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1. Big Walter April 6th, 1918: Blues harmonica player, “Big Walter” Horton was born in Horn Lake, Mississippi. Also known…
Duncan, Miss. will soon unveil a new marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail, honoring the city’s blues legends. Eddie C. Campbell, renowned blues guitarist and singer, is one of several artists included on the marker.
TMZ is reporting that blues legend B.B. King was rushed to a hospital in Las Vegas near his home
Today would be Muddy Waters’ 102nd birthday, and we’re bringing you several interesting ‘hidden gem’ facts about the life and legacy of Muddy Waters and those who, inspired by his accomplishments, used his innovative music to help change the world!
Mississippi born and Alabama raised. She started her recording career in 1923, which makes her one of the first of the blues babes on wax…
The meeting of SRV and Buddy Guy at Legends was the stuff of lost live music legend — until recently! Legends has just released a few minutes of footage of the two jamming! Check it out…
For starters, he was one of the greatest radio personalities ever. And when Rufus wasn’t on the radio hootin’ and howlin’, he was promotin’, singin’, dancin’, and writing songs…
This is the latest installment of our weekly series, The Language of the Blues, in which author/rocker Debra Devi explores…
From the opening notes of “Detroit Drive,” Neals and company grab us, shake us, caress us, and at record’s end, deposit us in a blissful, disheveled, spent heap.
The word is out on the street, blues fans. Buddy Guy will headline the this year’s Chicago Blues Festival in Grant Park.