Author: JD Nash
JD Nash
JD Nash is the former host of Blues Influence on WREN radio and current editor-in-chief of American Blues Scene.
Powerhouse vocalist Eliza Neals comes out swinging with one of the most notorious Blues-rock guitarists in the industry.
“I hope the video captures the melancholy and the throwback vibe, that mood when memories linger between reality and relativity.”
When you think of historic Chicago blues and R&B labels, Chess, Vee-Jay, Brunswick, and Delmark probably first come to mind. However, the city’s famous Black music scene spawned many indie labels.
“‘LEMONADE’ is the best CD I have ever done with the best musicians I have ever had the pleasure to work with, Bob Malone, Doug Belote and Carl Dufrene Jr. So there!”
The bluesy, richly textured “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” was written by Abair and Tyrone Stevens and is a haunting dig through the wreckage of love lost and the attempt to reclaim inner strength.
“Wherever I go I find a bowlegged woman, whether it’s Kansas City or anywhere.” – Bobby Rush
Listening to ‘The Blues Gonna Getcha,’ there is no question the pure powerful, natural intonation is there as Newcom delivers his lyrics in song.
The festival celebrates one of the most unique forms of blues ever conceived, the haunting Bentonia Blues.
Dr. John, the King of the Krewes is gone, and the world is a bit more dim and colorless because of it.
The Symposium is broken into four parts beginning at 2:30 PM (CDT) and is FREE to the public.