Jimmie Vaughan – Calabogie Blues Festival Videos
It rained all weekend, but despite the torrential downpour, I jumped in my car Saturday afternoon and headed out on my 1-hour journey to the hills of Calabogie to see Jimmie Vaughan along with his great Tilt-A-Whirl Band headline the Calabogie Blues Festival Followers of this blog will recognize that I have talked a lot […]
Paul Deslauriers Band – Smokin Blues In Calabogie
Took in the Paul Deslauriers Band from Montreal, Quebec last evening at the Calabogie blues festival. This blues-influenced power trio was loud and rockin…from his Gibson Les Paul to the wonderfully sounding double-neck SG with the top being a 12-string model that I swear sounds just like Richie Sambora (guitarist with Bon Jovi). Paul Deslauriers […]
10-Year Old Felix Plays BB-King’s “Everyday I Have The Blues”
Remarkable video that demonstrates we can do anything if we really put our mind to it…blind from birth, Felix delivers an incredible version of “Everyday I Have The Blues” – the BB King standard. Watch how he learned to play the guitar on his lap from sound only…don’t ever complain about having to practice again!
Are You Sure You Want To Be A Music Star?
Funny post by Joe Bonamassa on Twitter today showing the crazy life a rock star (or in this case, guitar GOD) must live…reinforces the notion that you better as hell love what you do… Clay and Eric did a little number crunching this morning for our entire tour from March through the end of this […]
Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble Interview 1989
As we approach 24-years since the great blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan left this earth (have to think he’s up there jammin with Hendrix, Albert King, Hubert Sumlin, and Albert Collins), I still enjoy seeing material released today, especially material post-rehab where we see the true spirit, mind and soul of SRV unhindered by drugs […]
Buddy Guy Interview – Blues Icon Tells It Like It Is
Buddy Guy is one of the few remaining early blues greats that came up with Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, BB King – a true legend that is still firing on all creative cylinders. Watch this incredibly sincere by this legend of the Blues: This entire interview is GOLD for blues […]
Jack White – Lazaretto Brilliance
Jack White is perhaps the most unique and vibrantly creative artist active today…it just so happens his roots are in the Blues no matter how far his creative puruits take him. That’s the way it should be, start with internalizing the foundation of music (the Blues) and build out from there. Same formula as Jimi […]
What Does Blues Music Mean To You?
I count myself among the small group of people who can’t help but feel blues music spiritually. I don’t mean people who take their interest in blues as far as the Rolling Stones or the Black Keys – I am talking about those of us who may have been exposed initially through a mainstream rock […]
Jimmie Vaughan With Susan Tedeschi and Double Trouble
What more could you want than the spot-on blues guitar playing of Jimmie Vaughan with the Joplin-like vocals of Susan Tedeschi belting a BB King tune (Let the good times roll) backed by the #1 blues backup band in the world – Double Trouble (Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton of Double Trouble – Stevie Ray […]
Albert King Is Still The Boss!
Each time you see the late, great blues guitar great Albert King (thanks to the power of technology) appear, it reinforces the masterful and powerful influence he had over his guitar and music in general. As musicians, we each strive to find those real feelings, emotions and “places” that will allow us to put something […]