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If you like swing and jump style blues, you will love this album. The musicianship here is first rate, as are Kane’s vocals. This album is well written, well produced, and well played.

Many delta blues men sang about the mean ol’ captain, including Son House and Robert Johnson. Now find out what “Captain” REALLY means.

The Allman Brothers Band legend talks about the upcoming album that he’s wanted to make his whole life, the ebbs and flows of songwriting, and what made “Low Country Blues” a Grammy-nominated hit.

J.J. Cale was best known for the songs ‘After Midnight’ and ‘Cocaine’, covered by Eric Clapton as well as ‘Crazy Mama’ and ‘Call Me The Breeze’.

Born John Weldon Cale in 1938, Cale recorded 14 studio albums as well as his collaboration album with Clapton ‘The Road To Escondido’.

An originator of the so-called Tulsa Sound, Cale’s career spanned over 50 years, beginning in 1958. A multi-instrumentalist and song writer, Cale also worked as an engineer. He was renowned for his songwriting, writing a number of hit songs

Popa Chubby Gives Us “Universal Blues Breakdown” and it does not disappoint. The album is well produced, and has a very good mix, giving the sound a clear, in-your-face immediacy. Very sweet indeed.

During Prohibition, alcoholics who couldn’t get their hands on moonshine resorted to some truly dangerous methods to satisfy their cravings…

Roaring motorcycles and powerful blues music have long gone hand in hand, but one Illinois man has raised the bike/blues fusion to brave new heights.

The +/- ninety year old, wildly influential delta bluesman has passed away after a long fight with a series of strokes.

On Saturday, Lester Chambers was brutally assaulted on stage after dedicating a song to Trayvon Martin. While trying to make sense of senseless violence is the question, he believes love is the answer.