Group), which, for decades, has been the pre-eminent label recording the music of New Orleans.
Also included are two classic songs from the Specialty catalog (Rounder’s sister label in the Concord Music Group). The album was compiled by Rounder’s Grammy-winning VP of A&R, Scott Billington.
Meet Me at Mardi Gras will serve as a suitable soundtrack for any Mardi Gras party. The Soul Rebels strike a funky note with “Say Na Hey,” a brand new song written by Leo Nocentelli, the guitarist for the crucial New Orleans funk band The Meters. In contrast, several of these songs reach back more than 50 years. Pianist Joe Liggins was not from New Orleans, but his “Goin’ Back to New Orleans” has become a standard, covered by both Dr. John and Deacon John. Larry Williams’s “Jockamo a.k.a. Iko-Iko” is a rocking version of the traditional Mardi Gras Indian chant.
Speaking of which, Bo Dollis of the Wild Magnolias (these tribes are African Americans who mask as outrageously plumed “Indians” on Mardi Gras and on Saint Joseph’s Day) takes the lead vocal on Professor Longhair’s timeless “Tipitina.” The Professor himself is featured on a 1960s version of his anthem “Go to the Mardi Gras” with its signature New Orleans parade beat.
While Cajun music originates in the French-speaking parishes south and west of New Orleans, you’ll often hear it in the Crescent City. “Mardi Gras Mambo,” originally recorded by Art Neville’s early band, The Hawkettes, is performed here by Cajun rocker Zachary Richard, while Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys play the minor-key “La Danse de Mardi Gras,” which you’ll hear at every Cajun dance at this time of year, for Cajuns have their own Mardi Gras.
For reasons not entirely known (but probably not difficult to decipher!), Jimmy and Jeannie Cheatham’s “Meet Me With Your Back Drawers On” has become a New Orleans standard, especially as performed by vocalist Chuck Carbo, a veteran of the vocal group The Spiders. Rounding out this set are pianist/singer Marcia Ball, with her song based on a Zulu character — the Big Shot with his bowler hat and big cigar — and the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, who offer a funky twist on the melody of “Li’l Liza Jane,” long a brass band staple.
In the week before Mardi Gras, the evening parades are family affairs, filled with the aroma of barbeque and the sound of laughter. Chair-topped stepladders are set up along the streets as perches for children to be better positioned to catch the beads thrown from each float. Spectators shout out to kids and cousins in the high-stepping high school marching bands. And you can bet that the music on this album will be emanating from someone’s front porch, beckoning all to the party.
Track list:
1. The Soul Rebels — “Say Na Hey”
2. Joe Liggins & the Honeydrippers — “Goin’ Back to New Orleans”
3. Zachary Richard — “Mardi Gras Mambo”
4. New Orleans Nightcrawlers — “Funky Liza”
5. Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys — “La Danse de Mardi Gras”
6. Larry Williams — “Jockamo a.k.a. Iko-Iko”
7. Al Johnson — “Carnival Time”
8. Marcia Ball — “Big Shot”
9. Professor Longhair “Go to the Mardi Gras”
10. ReBirth Brass Band — “Do Whatcha Wanna, Part 3”
11. Bo Dollis & the Wild Magnolias — “Tipitina” –
12. Chuck Carbo — “Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On”
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Is That A Monkey You Got - Binsness Blues Boys
The band formed in 2009 and started gigging in 2010. Sye and James have lots of experience from playing in other bands over the years. We were lucky that through a common interest in Blues Music the band was formed. So far we have played in pubs, restaurants and birthday parties.
Members
Paul Muircroft - Vocal and Bass Sye Murray - Guitar James Younie - Saxophone Ali Davies - Harmonica Callum Brown - Percussion
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Sleepy Time Time - Pressed Rat and Warthog
Kofi Baker, following in the family tradition, displays a mastery of technique and natural talent that rivals that of his father, Ginger Baker.
After seeing the Cream reunion in 2005, Kofi was inspired to form his own Cream tribute band - he wanted to continue where Cream, and his father, had left off.
Kofi’s band Pressed Rat & Warthog is the ultimate Cream tribute: combining Cream's innovative and experimental style with virtuoso talent. The dynamic three-piece - Kofi Baker, Fran Banish, and Ric Fierabracci - effectively capture Cream's mood and energy, adding their own distinctive styles. Front man Fran sings and solos with virtuoso ease; Ric lays down strong and innovative bass-lines complimenting Kofi's complex polyrhythms, learned from his father. Pressed Rat & Warthog includes songs from Blind Faith and Jimi Hendrix - an original Cream tribute band that truly rocks!
