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Preston Lauterbachs new book, The Chitlin Circuit and the Road to Rock N Roll explores the electrifying & colorful origins of the famous Chitlin Circuit, a loose trail of small town venues hosting black entertainers.

This time in our Behind The Keys series, we’ll take a look at the life of Memphis Slim. Slim brought his unique blues piano to the masses and helped to pioneer the popular sound of the blues in it’s 1950’s heyday.

Listen to the first track of the new album Here I Am from Nick Moss!

Eddie Turner, the dynamic guitarist and one-time Otis Taylor band member, doesn’t so much as play the instrument — he glides across the notes, creating an unmatched otherworldly mysticism.

Today’s video features three famous Chess artists, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, and Bo Diddley in a fantastic, slow-simmering version of “Goin Down Slow”.

We are deeply saddened to report that Willie “Big Eyes” Smith passed away early the morning of September 16, 2011 at his home in Chicago from a stroke. All arrangements are pending and information will be forthcoming.

The Blues Foundation is moving forward with plans to utilize some of their new space to create the Blues Hall of Fame.

Today in September 16, 1925, B.B. King was born in the rural Mississippi Delta. The king of the blues is 86 years young today, and still touring and entertaining crowds across the world.

In 2008, the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center, a striking 20,000 square foot, $14 million tribute to the revered bluesman, was opened to the public with great fanfare.

Today’s B.B. King video is his live performance, on stage at the B.B. King Blues Club, of the song that brought him to widespread fame in 1952, “Three O’Clock Blues”.