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After the Blues Today: Chicago Summit 2014, blues guitar great Johnny Winter took the stage for a quick but stunning…

the story of an opera singer-turned-bluesman who donned wild voodoo-inspired stage garb, became a major influence in shock rock and rap, and raised from coffins as part of his set is something out of the ordinary!

The great Johnny Winter has been the subject of several episodes of Elwood’s BluesMobile.

In the blues, a Hambone is usually, unsurprisingly, a euphemism. Find out how it got into blues song, and who popularized it in this week’s fascinating LOTB column!

“I’m not a rock n roller,” Winter told American Blues Scene. “I’m a bluesman.” From his earliest to his last breath on the road, Winter truly lived up to that statement in every sense of the word.

The murky origins of the fascinating “Griots”, African magic men and their parallells to blues singers.

Earlier in the year, it was announced that acclaimed actor Don Cheadle would be playing Miles Davis in an upcoming biopic. Now see the first glimpse of Cheadle as Miles, in a stunning picture.

“Look man, I don’t want you to do what I do. I want you to go out and be somebody. Don’t be me. Go out and do something.”

Stevie Ray Vaughan and Ronnie Earl were friends before Stevie became famous. The well-known bluesman has had a long and winding career, filled with highs and lows — but no devil’s music.

Grinding on each other! Find out the fascinating origins of this popular blues word and phrase!