Andy Coats Update
Sorry for the late notice, but we’re looking forward to another show at Rockland: Saturday, Aug. 1, 10:30 pm – 1:30 amAndy Coats and the Bank WalkersRockland Bar and Grill7361 Six Forks RdRaleigh, NC 27615(919) 848-3812http://rocklandnc.com Hope to see you there! Andy www.andycoats.comwww.myspace.com/andycoatswww.myspace.com/andycoatsandthebankwalkers
Bob Dorr And The Blue Band Update
Have we talked about my lawn watering neurosis this summer? I don’t THINK so. But(t) first…Don’t forget that we had to cancel our Friday night date at The Mill in Iowa City. Good bass players are hard to find…Saturday, 8/1, is the first ever Celebrate Your Senses town celebration in Washington IA. Among the many senses to be celebrated is the sense of humor of one of the celebration
The Voice
The Blues, Jazz & Folk Music Society, Inc. Marietta, Ohio July 30, 2009 Vol 9, Issue 13 RESEND Quick Links http://www.bjfm.org mariettabrewingcompay.com www.courtstreetgrill.com www.wvbluessociety.org www.columbusblues.com www.thethirstyear.com
Blues Historian Review: Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan, In Session
The legendary record company Stax, has a new release of Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Stax has taken an old TV recording from 1983 taken the audio track and released it as a CD called Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan: In Session. King and Vaughan were recorded in Hamilton Ontario. It is an interesting historical recording. Being from TV, the audio has some problems especially with
Close to home: Kenny – Blues Boss’ Wayne is coming to Burnaby as part …
For anybody who doubts that Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne is a blues superstar, let him tell you the story of his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine several years ago.
Mississippi Bluesman Wesley “Junebug” Jefferson, R.I.P.
We’re saddened to report the death of Clarksdale, Mississippi blues artist Wesley “Junebug” Jefferson. The popular Delta blues singer, bass player, and band leader passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 from complications due to lung cancer. Jefferson was 65 years old.
Jefferson was born the oldest boy of thirteen children in Roundaway, Mississippi, a rural area south of Clarksdale. Raised in abject poverty, Jefferson picked cotton and plowed behind a mule as a young man, and as he got older, he worked the fields with a tractor. He picked up on blues music at an early age, hearing records on the jukebox at the juke joint that his mother ran out in the country. Jefferson bought his first guitar at the age of 18, after moving to Memphis for work. He would later return to the Clarksdale area, taking on a job as a mechanic on the Hopson Plantation, where he worked for 22 years.
From the mid-1960s on, Jefferson worked with various bands and blues artists, including relatively well-known Delta bluesmen like Sam Carr, Frank Frost, Robert “Bilbo” Walker, and Super Chikan. Although he performed regularly for decades, Jefferson’s recorded output is slim. His first recorded songs appeared on a 1990 Rooster Blues label cassette called Clarksdale, Mississippi Coahoma The Blues. In 1996, Jefferson recorded the The Wesley Jefferson Band: Delta Blues Live from the Do Drop Inn CD with James Super Chikan Johnson. Jefferson’s last recording was 2007’s Meet Me in the Cotton Field, a collaboration with Clarksdale guitarist Terry “Big T” Williams.
Jefferson appeared in the 2008 documentary film M For Mississippi along with several other Delta and Mississippi Hill Country bluesmen. Although “Junebug” wasn’t well-known outside of the Clarksdale area, he was a popular draw in the region, and an influence on up-and-coming blues artists. Jefferson will be missed by his family, friends, and fans.
Thanks to Scott Barretta and the Mississippi Folklife and Folk Artist Directory for the biographical information.
HOUND DOG TAYLOR:2004 Release The Hound! (Alligator Records ALCD 4896)
WINNER OF THE 2004 BLUES MUSIC AWARD FOR “HISTORICAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR” “When I die, they’ll say he couldn’t play shit, but he sure made it sound good.” The above quote by Hound Dog Taylor is probably my favorite in all of music. It’s …
Illinois Blues News
The FREE Internet Magazine – All news BLUES in the US! Past Issues www.TheBluesBlast.com July 30, 2009 © 2007 – 2009 IllinoisBlues.com Latest news, photos, reviews, links & MUCH MORE in this issue! – Scroll or Page Down! TheBluesBlast.com quick website links: Reviews Links Photos Videos Blues Radio Blues Shows
True blues highlight upcoming Squaw music lineup
It’s easy to believe Janiva Magness. Emotion, sincerity and intensity come across when she sings the blues.
JAMES HUNTER: 2006 People Gonna Talk (GO Records/Rounder 612187)
“James is one of the best voices, and best kept secrets, in British R & B and soul. Check him out.” -Van Morrison Truly a man, and an album, out of time, James Hunter travels back to the ’60s for this slinky shot of retro soul-blues. The singer…
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