Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble’s Texas Flood Inducted 2021 Grammy’s
The perfect combination of raw power, unmeasurable control, mutual respect and honed skill and a lifetime’s worth of playing live clubs around Texas came together after some assistance from John Hammond and Jackson Brown (who lent Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble his studio) to launch Texas Flood – their first album. Single handedly SRV […]
Simple Blues Jam In A – Fender Strat and Fender Deluxe Amp
As many of you guys know, Friday’s can be especially inspirational…here’s some noodling to a blues backing track in A, love to know what you think.
Rare Buddy Guy Performance – On Acoustic, Lucy Mae
A great acoustic blues song written and performed in 1953 by Frankie Lee Sims was brought back to life a few years back by Buddy Guy in this incredible performance… There’s no denying Buddy’s influence on electric blues but I personally find this finesse performance of a blues classic refreshing. It made me wonder why […]
Texas Flood: The Inside Story Of Stevie Ray Vaughan
I can’t believe it was nearly 29-years ago that marks the untimely death of master blues guitarist (and great human being) Stevie Ray Vaughan’s death. A few weeks ahead of that unsettling anniversary comes the official release of the long anticipated “Inside Story” – “Texas Flood: The Inside Story of Stevie Ray Vaughan” which is […]
Stevie Ray Vaughan – The Lost Interview & My Favorite
Stevie Ray Vaughan was a massive influence on my early twenties, helped me take my own guitar playing to places I never thought possible and even taught me a number of life lessons along the way…this interview came to my attention recently that quickly became my favorite…both because of its lucidity (he was sober), honesty […]
Deadly Combination Of Talent, Confidence, Honesty and Style – The Vaughan Brothers
To me, this picture says it all about the value of integrity, hard-work and passion for music, self-confidence (that comes from staying true to yourself and your talent) and style…and answers the question why so many people LOVE the Vaughan Brothers – Jimmie and Stevie Ray… Between them, I’ve seen Jimmie and Stevie Ray more […]
Reese Wynans (Of Double Trouble) Is A Sweet Release…
If you you are a fan of blues music, stevie ray vuaghan, jimmie vaughan, texas blues or pretty much a music fan of ANY kind…you are going to enjoy this new release from Reese Wynans that stays true to its name – Sweet Release! Reese spent the last 5-years tickling the ivories and hammering the […]
Feeling It With This Am Blues…
Love the sound of a Fender Stratocaster through Fender Deluxe Reissue, and oh that Am groove…
Now This Is Blues – Albert Collins Lights Are On Nobody’s Home
More than ever we need to be reminded what BLUES is really like. As we continue to lose the legends, Albert King, BB King, Stevie Ray, Albert Collins…it seems more amazing than ever when you go back and discover the true great blues guitar legends and how in-tune they were to the feeling in a […]
Happy 80th Birthday To Mr. Buddy Guy
80-years ago today the legendary Buddy Guy was born in Lettsworth, Louisiana but came to rule the early blues explosion of Chicago – a powerful blues guitar great who influenced the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards and Stevie Ray Vaughan – he was truly the bridge from the early Southern […]