After reviewing Scoundrels a couple of months ago we caught up with Ned for a quick Q&A covering Tae Kwondo practices, Dr Dre covers and a unnatural dislike for Noah and the Whale. Cougar Microbes: What time did you wake up today? Was it out of choice or necessity? Scoundrels: Woke up at 5 am, went for a 10 mile [...]

Champion Jack Dupree ( wiki discography bio MySpace AMG ) was a New Orleans-born boogie-woogie blues piano player, who at various times in his life was also a painter, a cook, a POW, and a very good boxer. (For more about boxing and Stag, see here .) This is a N'awlins-sounding poppy blues take on Stag, recorded the same year as Lloyd Price's huge hit, but not sharing much in common with that. This is from Dupree's biggest hit album, Blues From The Gutter , which also includes [...]

HOLIDAYS Hola amigos, esta semana estamos de vacaciones pero os dejamos un programa, eso sí, sin guión. Es una especie de recopilación de buenas canciones de blues. 1. AIN'T NOBODY'S BUSINESS - JIMMY WITHERSPOON & JAY MCSHANN 2. PLEASE DON'T TURN ME DOWN - SLIM HARPO 3. WE ROCK- TOM SHAW 4. TOURO INFIRMIRY - ADRIAN DUKE 5. GEORGIANA - CHAMPION JACK DUPREE 6. HARD KICK - ANDY BOY 7. YOU THINK I'M YOUR GOOD THING - BEE HOUSTON 8. YOUNG MAN WITH THE HAT ON- BLUES TRAIN 9. A NICE [...]

Champion Jack Dupree - Stack O'Lee ( buy ) (1958) The bad man is another recurrent hero of black ballads, and an object of fascination and fear (see the Railroad Bill discussion) . The bad man survived the blues era and can be found in rap and of course, reggae. Last week I saw "The Harder They Come" (with the famous and excellent soundtrack), a great "bad man" story. The archetypal bad man is, of course, Stagger Lee (or Stack'O Lee), a St Louis (or, [...]

BLUES SYNDICATE Nº 60 1- CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE. A nice day for something 2- JAMES COTTON. Born in Missouri 3- DIRTY BLUES BAND. Chicken Shack 4- BACON FAT. Small´s on 53rd 5- BUDDY GUY & JUNIOR WELLS. Hoodoo man blues 6- CHAMPION JACK DUPREE. Georgiana 7- LUTHER GUITAR JUNIOR JOHNSON. Home alone 8- FREDDIE KI NG. I don´t know 9- TAB BENOIT. Gone too long 10- STACIA PETRIE. Too son 11- BLUES TRAIN. Young man with the hat on l archivo se encuentra en: http://sharebee.com/b0310f27 Una producción [...]

1917–2008 The Adios Lounge would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge the passing of Jerry Wexler, who died Friday at the age of 91. I've often said that if I could live anyone else's life in history, I'd live Jerry Wexler's. He coined the phrase "rhythm and blues" while writing for Billboard, and when he was at Atlantic, he not only helped create rock 'n' roll, but later proved crucial in popularizing soul music. He worked with Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin at their peak, worked with Dusty Springfield and Wilson Pickett at [...]
The music featured on the new Smithsonian Folkways collection Classic Piano Blues is my favorite kind of blues, possibly my favorite genre of all. Many of the songs fall into the "barrelhouse"... **Click on the link to read the full post, download mp3s, and comment.**