Hi.... I've been waiting for you. The Blues have had a wonderful effect on many folks over the years and I'm betting you'll enjoy your visit to my site. Your going to hear samples of some of the best new Blues Guitar and Vocals being offered up anywhere today!! Yep...This is the home of the New Robbie King Blues Experience . Enjoy the vibe yall and don't forget to send an e-mail. PEACE, Robbie Hi...I'm Robbie King, blues guitarist and song writer.My music is both retro and modern..sort of Ottis ...
Oct 06, 2006•4 min
The Radiators are in their 26th year of providing some of the most intense live performances (over 3600 thus far!) of any band on the road today. Their intuitive grasp of each other's moves, coupled with a repertoire of nearly 1300 songs provides a basis for a fresh and spontaneous approach to their music. The Radiators rely on a myriad of musical influences to create their own sound - "Fish Head Music". At a Radiators show it is not uncommon to hear blues, R&B, jazz, country, Zydeco, soul, ...
Oct 06, 2006•5 min
One of the finest guitarists of the century, Blind Blake's finger-picked playing evokes the jazzy, melodious rags and stomps of the period. With breathtaking skill, Blake sings and plays from blues to breakdowns to shuffles to novelty tunes. Blind" Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. He is often called "The King Of Ragtime Guitar". There is only one photograph of him in existence. Blind Blake recorded about...
Oct 06, 2006•7 min
brother doug on myspace Brother Doug GarageBand Best Song On G.B. I appreciate this "Big Time" ! You are liable to get pounded on your production, but I LOVE this! It seems in todays world nobody knows what music really is... you my friend have captured it and put it right on out here...Thanx! One single guitar, laying down some blues jangle chords... not perfect, but played with real feeling... This takes me back 30 years to jamm'in in the park, hav'in a great time with people that loved music,...
Oct 05, 2006•5 min
Greg Bowles is a self-taught blues guitarist from the southwest of western australia who playes a National resonator guitar in the tradition of the Delta blues greats, as well as more modern electric blues-rock on a standard US Strat. Greg is a regular performer at many music festivals around W.A. and plays in taverns and pubs around the southwest of the state. Really love his playing. 29-Jul-2005 08:51:02 AM That is how I like to hear the Blues. Thank You. Gregg Bowles Blues
Oct 03, 2006•8 min
Layin On Da Drum Chop Top Mercury 49 near Texas, four guys dream of warmer climes. From way up in the chilly north of Sweden, blues are in a rockin' mode, inspired by the likes of ZZ Top. Rest assured, there's some hard riffing raising temperatures in their Scandinavian studio. musical project from far up north in Sweden. Started as a test recording and is now a still on-going project. Texas Boogie is based on the interchange between the songwriter Roger Enquist and the sound engineer/producer L...
Oct 02, 2006•8 min
Rusty and Laurie gleefully dubbed 2005 their "Dude! Where did you come from?" Tour after receiving gracious compliments from Lynyrd Skynyrd members when the band opened for them in 2004. Longtime fans aren't surprised. Rusty Wright's got the kind of guitar chops that make people stop and stare, spellbound. Wide eyed, people jostle for a better view of his hands and riotous facial expressions. Wright's introduction to professional musicianship came at age 13 when he climbed aboard a tour bus and ...
Oct 01, 2006•9 min
Welcome to Joe Desperado and the Uptown Cats music page. This is a new project with veteran guitarsist Joe Desperado. We will be adding music and a lot of details in the next few weeks, so please stop back soon. For those of you not yet framilar with Joe Desperado, you're in for a real treat. Joe is a one of the most soulful guitarist you'll ever listen to. From Delta Blues to Uptown Swing, he squeezes emotion out of every note. Joe and his band have created a refreshing new way to deliver tradi...
Sep 30, 2006•13 min
If you're moved by the classic sounds of Chicago, West coast swing and jump blues, the authentic tone of '50's guitar, cool rhythm's and Fat tone amplified harmonica in the style of the greats such as T.Bone Walker, Robert Lockwood Jnr, Fred Below, George Harmonica Smith, Little Walter and William Clarke, then Smokehouse Blues are the real deal. Smokehouse have a deep passion for this music, and their live performance's around the country are evidence of their energy and style. Influenced by the...
