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Celebrating Master Drummer, Singer & Actor Willie “The Touch” Hayes

Born August 20, 1950 in Clarksdale, Arkansas. Happy birthday, Willie…!!! *Grammy Award winner. *Inducted into the Chicago Blues Hall of Fame. *Actor in movies such as Thief, Hardball, Ali, Road to Perdition, The Express. *Worked with Tom Hanks, Will Smith, James Caan, Dennis Quaid. *Chosen drummer for: Son Seals, Junior Wells, Magic Sam, Chainsaw Dupont,…

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Versatile Pianist Johnny Iguana Invites Blues Royalty For Delmark’s “Johnny Iguana’s Chicago Spectacular” (1st ALBUM REVIEW!)

By Jim Hynes – Glide Magazine CLICK to sample this album, order CD, download or stream! The adventurous, chameleon-like, affable Chicago pianist Johnny Iguana is finally making his blues debut as a leader. He’s been a sideman on countless Delmark albums and yes, he’s the same Johnny Iguana who leads the blues/jazz/rock band The Claudettes,…

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Johnny Burgin #1 in Australia, Linsey Alexander entered the top 10…!!!

Here are the International Blues releases that the contributors to ABARAC have been playing on their shows* for the past month…A tremendous amount of thanks for the ongoing support of independent music, artists, labels, distributors, musicians, all who certainly need all and every outlet as many of the traditional means are currently not viable; and…

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Jefferson Airplane’s & Hot Tuna’s JORMA KAUKONEN interviewed by DAVE SPECTER

Jorma Kaukonen joined Dave from Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio sharing great stories from his early days in Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna through his solo career, talking about friends and players from John Hammond to Jimi Hendrix, Mike Bloomfield to Jerry Garcia. Recorded in May, 2020. Check out more of Dave’s podcast interviews with…

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“Goldmine” on Linsey Alexander “Live at Rosa’s”

“Oh, to have been there either night to witness this stunning display of virtuosity and personality in a city that’s synonymous with the blues itself on a label that specializes in historic live performances.” by Mike Greenblatt. The tape was rolling on the north side of Chicago when vocalist/guitarist/songwriter/entertainer/bandleader bluesman Linsey Alexander, 77, rocked out…

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Jimmy Johnson, Linsey Alexander, Johnny Burgin y Dave Specter en “CULTURA BLUES”: póker de ases para Delmark Records

La publicación mexicana “Cultura Blues” reseña 4 álbumes de Delmark: leer y ver los videos! Póquer de ases 1 agosto, 2020José Luis García Fernández A partir de este número, iniciamos una extraordinaria alianza de colaboración con Delmark Records, sello discográfico independiente con sede en Chicago. Gracias a la valiosa intervención de Johnny Burgin, quien recientemente…

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