John Mayall’s ‘Finishing School’ for Young British Blues-Rock Musicians
John Mayall, ‘Godfather of British Blues,’ is dead at 90. John Mayall, the multi-instrumentalist who pioneered a unique style of...
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Paul Butterfield Was My First Blues Harmonica Hero
Butterfield’s swagger and his command of the blues harp created a link to white rock audiences. Prologue During my freshman...
Oh Lawdy, the Blues World’s Got Trouble
Blues guitar great Kenny Wayne Shepherd has become prey to a racial reckoning. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, longtime blues guitarist, singer...
A Youthful Adventure Along the Mississippi Blues Highway 61
We dropped in on Sam Chatmon, who found some fame with a family string band called the Mississippi Sheiks. Prologue...
The Sixties Blues Revival
The blues had a baby and they named it rock ‘n’ roll. There’s this thing we call the blues. In...
