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WALTER TROUT

Walter Trout seems to have been around forever, an unspectacular but relentless force that draws on the roots of the Blues and adds the drive of rock music, blended into a spirit that still inspires audiences wherever he plays. Learning his chops under the guidance of some Blues legends before striking out on his own,…

PEG LEG HOWELL

Atlanta guitarist Peg Leg Howell was one of the first Bluesmen ever to make a ‘Race Record‘, and he was also re-discovered in the 60s when he recorded again. Joshua Barnes Howell of Eatonton GA lost a leg in an argument with a shotgun toting brother-in-law, and he turned to music when he found it…

ALVIN ‘Youngblood’ HART

Alvin ‘Youngblood’ Hart has found great success as a country blues revivalist, in the mould of Corey Harris and Guy Davis. His work on mandolin and banjo, as well as guitar, is rooted in his Delta heritage, but his ‘no barriers’ approach to music means he has taken it beyond recording and touring into broader areas…

PAUL JONES

Paul Jones was one of the graduates of the Ealing Blues Club who fuelled the British Blues Boom in the early 60s. With pop-star looks he took to the West-End stage, putting his Blues harp away and spending a decade as a leading man, until he re-emerged as the frontman of The Blues Band in…

JOHNNY WINTER

Johnny Winter was probably the most consistent Blues-rock player of his generation, pounding the highways of the world, bringing his high-powered Texas style to many generations of fans. From his breakthrough in 1969, he toured and recorded almost without a break, and when he left us in 2014, he was about to launch a new…

COREY HARRIS

Singing and playing exquisite slide-guitar like a Delta original, Corey Harris has spent his career linking up with the music that contributed to the origins of the Blues. Starting with a love of the Blues that he shares with countless millions, he took a singular path that took him back to Africa via the side…

CHRIS DUARTE

Texas has produced some great Blues-rock guitarists, and Chris keeps that strong tradition going. Born in San Antonio, Chris moved to Austin as a youth, and played his jazz influenced Stratocaster around the local club scene. He saw Stevie Ray Vaughan at one of the last hometown gigs before he got his big break, and…

BIG JOHN WRENCHER

On any Sunday lunchtime in the 60s, Chicago‘s Maxwell Street market would echo to the sound of Big John Wrencher singing and playing his harp. Trade was always brisk, and ‘One Arm John’ loved to play for his neighbours, dancing, clowning and showboating all over the street. He continued his ‘residency’ for the rest of…

TV SLIM

Oscar Wills was a skinny TV repair-man from Houston TX, who recorded his own song, ‘Flatfoot Sam’ in a local studio, and wound up with a national hit. He had already sold a song, ‘My Dolly Bee’, to Don Robey at Duke Records and that had been recorded by Junior Parker, so he figured he…

LLOYD PRICE

Lloyd Price burst onto the New Orleans R&B scene in April 1952 when his song ‘Lawdy, Miss Clawdy’ hit the top of the national R&B charts. With Fats Domino banging out his piano triples and producer Dave Bartholemew’s ‘big beat’, it was one of the best selling records of the year. Lloyd went on to…