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Our dear friend , the beloved Chicago blues singer Tail Dragger has passed away. Tributes from all over the world pour in from his many friends and fans who mourn and fondly reminisce all of the amazing times we had with the legendary Tail Dragger. Thank you, James Yancey Jones, 9/30/40-9/4/2023. Our deepest condolences to his wife Bertha and all of his family and many, many friends!
“ONE DAY THIS BOY WILL TAKE MY PLACE” – Howlin’ Wolf, talkin’ about Dragger “I thought our friend Tail Dragger , our blues super hero was invincible and would outlast us all. Thank you for all of the amazing once in a lifetime shows and your friendship and your wise advice, Tail Dragger. Words cannot…
New amazing photo gallery exhibit at Delmark – Please come celebrate the supremely talented photographer/journalist Michael Jackson with his 25 year association with Delmark Records!
WEDNESDAY – September 6, 5-9pm Delmark’s Art Gallery hosts an opening for the next exhibit, of art and photos by jazz journalist Michael Jackson. Unveiling of a special photo from the memorial for bassist Harrison Bankhead. Come celebrate 70 years of legendary indie label Delmark records next Wednesday September 6th, 5-9pm. Michael Jackson has been…
Demetria Taylor’s new Delmark CD, “Doin’ What I’m Supposed To Do” receives rave reviews and stellar airplay!
Demetria Taylor is awarded the prestigious “KoKo Taylor Queen of the Blues” award from the Jus’ Blues Foundation KOKO TAYLOR “QUEEN OF THE BLUES” AWARDS Preserving Traditional Blues Heritage Demetria Taylor Demetria Taylor is the daughter of the late blues legend Eddie Taylor Sr. and is helping keep the legacy of her father alive. Eddie is…
The 2022 Delmark Rockwell Blues & Jazz Fest was a big hit!!
2022 Rockwell Street Stroll – Delmark’s 2nd annual Blues & Jazz Festival – September 3, 2022 Bob Koester, Sr. was smiling down from above during the wildly successful blues and jazz festival that took place in his long-time Chicago north side neighborhood, and right down the street from the home of his historic Delmark Records,…
1st ANNUAL ROCKWELL BLUES & JAZZ STREET STROLL photos & videos
A very successful festival presenting Delmark and Earwig artists: Donna Herula, Mike Wheeler Band, Liz Mandeville, Soul Message Band, Michael Frank & Paul Kaye, Dave Weld & The Imperial Flames and Delmark All Stars featuring Bob Stroger, Billy Flynn, Willie “The Touch Hayes”, Roosevelt Purifoy, Jimmy Burns, Dave Specter, Linsey Alexander, Willie Buck, Milwaukee Slim…
CLICK! Tail Dragger is 80 today. Happy birthday!
James Yancey Jones, known professionally as Tail Dragger, was born in September 30, 1940 in Altheimer, Arkansas. Check his albums out! Read his interview with the Chicago Defender. INTERVIEW:
A TRIBUTE TO IRA SULLIVAN, by Howard Mandel.
Ira Sullivan (May 1, 1931 – September 21, 2020) Howard Mandel ©2020 jazzmandel@gmail.com Ira Sullivan was a Chicago jazz original and devout near-native son. Born May 1, 1931 in Washington D.C., he resettled with his parents in the Midwest before he was four, about the same time he found his father’s trumpet behind as sofa…
“Iguana demonstrates that the blues is still alive and even always evolving,” says ROOTIME.
Great review by Rootime’s writer Dani Heyvaert. We were only recently spoiled with “High Times in The Dark”, the fourth album by The Claudettes, the band around singer Berit Ulseth, in which Johnny Iguana plays a rather prominent piano role, or there is already a new project of the piano playing, whiskey -drinking and Havana-smoking…
“Keys and Chords” gives a 5 STAR review to JOHNNY IGUANA “CHICAGO SPECTACULAR” Delmark album!
Piano virtuoso Johnny Iguana grew up in Philadelphia and at the age of fifteen became obsessed with Chicago blues greats like Junior Wells and Otis Spann. A few years later, he met Junior Wells at a show in New York and was thrilled when Junior hired him after some live auditions in Boston and Rhode…
Chicago SunTimes: Dave Specter, Billy Branch launch protest anthem ‘The Ballad of George Floyd’
When Chicago bluesman Dave Specter watched the video of a Minneapolis police officer pressing his knee on the neck of George Floyd for eight minutes and 46 seconds, causing his death, he knew that the times — pandemic and all — called for more than the usual platitudes.
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