Biscuit Miller And The Mix – Chicken Grease www.biscuitmiller.com American Showplace Music 10 songs time – 45:58 After considering his previous association with Lonnie Brooks, “Mojo” Buford and others, this effort isn’t quite what I expected. I thought it would be more in the way of deep-ish blues at least, instead of more in the …
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HeavyDrunk – Holy Water 4142 Music – 2019 13 tracks; 58 minutes www.HeavyDrunk.com HeavyDrunk is a band from Tennessee, this is their third album and the debut release on new label 4142 Records. The band takes its name from a putdown of a musician that he did not rate by the late ‘Gatemouth’ Brown but …
“Listen and you’ll get a good story” Syl Johnson admonished me when I interrupted him as he related his music career from the beginning. It was like we were on the bandstand and I was in the band and he was the bandleader about to issue me a fine. So bear with me so I …
Cover photo © 2020 Bob Kieser In This Issue Mike Stephenson has our feature interview with Chicago blues guitar player Rick Kreher. We have 6 Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Sunny Lowdown, Guitar Shorty, Erja Lyytinen, Miss Bix & The Blues Fix, HeavyDrunk and Big Dave Mclean. We have the …
Screamin’ John and TD Lind – Mr. Little Big Man Down in the Alley Records www.facebook.com/screaminjohnandtdlind/ CD: 11 Songs, 36 Minutes Styles: Blues Covers, Contemporary Electric Blues Rock Mr. Little Big Man, from Britain/Kentucky-based Screamin’ John and TD Lind, is like an individual-sized bag of jalapeno chips. The serving size may be a bit meager …
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Cover photo © 2020 Bob Kieser Mark Thompson has our feature interview with Larry McCray. We have 6 Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Nico Chona & The Freshtones, Screamin’ John and TD Lind, Bees Deluxe, Jimmy Carpenter and Carolyn Gaines. We have the latest in Blues society …
I was born and raised in Chicago and one of the few guys who are into the blues who come from Chicago, most come from somewhere else, and I started listening to blues in the sixties. I remember going down to Maxwell Street when I was a young kid. My parents were factory workers so …
Tinsley Ellis – Ice Cream In Hell Alligator Records www.tinsleyellis.com 11 tracks Tinsley Ellis was born in 1957 and began his musical career in his teens. His first album at age 21 was Georgia Blue on Alligator Records. He stayed with them for five more albums, went over to Capricorn and Telarc for a few …
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It has been almost five years since the last Blues Blast interview with guitarist Larry McCray, conducted by Terry Mullins. At that time, he was finishing up a new project that was released as The Gibson Sessions, featuring twelve classic rock songs like “Can’t You See,’ “Night Moves,” “Wild Horses,” and “Born On The Bayou,” …
Cover photo © 2020 Bob Kieser In This Issue Mike Stephenson has our feature interview with Blues legend Jimmy Johnson. We have 6 Blues reviews for you this week including new music from Tinsley Ellis, Jimmy Pritchard, Lloyd Spiegel, Leaving Spirit, Fillmore Slim and Mark Crissinger. Our Video of the Week is Jimmy Johnson and …
