Hide Away — Freddie (Freddy) King (King, 1969)

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

Hide Away, a 10-track compilation of Freddy King's early singles and album tracks from his King/Federal sessions of 1961-63, is not the most comprehensive reissue of the Texas-born singer-guitarist's work for the label, but it [...]

Blues from the Delta, by William Ferris

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

The essential connection between music and the specific places where musicians live and create their sounds would seem to be an obvious matter. How can one conceive of history of the subject in this country [...]

Junior Wells

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

Amos Blackmore had barely shaken the dust of his native Memphis' streets from his pants cuffs when he began to make a name for himself in Chicago Blues. Soon after the pugnacious 12-year-old moved north [...]

Baby Scratch My Back–Slim Harpo (Excello, 1965)

2016-11-10T17:06:59+00:00November 10th, 2016|

James Moore AKA Slim Harpo Born: January 11, 1924 in the parish of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a figure in the post-war rural blues, his music is often described as Louisiana swamp blues. As [...]

Hoodoo Man Blues — Junior Wells (Delmark, 1966)

2016-11-10T17:06:59+00:00November 10th, 2016|

Regarded by many blues enthusiasts as the finest LP ever recorded as an album session (rather than as a collection of singles from different sessions), Hoodoo Man Blues never made the Billboard charts but over [...]

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