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I will never understand why Hurricane Bobby Charles is not a household name in Blues and Rock & Roll. Admittedly, he never seemed to seek the limelight, which I suppose…
Established 1968
I will never understand why Hurricane Bobby Charles is not a household name in Blues and Rock & Roll. Admittedly, he never seemed to seek the limelight, which I suppose…
Photograph: Howlin Wolf at Birmingham Town Hall, 1964. Copyright Jim Simpson. June the 10th marks the 111th anniversary of an undisputed great of Chicago Blues: Howlin’ Wolf. Back when he…
Producer of the American Blues Legends ’75 album Jim Simpson talks us through the backstories behind the bluesmen on the record, including Tommy Tucker, Homesick James, Eddie Guitar Burns, Little…
A remarkable number of important Black American bluesmen, as well as jazz musicians, singers and dancers, left the U.S. and made their home in Europe, most of them staying for…