I had such a strong affinity for early delta blues, it really took me a while to warm up to post-war rhythm & blues. My natural snobbish instinct was to agree with Son House's rant in Festival! . And I still do think that he's right. It's not the BLUSE. Upbeat, with rhythm and energy... Call it jump blues if you want, but for so many days, it's what keeps me going. [ FYI - that's Little Walter on the cover ] [...]
The album has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and chosen by Living Blues as one of its top ten Desert Island discs. Hoodoo Man Blues is the archetypal Chicago blues album; the standard to which all other Chicago blues albums are compared. Recorded back in 1965, the record had high ambitions as the creators laid down songs meant to be played in order rather than as a collection of blues singles. Junior Wells wails on harmonica and sings like he means every dark and dirty lyric he sings. Buddy Guy's guitar playing eloquently emotes [...]
Junior Wells: Ships on the Ocean That'll do nicely, thank you very much.
Do you like music? Well this one is a call to action. A temporal mix that hopefully reads more timeless than momentary. A sort of "Music Now!" demand in line with the standout Frightened Rabbit track off their Sings The Greys debut. I always seem to end up with a bunch of late 60s tracks, and the ones on this mix seem to be especially central to the overall gesture. Almost as a challenge to myself after having an argument with a friend on the quality of 80s music, and realizing how few products of the [...]
Do you want the real thing? Well, here it is. The incredible Junior Wells is one of the very best harmonica players of all time and this previously unreleased live show captures him inebriated and rocking hard. Junior's partnership with Buddy Guy contains some of his best work, but here he is playing a Boston nightclub in 1966 with an excellent bunch of musicians from Chicago. The great Fred Below is on drums joined by guitarist Louis Myers and his brother Dave on bass. Goddamn, these muthers boogie like no other! There are [...]
The voice of the Allman Brothers band is back with his first solo record in 14 years. The new disc, Low Country Blues finds Gregg not going back to just his roots, but to the roots of American music. Career reviver T Bone Burnett sits in the producers chair for this 12 track effort that includes covers of legends such as Otis Rush, Muddy Waters, Junior Wells, and BB King. Topping of this steady serving of blues standards is the standout original track "Just Another Rider", written alongside Gregg's Allman bandmate Warren Haynes. The new [...]
If you never had the chance to see Junior Wells live, don't miss this chance at the next best thing.
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Filed under: News , New Music For his first solo album in 14 years, Gregg Allman is paying tribute to his forefathers and covering blues icons such as Muddy Waters , B.B. King and Junior Wells . Titled 'Low Country Blues,' the LP was produced by T Bone Burnett and is expected on Jan. 18, 2011 via Rounder, the same label that reignited Robert Plant's solo career in recent years. "When you have new [...]
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Blues vocalist and harmonica player, Junior Wells is associated with Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. His harp playing bridged the gap from Sonny Boy Williams I and II and Little Walter to the modern blues era.
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Junior Wells @Amazon.com click image Today is the birthday of one of my blues musician heros, Junior Wells. According to Wikipedia; Junior Wells (December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998[1]), born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago, who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison. The man is right up there with Liltle Walter in my mind. I love his song [...]
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While doing some research on a Rolling Stone's song I came across the mp3 album Songs Of The Rolling Stones: All Blues'd Up! . I'm not sure how this album slipped under my radar, but I missed it back when it was released in July 9th, 2002. And I would like to present it to you today, because I love how it highlights the blues music of the Rolling Stones and because their songs are performed by some great blues musicians. Songs of the Rolling Stones: [...]
Remembering Vern Gosdin by David Rothblatt Sadly, once in a while one of my favorite musical artists dies. It doesn't happen often, let alone one of the most important figures in Rock 'n' Roll history. It affects me in different ways each time, ranging from "Oh, that's too bad" to the way I feel right now, which is really, really sad. News that Vern Gosdin had passed away from a stroke on April 28 at age 74 - peacefully as I understand it [...]
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