“On a rainy night in 1966 I went into a pub in Cornwall but I couldn’t afford to pay to go in. I said, I don’t want to stay outside in the rain, I’ll play the guitar for half an hour for you. They offered me a job for the rest of the summer and I’ve been at it ever since.”
Browsing: Obituary
Lee “Scratch” Perry OD (March 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021)
The Everly Brothers were among the first group of acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
The road goes on forever and the music never dies. Remembering Bubba Sullivan: the mover, the shaker, and the blues star maker.
Rest in peace, Roy Gaines: last of the T-Bone guitar slingers!
Nanci Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021)
Finnigan was a 2x winner of a Blues Music Award for his work with Taj Mahal as a member of the Phantom Blues Band
“We will forever be connected to that Blues Shuffle in C.”
“The fact is that he opened the door for a lot of people, and I don’t think he has ever got the recognition he deserves for being such a seminal figure.” – Bruce Iglauer
In less than a year’s time, the Supremes eclipsed the Miracles, the Temptations, and Mary Wells to become the highest profile group at a label that was redefining the very definition of pop music