Author: American Blues Scene Staff

CD box set tells the story of an important and long-overlooked regional music scene of the 1940s and ’50s
Contains 472 audio tracks on 16 CDs and a 352-page hardcover book featuring artist biographies and details about recording in Washington,

local record companies, radio and TV, and venues.

“Heavy Shoes is a metaphor for something that is weighing you down. That feeling of every step being heavier than the last and not being able to carry the baggage any further. Heavy Shoes was the first song I had written for the album, and kind of a template we wanted to use for the rest of the record. Heavy, bluesy, straight ahead and honest.” – Chris Tapp

Today sees the premiere of the rootsy “Everywhere You’ve Been”

After the darkness of the past year, the track speaks to a shared longing for the sun to come out and shine once more

Geer’s dad was something of a “swashbuckler,” according to the songwriter. An Alabama idealist with mystic leanings, he marched with Martin Luther King Jr in the early ‘60s, and eventually made his way out to San Francisco embracing the emerging hippie consciousness, joining a commune in Oregon before eventually going on to study acupuncture and traditional medicine in China.

Coleman’s ode to his city follows a brazen harmonica solo where he proclaims to hail from the Westside blazing down the path of the daily hustle and grind.

We are proud to premiere powerhouse vocalist Regina Bonelli’s “I Got To Go”

New album ‘Click Click Domino’ out July 16th via Thirty Tigers

‘The Cause of It All’ hearkens back to historic pairings like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and Junior Wells & Buddy Guy.

Following the widespread critical acclaim lavished upon Vol. 1 Bruce Watson’s Bible & Tire Recording Co. is set to release ‘The Last Shall Be First: The JCR Records Story, Vol. 2’ on June 18, 2021.