Blues

July 1: The Late Blues Legend Willie Dixon was born in 1915

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color="mulled_wine" icon_fontawesome="fa fa-quote-left"]The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding.…

5 years ago

1961: 20 Songs Released in 1961 You Must Hear

19 Great songs released in 1961 including Summertime by John Coltrane, Crazy by Patsy Cline, Back Door Man by Howlin’…

6 years ago

August 27: Stevie Ray Vaughan passed away in 1990

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_color="mulled_wine" icon_fontawesome="fa fa-quote-left"]But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to…

6 years ago

April 4: The late great Muddy Waters was born in 1913

"Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that voice and it was my own voice."  -…

7 years ago

March 30: Happy Birthday Eric Clapton

 I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist. ~Eric Clapton “I found my God in music and the arts,…

7 years ago

March 25: Aretha Franklin was born in 1942 – Happy 76th birthday!

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to…

7 years ago

March 21: The Late Son House was born in 1902

  "Of course that was my idol, Son House. I think he did a lot for the Mississippi slide down…

7 years ago

March 15: The Legend Lightnin Hopkins was born in 1912

Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982), better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist, fromHouston, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine…

7 years ago

March 8: Mississippi John Hurt was born in 1892

"The Blues ain't nothin' but a good woman on your mind." ~Mississippi John Hurt No blues singer ever presented a…

7 years ago

March 6: Furry Lewis Birthday

Good Morning, Judge. What will be my fine? Good Morning, Judge. What will be my fine? He said I’m glad…

7 years ago