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Book review: BOBBY RUSH with Herb Powell – I Ain’t Studdin Ya: My American Blues Story

Hachette 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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Tagged 'I Ain't Studdin ya: My American Blues Story, Alan Freed, BB King, Big Joe Turner, biography, Bobby Rush, book, Chess Records, Chitlin Cicuit, Chuck Berry, comedy, drums, fats Domino, guitar, harp, Herb Powell, Little Richard, Little Walter, Luther Allison, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, review, Rufus Thomas, Sonny Boy Williamson
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Gig review: WALTER TROUT – Under The Bridge, London, 11 October 2017

There’s always something heart-warming about a Walter Trout show. Indeed, long before his miraculous recovery from ill health, he always made a virtue of making a connection with his crowd, either through socially conscious songs, universally applicable narratives or simply … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Collins, blues, Charlie Musselwhite, Danny Avila, Don Nix, Frank Zappa, gig, Innis Sibun, Joe Louis Walker, Led Zeppelin, Popa Chubby, review, rock, Sammy Avila, Sari Schorr, Sonny Boy Williamson, Stephen Dale Petit, The Engine Room, Walter Trout
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Gig review: BLUES FEST 2014 – Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 October 2014

An afternoon session at the Albert Hall for the 2014 Blues Fest was a pleasant surprise, as the old building opened its doors to some of smaller rooms to house a wide array of exciting blues talent. Perhaps it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fairweather Lowe, Blues Fest 2014, Bob Dylan, Carl Hudson, Floyd Dixon, Georgie Fame, gig, Horace Silver, Ian Jennings, Jimmy Copley, Jimmy McGriff, Jo Harman, London Blues Fest, Marcus Bonfanti, Mick Rogers, Micky Moody, Mike Sanchez, Mose Allison, Ray Charles, review, Robert Hart, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Bad Apples
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Interview with JIM McCARTY (The Yardbirds) – 3 January 2014

January 21st 2014 sees The Yardbirds play their first date of an exhaustive 2014 tour which celebrates 50 years of their existence and the British Blues Invasion that changed the course of rock history. The band initially split in ‘68, … Continue reading
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