Q&A with Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield: Muddy Waters’ youngest son is a rising star on the Chicago blues scene. Interview by Michael Limnios. View Michael’s Blog “The Blues changed. When my father was a young man the blues was a black audience, but when Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones, and Johnny Winters introduced the world to…
Pianist extraordinaire Johnny Iguana is the cover feature interview in the acclaimed publication, BLUES BLAST! Thank you, Bob Kieser and Mark Thompson for this candid and revelatory interview with the one and only Johnny Iguana. Johnny talks about his entire career, including his influences, how he got his nickname, playing with the legendary Junior Wells,…
A Brief History Of Jimmy Johnson… On November 25th, 1928 in Holly Spring, Mississippi, Verlie and Sam Thompson proudly introduced me into this world, their first boy child, James Thompson. I was the first boy of 10 children, with only one older sibling, my cherished sister Annie Mae, who would watch over me as I…
The musical association between Billy Branch & Dave Specter for the release of “The Ballad of George Floyd” is causing quite a spark. This poignant tune completed a triptych of social and political songs Dave Specter started over a year ago. How Low Can One Man Go? with guest musician Jorma Kaukonen (of Jefferson Airplane…
JIMMY DAWKINS BIOGRAPHY by Grego Anderson Jimmy Dawkins was born in Tchula, Mississippi, and moved to Chicago in 1955. He worked in a box factory, and started to play local blues clubs, gaining a reputation as a session musician. In 1969, thanks to the efforts of his friend Magic Sam, he released his first solo…
CD, LP, downloads, streaming. Magic Sam Magic Sam (Samuel Maghett) was one of the most dynamic and gifted blues musicians during his short lifetime (1937-1969). Born a few miles northeast of this site, Maghett began his performing career in Grenada and lived in this house until he moved to Chicago in the early 1950s. The…
See English and German versions of the review Jörg Palitzsch in bluesnews 102 Recorded in the legendary Chicago club Rosa’s Lounge, the album is further evidence of authentic blues. The 77-year-old American songwriter, singer and guitarist Linsey Alexander is in the best mood and proves to be among the best with his cover version “Please…
Dave Specter, Jimmy Johnson, Linsey Alexander, Johnny Burgin, Mississippi Heat. SAMPLEAR y DESCARGAR SUS DISCOS AQUÍ:
English and French versions of the review, inside. Posted by Robert Sacre on 5 Oct 2020 Delmark – Catalogue DE 864 Iguana is a pianist very present in Chicago clubs and festivals. He is very appreciated as partner of the whole Gotha dictionary of the bluesmen of the Windy City and he finally had the…