Blues

February 23: The late great Johnny Winter was born in 1944

I just like the blues better than rock 'n' roll. ~Johnny Winter When I started workin' with Muddy. That convinced…

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February 18: Ray Charles recorded What’d I Say in 1959

I'm not one to interpret my own songs, but if you can't figure out 'What I Say', then something's wrong.…

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February 16: The late Otis Blackwell was born in 1931

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is…

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February 11: Hank Williams Lovesick Blues was released in 1949

I got a feelin' called the blues, oh Lord Since my baby said goodbye Lord I don't know what I'll…

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Jan 29: The Legendary Willie Dixon died in 1992

The Blues are the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling, and understanding. ~Willie Dixon "The…

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January 28: The late Ronnie Scott was born in 1927

 “I Love this Place, It's Just Like Home, Filthy and Full of Strangers” (Ronnie Scott) Ronnie Scott and All That…

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January 12: Led Zeppelin released Led Zeppelin (debut album) in 1969

Led Zeppelin is the eponymous debut studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on 12 January 1969…

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January 11: Howlin Wolf released Howlin Wolf (album) in 1962

Howlin' Wolf is the third studio album from Chicago blues singer/guitarist/harmonicist Howlin' Wolf. It is a collection of six singles…

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Jan 10: Muddy Waters released “Hard Again” in 1977

.....Waters sings as though his life depended on it, Johnny Winter proves with every note how right he was to…

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Jan 7: Muddy Waters recorded “(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man” in 1954

This 1954 recording (the second, after 1952's original) of blues standard "Hoochie Coochie Man" by Muddy Waters is one of…

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