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Gig review: WALTER TROUT – The Alhambra Theater, Paris, 30 April 2024
Walter Trout in Paris is an opportunity not to be missed and so it proves as Walter and his road tested band bring a capacity seated audience to its feet On a personal note it’s 35 years since I first … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Americana, ballads, beth Hart, blues, boogie, Brett Smith-Daniel, Canned Heat, Dee Snider, Don Nix, Floyd Lee, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall Blues Breakers, Jon Avila, Michael Leasure, review, rock, Roland Bakker, The Alhambra Theater, Walter Trout
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Album review: ROB ORLEMANS & HALF PAST MIDNIGHT – Shake Them Down
Metal Horse Records & Media [Release date 21.04.23] It’s just over 20 years since Rob Orlemans struck out on his own with his Half Past Midnight band after being mentored by the late Curtis Knight (he of Jimi Hendrix fame). … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Alvin Lee, Billy Gibbons, Black Sabbath, blues, boogie, Bukka White, Canned Heat, Curtis Knight, Ernst van Ee, Furry Lewis, Jimi Hendrix, John Lee Hooker, Lightnin Hopkins, Michael Katon, Ozzy Osbourne, Piet Tromp, review, Rob Orleman & Half Past Midnight, Rob Orlemans, rock, Rose Tattoo, Shake Them Down, Uriah Heep, ZZ Top
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Album review: ERROL LINTON – Packing My Bags
Brassdog Records [Release date 02.03.18] ‘Packing My Bags’ is that rare thing, a blues related album that pushes the stylistic envelope while still making an essential emotional connection. Errol Linton has long carved out his own niche in the roots … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Blake, album, Billy Boy Arnold, Blind Owl Wilson, blues, Bob Marley, Canned Heat, Errol Linton, funk, harp, Junior Wells, Kenrick Rowe, Lance Rose, Nick Drake, Packing My Bags, Pete Zivkovic, reggae, review, Snooky Pryor
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Album review: DEL BROMHAM BLUES DEVILS – Del Bromham Blues Devils Live
In May 2018 Pete Feenstra chatted to Del Bromham for Get Ready to ROCK! Radio and played tracks from the new album ‘Blues Devils Live’ Self release [Release date 01.05.18] Del Bromham Blues Devils Live’ does what it says on … Continue reading
Album review: MARK OLBRICH BLUES ETERNITY – Blues Everywhere
Hrpp records [Release date 26.o8.17] Mark Olbrich is a veteran Anglo/Polish blues bass player with an impressive CV both that spreads right across eastern Europe to the States. Both the material and band is built round Olbrich’s rock solid and … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allesandro Cinelli, bass, blues, Blues Eternity, Bob Hite, boogie, Canned Heat, Eddie Angel, funk, grooves, guitar, harp, Igor Nowicki, Jack Bruce, Laurence Garman, Mark Olbrich, Maurice McElroy, Polish, review, rock, Texas, The Yardbirds
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Album review: JFKBlue – Rough Round The Edges
Busy B [Release date: 05.05.17] ‘Rough Round The Edges’ is an impressive debut album with plenty of depth. It’s born of 11 strong and original tracks that jump out the grooves on the back of emotive vocals and fine band … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Wilson, album, Andy Fraser, blues, Canned Heat, Chris Elliott, Free, funk, Iago Banet, jazz, Jerry Garcia, JFKBlue, Jim Darby, leslie Fleischman, Paul Blunt, review, rock, Rough Round The Edges, Sol Ezra, The Faces, Warren Haynes
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Album review: A BLUES TRIBUTE TO CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
Cleopatra [Release date 25.08.14] It’s a measure of the contemporary music scene’s fascination with introspection that three quarters of ‘A Blues Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival’ is given a stripped down feel. The result is an album that isn’t so … Continue reading
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Tagged A Blues Tribute To Creedence Clearwater Revival, album, Blitzen Trapper, Bnois King, Bo Diddley, Canned Heat, Chris Lietz, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dale Hawkins, Danielle Schnebelen, Dave Simonett. Duke Robillard, Dead Man Winter, John Fogerty, Jurgen Engler, Kirk Fletcher, Mike Zito, review, Samantha Fish, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Sonny Landreth, South Memphis String Band, Spirit Family Reunion, The Mynabirds, Trampled Under Foot, Will Wilde
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Album review: MICHAEL KATON – Hard On! (The Boogie)
Mystic [Release date 31.03.14] Michael Katon’s back with a hard hitting album full of boogie, blues and lashing of guitar. In fact he’s never really been away, except that his last few albums have been digital download only, so ‘Hard … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, boogie, Canned Heat, Erwin Gielen, F.P.White, guitar, Hard On! (The Boogie), hard rock, Jimi Hendrix, Michael Katon, review, rock
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Book review: HENRY YATES AND WALTER TROUT – Rescued From Reality: The Life And Times of Walter Trout
MLG Publishing [Release date: 02.06.14] ‘Rescued From Reality’ is significantly subtitled ‘The Life And Times Of Walter Trout’. Compared to most anodyne biographies, Trout’s story is the real deal. It includes a very uncompromising account of rock & roll excess … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Mamma Thornton, blues, Bluesbreakers, book review, Canned Heat, Coco Montoya, Deacon Jones, Duke Ellington, guitar, Henry Yates, Jimmy Trapp, John Lee Hooker, John Mayall, Marie Trout, Rescued From Reality, rock, Walter Trout, Wilmont Mews
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