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Dust My Broom - Duwayne Burnside
Duwayne Burnside was born in the late sixties in Senatobia, Mississippi and grew up hearing his father, R.L. Burnside, and family, as well as neighbors play music; guitar driven Mississippi hill country blues. Along with his family and neighbors, the radio was another influence on Duwayne's evolving style. He picked up the guitar before he was old enough to hold it himself.
Growing up, he played guitar behind his father, but more so backing local club owner Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys. And with Memphis, Tennessee being as close as it was, Duwayne began playing and sitting in with seasoned and well known musicians that frequented town, such as Little Jimmy King, Albert King, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Band, and others.
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The Sky Is Crying - Donald Ray Johnson
Donald Ray Johnson was born on November 12, 1948 in Bryan Texas. He took an early interest in music, as did his older sister Janice Marie. They sang in church and at family functions. At age 7, Donald Ray became interested in playing the drums, beating on whatever he could get his hands on.
In early 1970, Don was called to play weekends in LA with Phillip Walker, by long time friend Nat Dove, who now lived in LA. Some 29 years later the relationship with the Phillip Walker Band still exists. In 1971 Donald moved to LA to work with the Joe Houston big band backing some of the west coast's top blues artist.
While trying to find a weekend gig Don met songwriter - producer, Perry Kibble who was in the process of developing a group that featured the talents of two young African American women, (bassist, Janice Marie Johnson & guitarist Carlita Durhan). We later became known as " A Taste Of Honey ". In 1979, this band was the first Afro - American Band to win and be presented with the "Grammy Award" for "Best New Artist".
Now living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Don has become a well liked and respected member of the Canadian blues community. Named "Best Canadian Male Blues Vocalist" in 1997 by Real Blues Magazine, Don was also nominated "Best Blues Drummer" in 1997 and Best Male Blues Vocalist in 1998 by the Toronto Blues Society. He was recently nominated "Best Blues Artist" by the Alberta Recording Industry Association (A.R.I.A.)
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CASH BOX KINGS #1 ON LIVING BLUES CHART TOO!
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The Cash Box Kings cashed in on a parlay with the announcement that their new release, Holler and Stomp, debuted at #1 on the Living Blues radio chart for November. This follows news that the album was also #1 on this week's Roots Music Report blues chart. Both charts are determined by radio airplay as reported by blues programmers around the world.
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That blues radio is embracing the album is not surprising considering that the recording authentically captures the sound and spirit of vintage Chicago blues and rockabilly sides from the Chess and Sun Records labels.
In its review, the Chicago Blues Guide said, "Holler and Stomp is easily one of the best sounding recordings in ages...it has all of the atmosphere and warmth of your favorite vintage blues recordings without the scratches and hiss...effortlessly captures the sounds of bygone days without getting stuck in a retro straitjacket."
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette added, "Now it's one thing to say you're interested in this old music, and even to be able to play a few of the tunes with some accuracy. But it's another thing entirely to be able to re-create the originals and write new material that's faithful to this 1940's and 50's style, and do it with authentic vitality."
RIP Howard Tate - August 13, 1939 to December 2, 2011- Bob Corritore correspondent
The influential soul singer Howard Tate was best known for soul hits like "Ain't Nobody Home" and "Get It While You Can", with the later covered and re-popularized by Janis Joplin. Tate died in his New Jersey apartment of natural causes at age 72. Born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Philadelphia, Tate came into prominence in the late 1960s through the 1970s with his brilliant collaborations with producer / songwriter Jerry Ragavoy. The recordings from this period are considered among the greatest examples of soul music ever recorded. After a tragic decline into drug addiction and homelessness during the 1980s, Howard Tate was able to pull himself together to experience a brilliant comeback with the Ragavoy produced 2003 release "Rediscovered", which was nominated for a Grammy for best contemporary blues album. The later part of his career saw many well-received festival and concert appearances and additional great recordings to add to his historic legacy. He will be fondly remembered for his blues-drenched voice complete with brilliant bursts of falsetto. That voice always sold the message of the song.
