Bman's Blues Report

Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011), better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognized as a blues rock guitarist and singer. In a career dating back to the 1960s, Moore played with artists including Phil Lynott and Brian Downey during his teens, leading him to membership with the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy on three separate occasions. Moore shared the stage with such blues and rock luminaries as B.B. King, Albert King, Colosseum II, Greg Lake and Skid Row (not to be confused with the heavy metal band of the same name), as well as having a successful solo career. He guested on a number of albums recorded by high profile musicians, including a cameo appearance playing the lead guitar solo on "She's My Baby" from Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3. Moore died of a heart attack in his hotel room while on holiday in Estepona, Spain, in February 2011

Model No: 5F4 (56-60) Config: Combo Control Panel: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12 Conrol Layout: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Presense, Bass, Treb, Vol, Mic Vol, In, In, Mic In, Mic In Knobs: Black pointer Cabinet: Narrow panel, 18½" x 22" x 10½" (47 x 55.9 x 26.7 cm) Cab Covering: Diagonal tweed Cab Hardware: Leather Handle, glides Grille: brown grille cloth Logo: Cabinet mounted, Script "Fender" on rectangular tag Weight: ? Speakers/Load: 2 x 10"/? ohms Speaker Model: Jensen P10R or Jensen P10Q Effects: None Output: Preamp: 5F4: Mic: ½ 12AY7, Inst: ½ 12AY7, 12AX7 and ½ 12AX7 shared by both channels Power: 5F4: 2 x 6L6G Bias: 5F4: Fixed bias, nonadjustable Rectifier: 5F4: 5U4G Phase Inverter: 5F4: ½ 12AX7 (split load) Comments: A speaker and ex. speaker jack were located under the chassis. A selenium rectifier was used in th...

This is a new band to me and I gotta tell you there is some really great things happening here. The song that is shown in the promo video attached demonstrates the best and worst of the cd. The guitar playing is really tasty and I have listened to the cd multiple times. On the other hand, like on this particular song, I don't care for the vocals. Overall the recording is first class and the music is really interesting. Some really cool guitar work going on. The few spots where I notice the vocal intrusion doesn't tarnish my overall feeling about the cd. I really think you should give it a listen. Enjoy!

SAN DIEGO'S BIG SHOT REUB & THE RELOADERS RELEASE "ROUNDHOUSE BLUES"                                -FEATURING THE VIRTUOSO GUITAR WORK OF REUBEN VIGIL -              Big Shot Reub (Reuben Vigil) performing at the recent Ensenada Rock & Blues Festival.                    Reub won "Outstanding Participation Award" at the Festival, now in its fourth year.          " There's a red hot blues band out of San Diego, Ca. & their name is Big Shot Reub & The Reloaders. Fronted by guitarist/vocalist Reuben Vigil, this powerhouse trio really packs a punch. ..from the finger snappin' & toe tappin' rhythm of "So Much Inside Me", the beautiful spanish guitar flavor of "Viva Bracero" to the melotic & hypnotizing sound ...

Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues singer and musician. His landmark recordings from 1936–1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that have influenced later generations of musicians. Johnson's shadowy, poorly documented life and death at age 27 have given rise to much legend, including a Faustian myth. As an itinerant performer who played mostly on street corners, in juke joints, and at Saturday night dances, Johnson enjoyed little commercial success or public recognition in his lifetime. His records sold poorly during his lifetime, and it was only after the first reissue of his recordings on LP in 1961 that his work reached a wider audience. Johnson is now recognized as a master of the blues, particularly of the Delta blues style. He is credited by many rock musicians as an important influence; Eric Clapton has called Johnson "the most important blues singer that ever lived". Johnson was inducte...

Sonny Landreth (born February 1, 1951) is an American blues musician from southwest Louisiana who is especially known as a slide guitar player. He was born in Canton, Mississippi, but soon after, his family moved to Jackson, Mississippi, before settling in Lafayette, Louisiana. When he is not touring and performing, he resides in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana.