Sep 30, 2006•12 min
In 1998 a(singer/entertainer, songwriter, producer, guitar player,keyboards and studio engineer) met an powerful singer/entertainer and together they brought to life "The Mitchell Blues Band". This Palma Mallorca (Spain) based band is originally from New York City and Oklahoma USA!! Tim Mitchell Richardson (the founder of The Mitchell Blues Band) has taken his music from America and all over the world. The unique style that Tim has brought with him from Oklahoma is a down home Blues with just a ...
Sep 30, 2006•11 min
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Sep 28, 2006•4 min
Robert Leroy Johnson was born on May 8, 1911 to Julia Major Dodds and Noah Johnson in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. Until his late adolescence, his name was Robert Spencer after his stepfather, who had to change his name from Dodds to Spencer when he ran from Mississippi after a personal vandetta with the Marchetti Brothers (Lavere 7). Johnson took the name of his natural father as a teenager, even though he had not met him. Music was a long-time interest for Johnson, and his first instruments were t...
Sep 27, 2006•2 min
Traditional Old-Time, Bluegrass; Breakdown and Song- Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky. ARTIST: Source: Dennis 'Little Hat' Jones 'Kentucky Blues' recorded in San Antonio, Texas, on 14 June 1930 and issued as Okeh 8815. Note: the first four stanzas are from the transcription in Paul Oliver 'Songsters & Saints' Cambridge Uni Press 1999 p 70. The last stanza (omitted by Oliver) is my transcription from the reissue on Various Artists 'My Rough and Rowdy Ways Vol I' Yazoo CD 2039. CATEGO...
Sep 27, 2006•4 min
Kelowna, British Columbia's Rick Halisheff - a.k.a. Poppa Dawg - turns in a solid set of traditional Blues penned by the excellent guitarist and singer. 'Nobody Here Feels Sorry For You' bounces between Hokum and Jump; 'Croc Talkin', a greasy, minor-key funk instrumental features some of the snarkiest wah tone ever waxed; and 'This Man' is a towering deep soul number. 'I Ain't Leavin' shuffles with Stevie Ray Vaughan power, '1, 2, Gone' swings like Ronnie Earl's best work and 'Cool Little Number...
Sep 26, 2006•4 min
George Higgs was born in 1930 in a farming community in Edgecombe County near Speed, North Carolina ("a slow town with a fast name" as he is fond of saying.) He learned to play the harmonica as a child from his father, Jesse Higgs, who enjoyed playing favorite spirituals and folk tunes at home during his spare time. George got to catch the medicine showman and harmonica player Peg Leg Sam playing locally in Rocky Mount during the tobacco market season and he made a lasting impression on the youn...
Sep 25, 2006•8 min
Bob has shared the stage and played with some of todays great blues artists. Most recently His band backed Superharp james cotton He has opened for a number of major acts over the years from Ronnie Earl And Eddie Kirkland to Bobby Parker and Hubert Sumlin. He was guitarist for Floyd Phillips and The Mudflaps for 3 years having formed the band with Floyd in 1998. The band consists of Bob On guitar and vocals, Steve Pozz or Ron Howden on drums, Sandy Joren on bass. Also any number of the areas gre...
Sep 24, 2006•6 min
Francine Calo has been playing & singing the blues for 30 plus years ... working with husband/guitarist Paul and with their old friend, "The Shuffle King" John Hoik on drums...this trio has groove to spare...their live shows have been lighting up clubs in the New England area ..... a winner in the Battle of the Blues Bands in '98' ....they've appeared with artists Sarah Brown, Shemekia Copeland, J.Geils, Magic Dick & Bluestime, Mose Allison, Bruce Katz,Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, and The...
Sep 23, 2006•4 min
Tony Deziel never stops making music. A guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, he is meticulous, whether it is perfecting a guitar riff or working on a lyric.But then again, its always been that way. Ever since he first saw The Beatles on television, Deziel has been involved in music, whether playing, writing or admiring. He grew to love vocal harmonies and layered guitars, and used them in his own compositions as well as those he has written with other artists. In 1991, Deziel met Jeff Carlisi of ...
