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“The hundredth anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre had just happened, and even though the song is really about the fallout from a relationship gone south, it’s not a big jump to paint with a bigger brush and apply the lyrics in a much broader context.” – Scott Ellison

Colin James to release landmark 20th album, ‘Open Road,’ via Stony Plain Records on November 5!

Rest in peace, Roy Gaines: last of the T-Bone guitar slingers!

“One of my claims to fame at The John Henry Blues Festival in West Virginia is that I was kicked off stage by Big Joe Williams. Big Joe was one of those guys who played what he felt like and I was one of those guys who learned 12 Bar Blues and Big Joe was not a regular 12 Bar Blues guy.” – John Colgan-Davis

The November 13th release of ‘They Call Us Juice’ follows 1999’s ‘Juicemaker’ and 2007’s ‘Like You’

At the age of 55, Lucky Peterson had already spent over 50 years in the music business.

Yes – the Phantom Blues Band are Still Cookin’ and what they’re serving up is dee-licious!

It will be quite the regal evening when The Blues Foundation salutes its milestone 40th class of Blues Hall of Fame inductees with a special ceremony at the Halloran Centre for the Performing Arts and Education in Memphis on May 8th.

One of the last and most accomplished practitioners of the golden 1950s era of Chicago blues, Williams was well-known for his instantly recognizable stinging guitar tone.

One of the greatest sidemen in the history of blues music, Matt “Guitar” Murphy died last night. He was 88.