Lonesome Jimmie Lee Robinson
It would be stretching the truth to say that Lonesome Jimmy Lee Robinson was a bunch of fun. On the other hand, he always turned up on time and did…
Mojo Working, Muddy and Ann Cole
To anyone who knows about the blues, “Got My Mojo Working” is inextricably linked with Muddy Waters. For heaven’s sake, he featured the song on every performance, it was practically…
Hitman Blues Band
Back in November, Henry’s Blueshouse hosted a memorable performance by the New York City-based Hitman Blues Band, the Rockingest, Rollingest, Jumping and Jiving blues big band we have seen in…
What Is It With The Blues And All Those Browns? – Part 2
Picking up from where we left off last week in our quest to find as many blues performers with the name Brown as possible, let’s begin with the ladies. There’s…
What Is It With The Blues And All Those Browns? – Part One
Most everyone knows of Charles Brown, the man responsible for the best of all Christmas Songs, “Merry Christmas Baby”, Texas blues giant Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Dallas-born Walter Brown who…
Henry’s Blueshouse Raises £3825 at Blues For Ukraine
The Blues talk this week is all about the amazing blues jam of last Sunday, Blues For Ukraine at Henry’s Blueshouse at Velvet Music Rooms where some 25 of the…
Meet The Guys Who Will Be Taking Care Of Business – Part 2
Last week we introduced Chickenbone John, Ricky Cool, Roy Forbes, Bullmoose K. Shirley, King Pleasure and Johnny Caswell. This week it’s the turn of… The Nitecrawlers Now well-established as one…
Blues For Ukraine: Meet The Guys Who Are Taking Care Of Business
With that very important Blues For Ukraine event less than two weeks away, I thought it would be good to take a look at the impressive line-up of blues musicians…
The Ubiquitous Howard McCrary
One of the most extraordinary musicians that I ever had the good fortune to work with was Howard McCrary. Equally comfortable singing and playing piano in gospel, blues, jazz, rhythm…
That Swinging Gate
Digging back into the Big Bear archives is always a fascinating and often surprising business. For instance, I just came across the programme for the 5th year of our Birmingham…