Get Ready to ROCK! » BB King https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Sun, 03 May 2026 16:35:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review : MOUNTAIN – Leslie West and Corky Laing, Live In The UK https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-mountain-leslie-west-and-corky-laing-live-in-the-uk/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-mountain-leslie-west-and-corky-laing-live-in-the-uk/#comments Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:35:37 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=98417 MOUNTAIN Live UK image 150Cherry Red [Release date 25.10.24] Highly influential New York rock band, Mountain, formed by equally influential guitarist, Leslie West in 1969, never seemed to enjoy the public profile they deserved. Yet, the uniformly enthusiastic response they got from sellout crowds … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2024/10/album-review-mountain-leslie-west-and-corky-laing-live-in-the-uk/feed/ 0 Gig review: KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23 April 2023 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/gig-review-kenny-wayne-shepherd-band-shepherds-bush-empire-23-april-2023/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/gig-review-kenny-wayne-shepherd-band-shepherds-bush-empire-23-april-2023/#comments Tue, 09 May 2023 21:44:45 +0000 david.wilson https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=88279 KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, 23 April 2023It’s hard to believe that Kenny Wayne Shepherd was a mere 18 years old when he wrote and released ‘Trouble Is..’. A mature, complex blues rock album launched into the world as part of an exciting vanguard of fresh-faced US … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/05/gig-review-kenny-wayne-shepherd-band-shepherds-bush-empire-23-april-2023/feed/ 0 Album review: JD SIMO TRIO – Songs From The House Of Grease https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-jd-simo-songs-from-the-house-of-grease/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-jd-simo-songs-from-the-house-of-grease/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2023 16:01:56 +0000 brianmc https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=85872 jdsimotrioCrows Feet Records [release date: 13.01.23] An album of cover versions is always a risk. But the concept is no stranger to JD Simo. This is the guitarist chosen by renowned Film Director, Baz Luhrman to play all the guitar … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2023/01/album-review-jd-simo-songs-from-the-house-of-grease/feed/ 0 Book review: WHO IS BLUES Vol.2 – The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000 – 2020 by Vincent Abbate https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2021 11:15:37 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75334 Vincent Abbate - Who Is BluesSelf Published [Publication date 01.09.21] ‘Who Is The Blues Vol.2: The Interviews. Blues Encounters 2000-2020′ is an interesting cross section of 20 years of interviews of contemporary blues artists by the German based, New York blues scribe Vincent Abbate. Abbate … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-who-is-blues-vol-2-the-interviews-blues-encounters-2000-2020-by-vincent-abbate/feed/ 0 Book review: BOBBY RUSH with Herb Powell – I Ain’t Studdin Ya: My American Blues Story https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-bobby-rush-with-herb-powell-i-aint-studdin-ya-my-american-blues-story/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/09/book-review-bobby-rush-with-herb-powell-i-aint-studdin-ya-my-american-blues-story/#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2021 18:10:43 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=75153 Bobby Rush with Herb Powell - I Ain't Studdin' Ya - My American StoryHachette Books [Publication date 15.07.21] Grammy award winner Emmett Ellis Jnr aka Bobby Rush’s  ‘I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story’ is easily one of the best musical biographies of the year. It’s the life and time of a … Continue reading →

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