RIP Louisiana Red, may you have a peaceful journey. From Wikipedia: Louisiana Red (born Iverson Minter, March 23,[1] 1932, Bessemer, Alabama, United States[2] - February 25, 2012 Hanover Germany,[3]) was an African American blues guitarist, harmonica player, and singer, who recorded more than 50 albums. He is best known for his song "Sweet Blood Call".

BLUES SYNDICATE Nº 73 1-LOW DOWN DOG - J T BURKS 2-PICKIN' RAGS - MOJO BUFORD 3-LONESOME BLUES - JOHN LEE GRANDERSON 4-HIGHWAY MAN BLUES - JIMMY DAWKINS 5-LEAVING TOWN - LOUSIANA RED 6-THINGS CAN'T STAY THE SAME - DOC TERRY 7-ALL I CAN DO - HUBERT SUMLIN 8-AIN'T IT NICE TO BE LOVED - LEFTY DIZZ 9-YOU MUST BE SHAMPOO BABY - HIP LINKCHAIN 10-IF YOU DON'T WANT ME - JOHN LITTLEJOHN 11-YOUNG GIRL - LUCKY LOPEZ [...]
Voting continues through Aug. 31. Here are the nominees and my selections... Music - Awards - Arts - Politics - Campaigns and Elections
Comparing my ballot to the winners' list and coming to terms with the results... Awards - Arts - Music - Academy Award - Arts and Entertainment
On a night when the Blues Foundation honored legendary Buddy Guy, Tommy Castro became the story winning all four awards he was nominated for... Buddy Guy - Tommy Castro - Blues Music Award - Music - Blues
Calling more shots: here is who I voted for in the Traditional Blues categories for the BMAs...
The year's biggest night for the blues just got a whole lot bigger...
How did I decide who to vote for and who did I choose?

A few weeks ago a Carnival Saloon reader from Utah called Nora Flood left a lovely comment that pointed out it's been a while since my last poultry post and suggested some chicken songs from her own collection that might be to my taste. I duly bought all eight and have since enjoyed learning more about the artists who performed them. Since today would be the 119th birthday of Colonel Sanders , the man who did more to popularise fried chicken around the world than any other, it seems [...]

BLUES SYNDICATE Nº 56 1- ROBERT BELFOUR. Crazy ways 2- DAVID HONEYBOY EDWARDS. You´re the one 3- ISAIAH ROSS. Hobo blues 4- TED HAWKINS. Bring it home dady 5- ANDREW ODOM. Don´t ever leave me all alone 6- JOHNNY ADAMS. Real live living hurtin man 7- LOUISIANA RED. Ride on red, ride on 8- MIGHTY MO RODGERS. Blues in my wailin wall 9- EDDIE SHAW. Playing with the blues 10- GUITAR SHORTY. You gave me the blues baby 11- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSON. Tell me mama El archivo se encuentra en: http://sharebee.com/944a9a82 [...]

BLUES SYNDICATE Nº 54 BLUES HARP VII 1- DUSTER BENNETT. FRESH COUNTRY JAM 2- LOUISIANA RED. RED´S DREAM 3- PEG LEG SAM. JOHN HENRY 4- PAPA LIGHTFOOT. MEAN OLE TRAIN 5- DOCTOR ROSS. GOT SOMETHING TO TELL YOU 6- CEPHAS & WIGGINS. BURN YOUR BRIDGES 7- WILLIAM HOSE & JACK PEARSON. I CAN´T STOP TUMBLIN 8- PAUL DELAY. DON´T FEEL NOTHIN 9- GARY PRIMICH. MY HOME 10- ANIBAL REPETTO. TOBIX 11- FEDE AGUADO & OSI MARTINEZ. LA LIBERTAD El archivo se encuentra en: http://sharebee.com/8fcba6ac Una producción de Carlos [...]

Few things in life can lift one's spirit like springtime in the South. The rains that turned the earth into an endless muddy swamp have rousted the greenery from its winter slumber. The bare winter branches of hardwoods are filling with buds and the underbrush brightened with the white blooms of Dogwood. Purple blooms of wisteria hang like ornaments decorating the trees along the back roads. There's no sense washing the car. Before it can dry, everything will be coated in thick, yellow pine pollen. Most folks have turned under their winter cover crop and are readying the [...]