Take a fascinating journey in Death And Taxis where the journey is the destination, and the next world might be just a cab ride away. Hugging the double-yellow line between this life and the next, one big city taxi carries the stories of several drivers and passengers, each contending with intensely psychological and sometimes supernatural brushes with death. Whether profound, funny or simply creepy, these vignettes come to life and afterlife in the hands of a diverse group of acclaimed actors.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (April 18, 1924 — September 10, 2005) was an American musician from Louisiana and Texas. He is best known for his work as a blues musician, but embraced other styles of music, having "spent his career fighting purism by synthesizing old blues, country, jazz, Cajun music and R&B styles" He was an acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, who played an array of musical instruments such as guitar, fiddle, mandolin, viola as well as harmonica and drums. He won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1982 for his album, Alright Again! Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE

Kim Simmonds is absolutely one of the most underrated blues guitarists of our time. He continues to tour with different bands (players) and for a while was fronting the band as vocalist as well. He's an ok singer, but he can smoke the hair off of your neck with his guitar when he gets cranked up. I've probably seen him more than 20 times. Here with Tommy Fyfe and the Whiskey River Band.

By 1971, Youlden had departed on a solo career and band members Dave Peverett, Roger Earle, and Tony Stevens had left to form their own group Foghat. Kim Simmonds rebuilt the band using former members of the blues band Chicken Shack and vocalist Dave Walker. That year, “Street Corner Talking” brought the band its best chart success up to that date. “Tell Mama”, “Street Corner Talking”, “All I Can Do Is Cry” and the band’s funky re-make of the Motown classic, “I Can’t Get Next To You”, took the band to platinum status and placed them in front of wildly enthusiastic rock audiences in arenas all over the world. It's pitiful that this may be what remains of history of such a great band. I know the band had maybe 30 different lineups like a revolving door but this old stuff is great. This is better than looking at the album cover...but not much! Hope you have the patience to listen to it. Possibly more video will surface Get Facebook support for your favorite band or venue - click HERE

George Worthmore, a star in the New York City music scene for over twenty years, began with a one-year stint as a guitarist with Kinky Friedman. He's played backup guitar for Bo Diddley, Ben E. King, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Lou Christy, and The Platters. He's also played shows as a second guitarist with Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Cassidy in Hot Tuna. Performing with own his band, The Divebombers, he was joined on stage by such stars as Billy Idol and Paul Schaffer, (band leader on the Letterman show) and Chris Spedding. Guitar monster Rick Derringer was a frequent guest artist, as well as producing George's early work. George studied with Dave Van Ronk and Ian Buchannon, both students of the Rev. Gary Davis. He had the honor of playing with Johnny Shines and Robert Jr. Lockwood when they were in New York City. He has also played as a regularly featured act at both Manny's Car Wash and Dan Lynch's Blues Bar, New York City top venues. Get Facebook support for you...

Model: Pro Model No: 5E5-A (56-60) Config: Combo Control Panel: Chrome top facing w/ white screened labels, controls numbered 1-12 Conrol Layout: 5E5: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Tone, Vol, Mic Vol, In, In, Mic In, Mic In 5E5-A: Ground Sw, Fuse (3A), Power Sw, Standby Sw, Pilot Lamp, Presence, Bass, Treb, Vol, Mic Vol, In, In, Mic In, Mic In Knobs: Black pointer Cabinet: Narrow panel, 20" x 22" x 10" (50.8 x 55.9 x 25.4 cm) Cab Covering: Diagonal tweed Cab Hardware: Leather Handle, glides Grille: brown grille cloth Logo: Cabinet mounted, Script "Fender Pro-Amp" on rectangular tag Weight: ? Speakers/Load: 1 x 15"/8 ohms Speaker Model: Jensen P15N Effects: None Output: 18-25 Watts (5E5) or ? (5E5-A) Preamp: 5E5-A: Mic: ½ 12AY7, Instrument: ½ 12AY7, 12AY7 and ½ 12AX7 shared by both channels Power: 2 x 6L6GB or 5881 (58-60) Bias: 5E5-A: Fixed bias, nonadjustable Rectifier...

Buddy Whittington (born 28 December 1956, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American guitarist. He began playing the guitar inspired by his sister's records of The Beatles, Rolling Stones and, in particular, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton. At the age of 14 he was already a part of the Dallas/Fort Worth music scene and playing regularly in the clubs along Jacksboro Highway. While attending high school, Buddy played in a band called "Short Change" which opened for Point Blank, a band that he would later join, replacing rhythm guitar player Kim Davis. During the early 1980s, he formed and sang with his own band "The Sidemen". In 1991 they opened for John Mayall and when Coco Montoya left the Bluesbreakers in 1993, Mayall called him to take his place in the band. In Mayall's band Whittington also sings occasionally and contributes to songwriting. 2008 saw the release of his first solo album and touring in Europe with his UK based band which include...

