Blues Super Group – Arc Angels
Even after all these years I find myself going back to watch clips of the Arc Angels – perhaps one of the best blues power groups ever assembled and yet they only stayed together for such a short time. I suppose it’s no surprise that the mega rhythm sections of all time (SRV’s Double Trouble) […]
At Last – Etta James Escapes The Pain
Just days away from her 74th birthday, blues performer pioneer Etta James passed away yesterday after a long battle with multiple health conditions including a bacterial infection, alzheimer’s and leukemia. Her career started in the mid 1950’s, a journey that would see her become one of the elite blues performers of her time performing with […]
Blues Concert DVD – Top Holiday Ideas
Looking for a holiday gift Christmas idea for someone you know loves blues music or blues guitar? I know in my case, I would be happy getting nothing else but a blues CD or DVD for Christmas – and for those around you, it’s so easy and quick to order them online and have them […]
Gary Clark Jr. – Austin Blues Guitar Emerges
So tell me, what does Texas put in their water that creates so many great blues guitar players? Actually it isn’t hard to understand when you visit Austin a see the incredible mix of bars, clubs and street musicians – the question becomes, how can you NOT become a musician. But then, out of this […]
Rare Picture of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Muddy Waters
I had no idea that Stevie Ray Vaughan had ever met Muddy Waters, until now, most others didn’t either. Can you imagine the stories they would have and, if a few years earlier, the kind of music Stevie and Muddy may have made together. Two giants of the blues guitar and blues music in general, […]
Goodbye Hubert Sumlin – Blues Guitar Legend
I can still see Hubert’s giant smile as I walked up to him a couple years back here at our Ottawa Blues Festival. He hung out for an entire weekend up here just shooting the breeze with many musicians who idolized him and what he had done for the blues guitar. Known most for being […]
T-Bone Walker, Blues Guitar And The I-II-IV-V
[mc src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFqK6PBq-hA&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL37DEC2F0013CE888″ type=”youtube”]T-Bone Walker[/mc]I’ve been in a mood for going back and learning some blues guitar strategies, techniques and styles from the greats – was listening to this video of T-Bone Walker playing at the “Jazz at the Philharmonic” – the first song I noticed the often used example of T-Bone changing up the standard […]
Texas Blues Guitar – Johnny Winter – Roots
I still remember fondly one of my very first concerts back in the mid 1990’s saw Johnny Winter play the National Arts Center Theatre here in Ottawa…a venue typically reserved for proper theatre goers rather than loud, heavy drinking bikers, youth and blues revellers – but that night turned out to be magic. It was […]
Robert Randolph – If I Had My Way
When Robert Randolph brings his family band along anywhere near where I live (and sometimes not so near) I make sure I see him. Part revival meeting, part instrumental master, with equal parts new age and old soul Robert Randolph has never disappointed always bringing a fresh approach with massive passion to anything he plays. […]
Keith Richards With Some Acoustic Blues
We all know the Rolling Stones are a blues-based band, and at times that blues even shines through in their playing, but rarely do we get to hear some roots delta blues coming from the likes of Keith Richards like this: Who knew he had all that individual blues guitar talent — it’s not everyone […]