By James on Oct 25, 2008 in The Blues | 4 Comments
Years Gone By
Released in 1969 this is probably one of Albert Kings rawest albums. The unpolished but great sound may have been one of his best works. Other earlier albums were compilations of singles but this was the first intentional full LP. Some of the songs were not properly mixed but that just seems to [...]
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By James on Oct 17, 2008 in The Blues | 1 Comment
I picked this album up right before I went home on leave. What a great new album. This is classic sounding B.B. King. I have been listening to the King for a while now and to hear a completely new album from him is awesome. I was just in Memphis on the 27th of September [...]
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By James on Jul 1, 2007 in The Blues | 13 Comments
You may just have heard of him. A man on fire when it came to the blues. He not only sang it but he lived it. From Austin, Texas he was an icon for the music scene from there. He cut his first studio album with Double Trouble in Jackson Browne’s studio and it was [...]
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By James on Jun 15, 2007 in Rock, The Blues | 5 Comments
Jerry Lee won Comeback Album of the Year at the 2007 Blues Music Awards for Last Man Standing and as far as I can tell it is justly deserved. Now it is a album where he covers a lot of other people stuff but he seems to do a very good job on it. Now [...]
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By James on Jun 6, 2007 in The Blues | 3 Comments
John Lee Hooker, when his name is mentioned most people know who he is. Thanks to popular culture reviving blues music and pumping it into mainstream movies and TV over the past few years most people can tell you a little something about Mr. Hooker. I mean who hasn’t heard Boom, Boom? I am lucky [...]
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By James on May 29, 2007 in R&B, The Blues | 7 Comments
Here are a few videos of Mrs. James. This first one is of her and Dr. John and the next is her with The Blues Breakers.
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By James on May 29, 2007 in Pop, R&B, The Blues | 0 Comments
I visited The Blues Foundation website today and it had a list of some of the winners and a few that I took notice of were Etta James, Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lee Hooker, and Charley Musselwhite. So in celebration of the accomplishments that these artists have made I am going to do an article [...]
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