In January 1978 Rory Gallagher scrapped an entire album. It was recorded, mixed, and even had vinyl test pressings made. Fiercely independent, Rory had integrity too and he wasn’t sacrificing either to make a record company happy. He walked away from it, stripped his band down to a trio, swapped drummers and recorded the blistering [...]
Archive for Category: "Famous Blues Guitarists"
Texas Blues Summit in NYC Jimmie Vaughan & Friends
TEXAS BLUES SUMMIT: JIMMIE VAUGHAN & FRIENDS JUNE 16 – ROSE THEATER There may be no regional genre of music more prone to celebrating its own prowess than Texas blues, and with good reason. Blues royalty such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, T-Bone Walker, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Lightnin’ Hopkins all hail from the [...]
Carnegie Hall’s Rhythm, Blues and All That Jazz Festival Returns on a new weekend
Carnegie Hall’s Rhythm, Blues and All That Jazz Festival Returns on a new weekend Lewisburg, WV – Carnegie Hall’s 4th Annual Rhythm, Blues and All That Jazz Festival will return this year June 2nd through the 5th. This year the music is hotter than ever, and there’s more of it for enthusiasts to enjoy. [...]
Buddy Guy Concert Review by Monica Yasher
Buddy Guy is 74 Years Young and is still touring like a 20 year old, bringing his music to concert halls across the country and TV. Just recently, the sold out crowd of Pittsburgh fans had the chance to spend an evening with Mr. Guy. In keeping with the Blues tradition of passing [...]
Billy Cox: The Experience of Hendrix
“Destiny” is how Billy Cox refers to his chance meeting with Jimi Hendrix – a destiny that would shape the path of his entire life. He heard Jimi’s music first and then he met the man – a man that he knew he had to perform with. A man who inspired him to pick up [...]
Robin Trower – Live at the Galaxy Theater 2011 – Santa Ana, California
Robin Trower, Show Review I’ve been going to Robin Trower concerts since way back in the 70′s. The first was on my birthday in the summer of 1976. Robin ‘opened’ for Jethro Tull along with Rory Gallagher and StarCastle at the LA Coliseum. Trower was out supporting his then brand new ‘LIVE’ album and Tull was playing hits [...]
Popa Chubby Live At 2nd Story Blues On Broadway – Concert Review
Photo by Jeff Heller Popa Chubby Show Review Popa Chubby is not subtle. He is a blues-rocker through and through. Popa has a guitar sound that is loud, crunchy and in your face. Popa Chubby has vocals that are gruff, gritty and powerful. His blues are post-modern. They have historical elements from Chicago, Texas, Memphis and the [...]
Fifteen Minutes with Ana Popovic, Live at Stevie Rays Blues Bar
A Interview with Ana Popovic in 2011. She discusses her personal life, music life and a few things in between!
Gary Moore, Tribute to a Fallen Hero
Alastair Green has recently toured as far as Russia, Israel and Poland with the Alan Parsons Live Project. And, working with Alan has allowed Alastair to rethink and redo some of his guitar playing. Alastair shares there are times to be a guitar artist, and there are times to respect the original versions of a song. It is important [...]
Brian Robertson, Remembering Bandmate Gary Moore
GUITARIST BRIAN ROBERTSON REMEMBERS GARY MOORE Legendary guitarist BRIAN ROBERTSON recently took some time out to reflect and remember former band mate and friend Gary Moore, who passed away earlier this week. BRIAN spoke about the recording process of the Thin Lizzy “Nightlife” album and his refusal to re-record Gary’s solos: “When I first joined [...]
Gary Moore, More than a Memory to Me
GARY MOORE 1952-2011 Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! For my post today aside from the ticket stub image I do not have any photos to share with you as I usually do. My post today is simply to speak from the heart and honor the memory of one of my all-time favorite guitar players, [...]
Jimi Hendrix Birthday Tribute
Welcome back my fellow Blues lovers! This week I am featuring some photos from the Jimi Hendrix Birthday Tribute show held at BB King’s on Jimi’s birthday, Nov. 27. This was the 5th annual show but my first time attending. Some of the musicians that performed included Lance Lopez, Popa Chubby, Mountain drummer Corky Laing, [...]
Experience Hendrix 2010, “the West Coast Seattle Boy Tour”
Experience Hendrix Tour The 2010 version of the “Experience Hendrix Tour” was a heartfelt tribute to Jimi Hendrix. It was a guitar lover’s dream, performed by artists who clearly idolized the guitar god and performed at an intense level as if Hendrix himself was watching the performance. The show was filled with highlights peaking with [...]
Jimi Hendrix: The Art of the Blues – Painting Neptune
Jimi Hendrix Album Covers The psychedelic landscape of the 60’s opened the door to creativity both in and out of the studio. The colorful fluidity of sound produced by Jimi Hendrix embraced the culture. But the creative soul has more than one outlet and for Jimi Hendrix the outlet was painting. According to Hendrix’s former [...]
Life in London
Jimi Hendrix: London By Bill Saunders In September 1966, a young American named Jimmy James arrived in London from New York with $40 and a Fender Stratocaster guitar that had been stolen from Keith Richards. Four years later, having astonished the world with his music, he died in London under the name of Jimi [...]