Sep 23, 2006•14 min
Sep 22, 2006•3 min
PAPA JOE GRAPPA’S MIDLIFE CRISIS BAND Papa Joe Grappa – Guitars, Vocals Gerald Johnson - Bass. Definitely one of the funkiest bass players around. Gerald’s recorded with Dave Mason, Steve Miller and Steven Stills. Gary Mallaber – Drums. Gary’s the drummer on Van Morrison’s “Moondance.” He’s also recorded with Steve Miller and Bruce Springsteen. Marty Grebb – Electric Piano, Organ, Baritone and Tenor Sax. The multi-talented Marty has recorded with Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh and The Band. He was also...
Sep 21, 2006•5 min
Blind" Lemon Jefferson (September 1893–December 1929) was an influential blues singer and guitarist from Texas. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s. Jefferson is believed to have been born in Couchman, Texas, near Wortham, Texas. It was long believed by most that he was born in 1897 (although some accounts varied the date by up to ten years) but research a century later revealed a census record that listed his birth record as September 1893. He was blind or nearly blind fro...
Sep 19, 2006•9 min
Barbeque Bob is a seasoned veteran harmonica virtuoso and vocalist from the Boston, MA with nearly 30 years of experience in the business and has worked and toured wth many different blues legends, including Jimmy Rogers, Louisiana Red, Sunnyland Slim, and Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson. After nearly three years of being forced to take things very slow due to being on kidney dialysis, Bob recieved a kidney transplant on May 1, 2003, and he is now back on the scene with a vengeance. Former Muddy ...
Sep 19, 2006•11 min
"St. Louis Blues" is a piece of American music composed by William Christopher Handy in the blues style. It remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire. It was also one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song; it has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Glenn Miller and the Boston Pops Orchestra. It has been called "the jazzman's Hamlet". Published in September of 1914 by Handy's own company, it later gained such popul...
Sep 18, 2006•4 min
Chester Burnett was born to Leon “Dock” Burnett and Gertrude Jones on June 10, 1910, in White Station, Mississippi, a tiny railroad stop between Aberdeen and West Point in the Mississippi hill country, many miles away from the Delta. Fascinated by music as a boy, he would often beat on pans with a stick and imitate the whistle of the railroad trains that ran nearby. He also sang in the choir at the White Station Baptist church, where Will Young, his stern, unforgiving great-uncle preached. When ...
Sep 17, 2006•3 min
Blue Fox is a well-traveled bluesman from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Steve Blood of Three Mountain Lodge says, "He takes time with the kids, gets the place rockin'. EVERYONE likes his music." Pamela Polston of Seven Days Newspaper said. "Blue Fox's vocals are deep-lazy-growly-sexy, and his guitar playing is ultra-strength." Art Edelstein of the Times Argus Newspaper says” One of the few authentic blues musicians in Vermont - well worth the listen.” Blue is currently booking his spring/summer tour...
Sep 16, 2006•17 min
Born James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, Arnold received his nickname in 1934 after releasing Old Original Kokomo Blues for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the "Kokomo" brand of coffee. A left-handed slide-guitarist, his intense slide style of playing and rapid-fire vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries. Having learned the basics of the guitar from his cousin John Wiggs, Arnold began playing in the early 1920s as a sideline while he ...
Sep 16, 2006•4 min
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Sep 15, 2006•6 min
RandomClam is a couple of ordinary guys trying to produce original music fusing the essense of blues, jazz and rock into something we hope you find unique. Mike : Songwriter (Vocals, Guitar), Dan : Lead Guitar (Bass) Random Clam
Sep 13, 2006•4 min
n 1998 a(singer/entertainer, songwriter, producer, guitar player,keyboards and studio engineer) met an powerful singer/entertainer and together they brought to life "The Mitchell Blues Band". This Palma Mallorca (Spain) based band is originally from New York City and Oklahoma USA!! Tim Mitchell Richardson (the founder of The Mitchell Blues Band) has taken his music from America and all over the world. The unique style that Tim has brought with him from Oklahoma is a down home Blues with just a t...
Sep 13, 2006•5 min
Podcast Tribute to the classic Blues and the modern day heros of music. Lets step into time and relive the the era that set the nation and time to what it is today. Join me as we bring the past to the present. Willie King has loved and played the blues ever since he was 7 years old, as Willie says it, "I am the Blues." Living in one of the poorest regions, of one of the poorest states in America, could give anyone a case of blues but Willie is constantly struggling against the odds to gain contr...
Sep 12, 2006•6 min
