The Fastest Guitar In The West…
...R.I.P. Alvin Lee. Renowned speed merchant on the guitar Alvin Lee of the blues rock band Ten Years After has died aged 68. ...read this Blog post →
Teh Interweb didn’t kill HMV…
...it killed itself. Crap prices, crap stock, little outside the piled high mainstream rubbish that's being downloaded to interest those that actually want a physical product. That's what killed the last high street record shop chain. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → AC/DC, Album, albums, Allman Brothers, blues, Calexico, CD, CDs, downloads, Fopp, Gary Glitter, HMV, Masters Of Reality, Music, shopping, Shops, Teh Interweb
The “Texas Cannonball”…
...Freddie King. Who has just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ...read this Blog post →
R.I.P. Etta James…
...the first lady of the blues. Legendary blues singer Etta James ahas died aged 73. ...read this Blog post →
R.I.P. Hubert Sumlin…
...back alongside the Wolf. Sad news that another blues legend, Hubert Sumlin, has died. ...read this Blog post →
Fleetwood Brun wouldn’t have worked…
...would it? It was announced yesterday that the original Fleetwood Mac bass player Bob Brunning died last month, October 18th. ...read this Blog post →
David “Honeyboy” Edwards…
...the last of the great Mississippi delta bluesmen. Sad news that one of teh last links to the pre-war blues age has died aged 96. ...read this Blog post →
R.I.P. "Pinetop" Perkins…
...another blues legend gone. Legendary blues piano player Joseph 'Pinetop' Perkins has died aged 97. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → blues, Muddy Waters, Music, piano, Pinetop Perkins, Sun Records
Still got the blues…
...for you. R.I.P. Gary Moore. Came as a great shock when I read during the Super Bowl half-time that blues, rock guitarist Gary Moore had died in Spain aged 58. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Albert Collins, Albert King, Album, BB King, blues, Gary Moore, guitar, guitarist, Les Paul, Peter Green, Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy
The first lady of the blues…
...Miss Etta James. Sad news that one of the great voices is reportedly seriously ill with leukaemia, in addition to also being in a poor way because of Alzheimer's. ...read this Blog post →
R.I.P. The King of Rock 'N Soul…
...Solomon Burke. The 70 year old soul legend, one of the greatest ever voices, died on his way to a gig after a flight from LA to Holland. Leaving behind 21 children, 90 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → blues, Music, Simon Cowell, Solomon Burke, soul, stupidity
James Marshall Hendrix…
...died 40 years ago today. September 18th 1970 Jimi Hendrix died in London aged 27. ...read this Blog post →
Rust on my pickups…
...and blood on the stage. From the funk of the first single to the bluegrass feel of the free download the latest Black Crowes album has created mixed feelings. ...read this Blog post →
It happened this week…
This week in music history - June 11th to June 17th - with who was born and who died, including the Irish blues guitar master Rory Gallagher. ...read this Blog post →
Tags → Births, blues, Dallas Rangemaster, Deaths, guitar, guitarist, history, Music, Rory Gallagher, Slide Guitar, Stratocaster, Vox
We gonna pitch a wang dang doodle…
...all night long. Tell kudu crawling Red, to tell Abyssinian Ned to tell old Pistol Pete, to tell everybody he meet the Queen Of The Blues Koko Taylor has passed on. ...read this Blog post →