Bman's Blues Report

Blues, Rock & Metal Guitar Slingers Salute Legend Jeff Beck On A Newly Reissued Collection! Includes performances by Def Leppard’s Phil Collen, Mötley Crüe’s Mick Mars, Toto’s Steve Lukather, and blues icon Walter Trout plus George Lynch, Jake E. Lee and more! Los Angeles, CA - Some of the world’s finest guitarists offer a master class in the arduous art and subtle science of playing Jeff Beck songs on Jeffology: A Guitar Chronicle , a collection of extraordinary cover versions of Beck’s best-known songs, played with all the fevered intensity and dynamic skill these virtuosos could muster. The album will be reissued with all new artwork by Deadline Music this October 2. Founding member of platinum selling UK hard rockers Def Leppard, Phil Collen, offers a stunning and emotional interpretation of the gorgeous ballad “Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers,” while blues man Walter Trout burns the house down with his rendition of “Blues Deluxe.” Former Ozzy axeman Jake...

                                                        Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue, Is SoCal's Longest-Running Monthly R&B/Dance Party At The Same Location: Harvelle's Blues Club By The Beach In Santa Monica Calif Saturday, October 10 -Beginning At 9:30 p.m. - Till 1:30 a.m.    (Santa Monica, CA) -  Larry "Fuzzy" Knight's Blowin' Smoke Rhythm & Blues Revue featuring the Fabulous Smokettes , is honored to be Southern California's longest-running, monthly R&B/Soul/Blues dance party at the same l...

John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Live in 1967 Special Double LP Vinyl Coming October 2 from Forty Below Records Previously Unreleased Live Recordings Feature John Mayall, Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood CD Version of Album Wins Two Blues Blast Awards in Chicago! LOS ANGELES – CA – On October 2, Forty Below Records will release a special double-LP vinyl version of the John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Live in 1967 (Never Before Heard Live Performances) album that was originally released earlier this year on CD. The LP version was pressed on 140-gram vinyl and will be released in gatefold form containing large pictures of John and the band members at the time – Peter Green, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood - on the inside. The vinyl LP release comes with breaking news that the original CD version of John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – Live in 1967 just won two awards at the 2015 Blues Blast Awards in Chicago on Friday night, September 25, winning for both “Live ...

I just received the newest release, Box & Dice , from Fiona Boyes and it's a gritty, bluesy guitar fest. Opening with Juke Joint on Moses Lane , Boyes gets a thick, rudimentary sound from a resonator guitar with superior sliding technique. Her voice is raspy and well suited to this polished form of primitive blues. Backed by Mark Grunden on drums and Dean Addision on bass this is tight. I'm A Stranger Here has a pure delta sound played only on a 6 string cigar box and she handles it with authority. Walking Around Money has a bit more rock blended in with an fast rockin beat on baritone guitar with Grunden and Addision. Boyes does a really nice cover of Howlin Wolf's Smokestack Lightning , with a driving electric guitar vamp, a cool loosely slung solo and some of my favorite vocals on the release. Louisiana is a somber blues ballad gently sung and accompanied on 4 string cigar box guitar, bass and percussion. Very nice! JC Johnson's Black Mountain Blues is del...

                                                                                                                  CROOKED EYE TOMMY PERFORMS@CALIFORNIA AVOCADO FESTIVAL Saturday, October 3 - 1 P.M./Main Stage/Downtown Carpinteria   (Carpinteria, CA) - Crooked Eye Tommy is li...