“Just seen doctor… big shock… no more gigs for this old drummer… everything is off… of all things I never thought it would be my heart…”

“Let Love Show the Way” is without question one of the finest blues rock albums released in years. Pick it up now!

Known as a bit of a quirky child, Mayall built a tree house behind the family home in Cheadle and used it as his bedroom.

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“West of Flushing South of Frisco” is a keeper. This is definitely one to check out soon. Turn the sound up, and jump in with both feet. It’s everything blues rock should be.

“I feel that I’m reborn as a songwriter, a singer, a guitarist and a human being. I have a new chance at being the best musician and the best man that I can be. And I’m incredibly happy and grateful.”

I had to relearn how to talk, I couldn’t speak; I didn’t recognize my kids. I had to relearn how to walk again. Basically, I was gone.

“I think Jeff would have been so proud of this,” notes his widow, Cristie Healey. “It’s up there with his best work, by far.”

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

You might say Irma Thomas had a lot to sing about. She was born Irma Lee in Pontchatoula, Louisiana. She went to school and sang in a gospel quartet at her local church. Then she got pregnant, married, pregnant again and divorced. She remarried and gave birth to two more children. Oh, and this is all by the time she’s 19…