Luther Allison

2016-11-10T17:07:23+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Luther Allison broke onto the national blues scene as the hot young up-and-comer from Chicago in 1969, so highly touted that he even scored a contract with Motown in 1973 -- almost unheard-of for a [...]

Otis Rush

2018-09-30T15:08:19+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Perhaps the most driven, impassioned, and creatively gifted of the young singers and guitarists who became known for the West Side style of Chicago blues in the 1950s and '60s was Otis Rush. The records [...]

B.B. King

2016-11-10T17:07:23+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Riley B. King became the most popular blues artist among African American audiences early in his recording career, in the 1950s; during the late '60s and '70s, he widened his appeal to become not only [...]

Boogie Chillen — John Lee Hooker (Modern, 1948)

2016-11-10T17:07:23+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Boogie Chillen set the nation rocking and put John Lee Hooker's name on the map with his very first release in 1949. Although recorded up north in Detroit, it was a guitar boogie of the [...]

Juke – -Little Walter (Checker, 1952)

2016-11-10T17:07:23+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Juke' was the groundbreaking instrumental that established Little Walter Jacobs as a national recording star and brought unprecedented prominence to the harmonica as a prime instrument in the blues. Untold numbers of blues performers took [...]

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