“If you don’t know the blues… there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock and roll or any other form of popular music.”
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Tomorrow marks the 47th anniversary of the all-too-early death of a West Side Chicago guitar master. In honor of his gifted influence on the world of electric blues music, we offer 10 things you may not know about Samuel Maghett, better known to the world as Magic Sam.
It was forty years ago today. Thanksgiving Day, November 25th, 1976.
This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in…
Blues is an old man’s game. Rock and roll is about youthful aggression. The Rolling Stones, now all in their early to mid-70s, don’t play by either genre’s rules, but meet the two in the middle.
American Blues Scene spoke recently with Tony Coleman who is best known for his 29 years as B.B. King’s drummer.
The passing of musical titans, the recording of a HUGE collaboration between Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, and much more in this weeks’ “blues past!”
Editor’s note: Please welcome the newest addition to American Blues Scene online: “This Week in…
John Hammond picked up Jimi Hendrix for his band after Curtis Knight fired Jimi in 1965…
The Blues Hall of Fame, administrated by The Blues Foundation, has announced the 2014 inductees!