Posts by MickeyV

The hill country east of the Mississippi Delta is populated with small farms that have been home to the same families for many generations. It is also the source of some unique music that was only ‘discovered’ late in the 20th Century by Blues enthusiasts who went out to make field recordings of these remote…

Muddy Waters‘ searing slide-guitar work is seen as the cornerstone of Chicago’s electric Blues tradition, but the precise and sympathetic chord patterns of Jimmy Rogers’ ‘second’ guitar features on all the great Chess recordings too. As Muddy’s right-hand man; as part of the Chess house-band; and as a singer and bandleader in his own right,…

  Chance Gardner’s musical roots go back to his upbringing in Mobile AL, where he heard Gospel music in Church as a child,which seemed to soak into his vocal delivery and his guitar style. Like many of his generation, Chance’s ears were opened to The Blues by listening to Robert Johnson, and when he met…

Lee ‘Shot’ Williams was a Blues singer from Mississippi who ended up in Chicago’s West-side in the late 50s. His vocal powers got him a record deal, lot of gigs fronting some great bands, and he continued his career as a ‘Southern Soul’ singer well into the new century. Henry Lee Williams was born in…