Shane Dwight is a charismatic and supremely talented guitarist, soulful vocalist, prolific songwriter and one of the brightest young up-and-coming stars on the rock/blues scene today. Shane has performed at prestigious concerts such as the Monterey Blues Festival, Reno Blues & Brews Festival, Portland Oregon Waterfront Blues Festival, San Francisco Jazz Festival, S.F. California Blues Festival, Central Valley Blues Festival, San Jose Comcast Jazz Festival, San Jose Metro Fountain Blues Festival and the Redwood Coast Jazz Festival (Eureka) and many more. The Shane Dwight Band has also performed at world famous nightclubs: Slims (Boz Skaggs Club), John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room, and Biscuits and Blues in San Francisco, B.B. Kings in Hollywood, Blue Cafe in Long Beach and Harvelle's in Santa Monica. Though Shane's music is blues based, the band's ability to cross over to a variety of different audiences is evidenced in their current concert schedule which has them wo...

Bernard Allison (born November 26, 1965, Chicago, Illinois) is a blues guitarist based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Luther Allison was a Chicago blues musician. Bernard Allison is the youngest of nine children, and had many different musical influences while growing up, including Albert King, Muddy Waters and Freddie King, and later, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Johnny Winter. Allison accompanied his father to blues festivals in the early 1970s. There he was introduced to Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor and Albert King, amongst others. After graduating from high school, Allison began playing with Koko Taylor in her touring band. He stayed with her until 1985, when he appeared at his own gigs as Bernard Allison and Back Talk. Allison spent time in Canada with his first band, but later rejoined Taylor and her Blues Machine for another two years in the late 1980s. After joining his father in Europe for a live recording, Allison was asked to join his father's touring band ...

The Nighthawks are an American blues and roots music band, based in Washington, D.C. The Nighthawks currently are Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Paul Bell (lead guitar), Johnny Castle (bass guitar), and Mark Stutso (drums). Beginning with dates in February 2010, Stutso replaced longtime drummer Pete Ragusa who announced his departure earlier in the year. Formed in 1972, the Nighthawks underwent several personnel changes before stabilizing as the lineup of Mark Wenner (vocals and harmonica), Jimmy Thackery (lead guitar), Jan Zukowski (bass guitar), and Pete Ragusa (drums). Their 1979 album, Full House, issued on Adelphi Records, had guest appearances from Muddy Waters' sidemen, Pinetop Perkins and Bob Margolin. Keyboard player Greg Wetzel joined the band in 1983, was a full-time member until 1986, and has continued to play at special performances as an "alumni" of the band. The membership of the band remained stable until 1986. At that time, tired of the band's ex...

This is great old footage of the Stones doing a Slim Harpo song. Everyone knows the Stones and everyone knows that the Stones loved the blues...since I got no film of Slim Harpo... Slim Harpo (January 11, 1924 – January 31, 1970) was an American blues musician. He was known as a master of the blues harmonica; the name "Slim Harpo" was derived from "harp," the popular nickname for the harmonica in blues circles. Named Slim Harpo by producer J.D. "Jay" Miller, he started his own recording career in 1957. His solo debut was the Grammy Hall of Fame single "I'm a King Bee" backed with "I Got Love If You Want It." Harpo recorded under A&R man J.D. "Jay" Miller, in Crowley, Louisiana for Excello Records based in Nashville, Tennessee, and enjoyed a string of popular R&B singles, including Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee "Rainin' In My Heart" (1961) and the number one Billboard R&B hit "Baby Scr...

Yeah...PJ Harvey got the blues!! Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. She was raised in Corscombe, Dorset and Yeovil, Somerset. Her parents were both fans of American blues music. Their record collection exposed Harvey not only to the blues but also to Captain Beefheart, which would both become major influences on Harvey’s own musical style. Harvey is primarily a vocalist and guitarist, but is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and autoharp. She began her professional career in the early 1990s by forming a band she named PJ Harvey. She recorded her first two albums with this trio, and when they broke up she continued as a solo artist. Since 1995 she has recorded her albums with various musicians including John Parish, Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman. She has also worked extensively with the producer Flood. Musically, Harvey dislikes repeating herself, resulting in album...

This is a fun cd done pure 20's and 30's style. You'll see a variety of blues, country blues and traditional songs all rolled into one. There's no trippy electric guitar solos, there's no lecture from Son House... just good time fun.

20 watts two 6V6 or 6L6 power tubes three 12AY7 pre amp tubes 5AR4 rectifier one 10" and two 8" weber speakers mini "meat" control 25" tall x 22-1/2" wide x 8-1/2" deep tapering down to 11" deep at the bottom 50 pounds 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!