BIG BILL MORGANFIELD: 2003 Blues In The Blood (Blind Pig BPCD 5086)
Posted on July 3, 2009
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BLUES IN THE BLOOD is proof positive that Big Bill Morganfield inherited more than just a regal blues pedigree and wonderfully menacing baritone voice from his father - Muddy Waters. It documents the full maturation of Bill’s musical skills as a guitarist and songwriter and certifies that he is now a major talent in his own right. The new release fulfills the promise of greatness hinted at in his debut recording, which led to his winning the W.C. Handy Award for “Best New Blues Artist” in 1999. “I think it’s in the genes,” says Bill. “I learned from my daddy, but I wanted to create myself. I want people to know I got this in me.” Blind Pig release notes.http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=store
2. Evil
3. Hoochie Coochie Girl
4. Left Alone
5. Trapped
6. Whiskey
7. Feel Like Dyin’
8. Love You Right
9. Anything Just For You
10. Strong Love
11. Time to Go
12. Why Don’t You Live So God Can Use You
.. Year: 2003
.. Label: Blind Pig BPCD 5086
.. Bitrate: 320kbps
.. Home-Page: www.bigbillmorganfield.net/
.. Last fm: www.last.fm/music/Big+Bill+Morganfield
.. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bill_Morganfield
.. Buy: http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=store&action=viewcart
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Access Exclusive: Rumer Willis Headed To ‘90210′
Posted on July 2, 2009
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Rumer Willis is set to guest star on “90210,” Access Hollywood can exclusively reveal.
MVBF Interviews
Posted on July 2, 2009
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I’ve posted the raw audio for the interviews with Bo Ramsey and Roy Rogers. These will be edited later and included in The Roadhouse. Bear in mind – this is absolutely unedited. Interruptions, background noises, stutters and stammers – it’s all there. But there’s good stuff buried beneath.
Bo Ramsey Interview
Roy Rogers Interview
Burton Agnes Jazz
Posted on July 2, 2009
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THE Yorkshire Wolds is hardly a hot bed of jazz music but for one weekend only a small corner of this tranquil part of the world will be transformed into just that.
Eric Gales: Blues Behind Bars
Posted on July 2, 2009
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Eric Gales, an extraordinary guitarist and talented bluesman is serving time in the Shelby County Detention Center in Tennessee. This Blues File looks at his life, his talented and tragedy-afflicted family, and his situation as a prisoner, using clips from the videos “Blues Behind Bars” from the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Performers named for Delta blues festival
Posted on July 2, 2009
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GREENVILLE, Miss. - Blues performers Bobby Rush, Charlie Musselwhite and Shirley Brown will headline the 32nd Annual Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival on Sept.
Bob Dorr And The Blue Band Update
Posted on July 2, 2009
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This is not actually a Blue Note. Had it actually been a Blue Note, it would go on and on, blah, blah, blah, about something that you don’t actually enjoy, but you tolerate, because you JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE THE BLUE BAND IS PLAYING!!… Tonight (Thurs. 7/2) The 25th Annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, LeClaire Park, Davenport IA. We’re the first band on the Main Stage, 5-6:30pm. The night
Canadian Blues Artist Jackie Washington, R.I.P.
Posted on July 2, 2009
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Beloved Canadian blues artist Jackie Washington died on Saturday, June 27, 2009 following complications from a heart attack. Washington was 89 years old at the time of his death. Born in Hamilton, Ontario as the third of 15 children, Washington’s grandfather was a former American slave who had escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad.
Washington began performing at the young age of five, and in addition to his unique, raspy voice he taught himself guitar and piano. Through the years Washington held jobs shining shoes, working in factories, and as a railroad porter. Washington also became Canada’s first black radio DJ when he went on the air with CHML Radio in Hamilton in 1948.
Washington performed in regional clubs during the 1940s and ’50s, but it was with the folk-blues boom of the 1960s that he began hitting the festival circuit, where he became a popular attraction. Over the course of his lengthy career, Washington performed with a literal who’s who of jazz, blues, and folk artists from Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, and Joni Mitchell to Lonnie Johnson, and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. Washington was also an inductee to the Canadian Jazz and Blues Hall of Fame.
