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Tag Archives: Tom Hambridge
Album review: TOMMY CASTRO Presents A Bluesman Came To Town: A Blues Odyssey

Alligator Records [Release date: 17.09.21] Every since breaking nationally on NBC’s Comedy Showcase, San Francisco’s Tommy Castro has enjoyed a well founded reputation in the new blues vanguard for his willingness to explore new avenues in the blues genre. Down … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Deanna Bogart, funk, guitar, Jimmy Hall, Keith Crossan, Kevin McKendree, review, rock, soul, Terrie Odabi, Tom Hambridge, Tommy Castro, Tommy Castro Presents A Bluesman Came To Town: A Blues Odyssey, Tommy MacDonald
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Album review: QUINN SULLIVAN – Midnight Highway

Provogue [Release date 24.03.17] Best known as Buddy Guy’s protégé, 17 year old Quinn Sullivan’s third album ‘Midnight Highway’ takes a major step up in carving out his own niche in the crossover blues rock-world He’s got the chops, he’s … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Allman Brothers, blues, Buddy Guy, electro, funk, George Harrison, guitar, Jerry Garcia, Midnight Highway, Quinn Sullivan, review, Tom Hambridge
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Album review: DEVON ALLMAN – Ride Or Die

Ruf [Release date 16.09.16] ‘Ride Or Die’ is a proud statement of just who Devon Allman is. He’s a southern rocker with a wide musical outlook who over the last decade has carved out his own rootsy niche. ‘Ride Or … Continue reading
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Tagged album, blues, Bobby Yang, Devon Allman, funk, Kevin McKendree, Latino, R&B, Ragged & Dirty, review, Ride Or Die, rock, Ron Holloway, soul, Steve Duerst, Tom Hambridge, Turquoise, Tyler Stokes
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Album review: DEVON ALLMAN – Ragged & Dirty

Ruf [Release date 20.10.14] ‘Ragged & Dirty’ takes its inspiration from the late Luther Allison’s funky wah-wah driven title track and provides Devon Allman with his overdue moment in the solo spotlight. It’s a chunky, funky, gritty example of the … Continue reading
Album review: JOE LOUIS WALKER – Hornet’s Nest

Alligator Records [Release date 25.02.14] Joe Louis Walker rips into the incendiary title track of ‘Hornet’s Nest’ with a riff heavy piece that suggests it’s a kick ass rocking album. Truth is, it’s a more adventurous album than that, but … Continue reading
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Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Chris Kid Andersen, Curtis Young, Hornet's Nest, Jesse Stone, Joe Louis Walker, Keith Richard, Michael Black, Mick Jagger, Muscle Shoals Horns, Ray Walker, Richard Fleming, Tom Hambridge, Willie Dixon
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Album review: BUDDY GUY – Rhythm & Blues

RCA Silvertone [Release date 29.07.13] The cornerstone to Buddy Guy’s first ever double album is the relatively late definition of the term blues. The music he first started playing was R&B – CD1 provides the rhythm and CD2 the blues … Continue reading
Album review: JAMES COTTON – Cotton Mouth Man

Alligator records [Release date: 06.05.13] Grammy award winning Chicago blues-harp legend James Cotton is back! Well he’s never really been away, but ill health robbed him of his vocals making it all the more remarkable that ‘Cotton Mouth Man’ is … Continue reading
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Tagged Alligator Records, blues, blues harp, blues rock, Buddy Guy, Chicago Blues, Chuck Leavell, Cotton Mouth Man, Darrell Nulisch, Delbert McClinton, Glenn Worf, Grammy award winner, Gregg Allman, James Cotton, Joe Bonamassa, Keb Mo, Muddy Waters, review, Rob McNelley, Ruthie Foster, shuffle, Tom Hambridge, Warren Haynes
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