“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 HereRIP Hubert Sumlin - November 16, 1931 to December 4, 2011 - Bob Corritore correspondent
- Best known for his extraordinary guitar work on the 1950s and 1960s recordings of Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin is considered among the greatest guitarists of all time. Hubert passed away of a heart attack on Sunday, Dec 4 after a long bout with respiratory illness. He was 80 years old. Though his health had been problematic for years, he continued to tour and delight concert and festival audiences until close to the end. Born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1931 and raised in Hughes, Arkansas, Hubert got his first guitar at age 6. Hubert was very interested in music and as a boy snuck into a nightclub to see Howlin' Wolf perform. Hubert's youthful enthusiasm won Wolf's heart, who took the young boy in and developed a father-like mentoring role with Hubert. Wolf would move to Chicago in 1953 and a year later would call for Hubert to move to Chicago to join his band. Initially Hubert played a secondary role in the group with guitarist Jody Williams getting most of the limelight. But when Jody left the band about 2 years later, Hubert became the star guitarist. Hubert's unorthodox approach, using innovative rhythmic textural lines and wild bursts of lead guitar, became an integral part of the Howlin' Wolf sound., Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters reportedly had a rivalry going as to who had the top blues band in Chicago (both were amazing bands) and for a short period of time Muddy recruited Hubert away from Wolf only to have Hubert return to Wolf's band and never leave again. Hubert's guitar was an essential and consistent part of the success of Wolf's recordings and live shows. The music achieved by the Wolf / Sumlin combination reached the highest of heights in the blues. When Howlin' Wolf recorded the London Sessions in 1970, Hubert began a life long relationship with UK blues artists like Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. In 1976, when Wolf died, Hubert was devastated. At first Eddie Shaw (Wolf's saxophonist) tried to keep the Howlin' Wolf band together but Hubert would drift: spending time in Austin, Texas under the care of Clifford Antone, or in Chicago where he stayed with Sunnyland Slim. In addition to recordings with Wolf, Hubert appeared on Chicago sessions with Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang, Andrew McMahon, Sunnyland Slim, Louisiana Red, Carey Bell, Little Eddie, Big Mac, and others. He recorded numerous albums under his own name for L+R, Black Top, Tone-Cool, Rykodisc, APO, JSP, Blind Pig, Blues Planet, Blues Special and other labels. At a point, under the guidance of manager Toni Ann Mamary, Hubert started to get his due as the guitar legend he was. Hubert found himself hanging around and performing with rock stars, playing major festivals, and having his historic bio, Incurable Blues, published. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2008, Through all this notoriety, Hubert remained the kind, gentle soul with the same boyish enthusiasm that first befriended the Howlin' Wolf. His guitar playing was always intriguing, unorthodox, and impossible to copy. As he was bedridden and nearing the last hours of his life, his final request was to play his guitar one last time. We thank Hubert for the light of joy he shined on the world and the heavenly music that he left for future generations to behold. He was our blues blessing. Special thanks to Hugh Southard of Blue Mountain Artists, Bob Margolin, and Little Frank who worked with him frequently on the road in recent years, Pat Morgan, James Cotton, Paul Oscher, Kim Wilson, Amanda Taylor, Diunna Greenleaf, Twist Turner, Little Mike, and all his friends and fans who all were there at all times to support Hubert.
To see some amazing videos of Hubert Sumlin with the Howlin' Wolf:
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Hubert Sumlin Funeral Information:
Sunday, December 11, 2011 - Viewing and Receiving of guests
2- 4 PM & 7 - 9PM
Festa Memorial
111 Union Blvd.
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone: (973) 790-8686
Totowa, NJ 07512
Phone: (973) 790-8686
Monday, December 12, 2011 - Funeral Service10AM
Festa Memorial
111 Union Blvd.Totowa, NJ 07512Phone: (973) 790-8686
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - Chicago Area Musical Celebration Of Life
FitzGerald's
http://www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/
6615 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, Illinois 60402
7pm doors, Donations accepted at door.
Many musicians will honor Hubert this night.
Stony Plain artist: Rory Block - Shake 'em On Down - New Recording review
I just received a copy of Rory Block's newest recording, "Shake 'em On Down", a tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell. This release is the third in a series of recordings by Block as tributes to great Blues Masters. The first two, "The Lady and Mr. Johnson, a tribute to Robert Johnson was aimed as being a note for note recreation of Roberts work. The second, Blues Walkin' Like A Man, Block's tribute to Son House began with the same concept but ultimately revised in concept as the session went on. This newest recording takes a different turn on the spectrum. Block explains that McDowell laid down a beat and didn't let up. She began in this manner but after with the repetitive riff but found it necessary to get creative and interject her own style. Only 3 of the 12 songs included on the release are original with one attributed to Sonny Boy Williamson and the balance to Fred McDowell. The recording is masterfully played as Block is a world class guitar player. It should be a welcome addition to any collection of contemporary acoustic blues lovers.
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