With a repertoire of more than 1,200 songs in the blues, folk, and jazz genres, Washington was a regular performer at the annual Mariposa Folk Festival and the Northern Lights Festival in Sudbury, where an award is named after him. Washington was also a recording artist, and released several acclaimed albums like 1995’s Keeping Out Of Mischief and 1998’s Midnight Choo Choo.
Although he wasn’t well-known stateside, Jackie Washington was well-loved in Canada, where he received a lifetime achievement award from the Ontario Arts Council in 1995, and another at the Maple Blues Awards in 1998. Washington worked with author James Strecker to write an autobiography, More Than A Blues Singer, which was published in 1996, and he was also the subject of a documentary film. His enormous presence on the development of a thriving Canadian blues music scene will felt for years.
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James Cameron The old world charms of bespoke and custom-made…
Posted on July 2, 2009
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Maybe it’s the romantic in me, and probably why I tend to gravitate towards the old world charms of bespoke and custom-made pieces, but I just love a story.
CHARLIE SEXTON: 2005 Cruel and Gentle Things (Back Porch 6039)
Posted on July 2, 2009
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It’s been more than a decade since Charlie Sexton issued the sprawling, ambitious Under the Wishing Tree. But Sexton has been anything but idle. He’s produced recordings by Lucinda Williams, Edie Brickell, Los Super Seven, Shannon McNally, and Double Trouble. He also played guitar in Bob Dylan’s studio and road bands for over three years. Cruel and Gentle Things is only the fourth album issued under Sexton’s own name. It was recorded, in many sessions over a number of years, whenever he got a break from his other occupational duties. It is a close and intimate affair that finds the songwriter and producer playing nearly everything over ten songs. There are a few guests who appear — mainly bassist George Reiff and drummer J.J. Johnson, but overall this is truly a solo affair. The set opens with “Gospel,” a slippery, languid acoustic blues testament to faith in times of trouble. The sheer skeletal beauty of the track is striking, and Sexton’s vocal is full of a relaxed conviction that gets right at the heart of the lyric. Daniel Lanois would kill to have written this. rock & roll enters on “Burn,” a, dreamy and seductive nocturnal groove that stands in sharp contrast to the sheer lost-love desolation in its lyrics with a killer backing vocal by McNally. The rootsy country-folk stroll of “I Do the Same for You,” with its lap steel and layered acoustic guitars, inspires with its gritty sense of dedication. “Once in a While,” though another broken love song about moving on after a breakup, is bright bouncy pop fueled by a simple bassline and a layer of guitars. Dobro, ringing electrics, and skittering drums envelope the other instruments in a buoyant swirl around the singer. They seem to give him the courage to step out and state his willingness and truth. “Dillingham Lane” was written with Steve Earle and features Sexton’s brother Will on backing vocals. A droning, open-tuned guitar piece, it narrates a look back to the street the pair grew up on. There’s no romance in the lyric — simply a statement of what was, looking at it as it informs the present. Ultimately, Cruel and Gentle Things is a series of postcards from various places and people in the songwriter’s life. It comes across as an interior kind of travel record, one that charts, exposes, lays bare, and celebrates the years as the revelations of everyday life, lived in space and time but not bound by them. It is easily the finest and most poetic and musically realized record in Sexton’s catalog. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
2.Burn
3.I Do the Same for You
4.Cruel and Gentle Things
5.Bring It Home Again
6.Once in a While
7.Just Like Love
8.Regular Grind
9.Dillingham Lane
10.It Don’t Take Long
.. Year: 2005
.. Label: Back Porch 6039
.. Bitrate: 320kbps
.. MySpace: www.myspace.com/charliesexton
.. Last fm: www.last.fm/music/Charlie+Sexton
.. Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Sexton
.. Buy: http://www.amazon.com/Cruel-Gentle-Things-Charlie-Sexton/dp/B000AARKP8
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