Category: Blues Legends

If there was an award for the most flamboyant, outrageous, eccentric and downright exciting blues singer and guitarist, then there’s little doubt that Guitar Slim would be a contender. Entering…

Robert Lee Chick Willis was born in Cabaniss, Monroe County, Georgia on September 24, 1934. His career as a singer kicked off when, in 1956, he won the talent show…

During a recent Blues Talkin’ session at a Tuesday Henry’s Blueshouse, the interviewer, Chris Barrow, called upon guitarist Bob Wilson, introduced him to the audience and proceeded to interrogate him…

The great, irreplaceable Charles Brown, born in Texas City, Texas in 1922, died in Oakland, California in 1999 aged 76. One of the most important and influential of blues musicians…

Part five of our Buddy Guy series. Follow the links to catch up on part one, part two, part three and part four Buddy Guy is almost certainly the most…

Here’s a song to help sustain that festive mood: Jimmy Witherspoon from Gurdon, Arkansas, who first came to attention when he replaced Walter Brown in the Jay McShann Big Band…

Part four of our Buddy Guy series. Follow the links to catch up on part one, part two and part three. In 1989, Buddy Guy opened his Buddy Guy’s Legends…

Blues-Link was a must-read 1970s publication. It was produced in Barnet, Hertfordshire and edited by Mike Black and assistant editor Alan Balfour. In Blues-Link #3, dated January/February 1974 and priced…

Cover photo copyright Jim Simpson Continuing the Buddy Guy story. Follow the links to catch up on part one and part two By 1965 Buddy had established himself so firmly…

Cover photo: copyright Jim Simpson A continuation of last week’s Buddy Guy: The Keeper of The Flame. Buddy Guy left Lettsworth, Lousiana for Chicago, arriving just before the 1957 winter…