The Queen of White Trash Cajun
Although it is commonplace to comment, when a band is really rocking that they are cooking, it must be extremely rare for this activity to actually involve food, heat and…
Meet Sugar Pie DeSanto
Growing up in the Fillmore district of San Francisco, Umpeylia Marsema Belinton knew from an early age that she was going to be singing the blues. Her neighbour’s daughter, Jamesetta…
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price was born in 1933 in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner. As he grew up, he took formal training on trumpet and piano, sang in his hometown gospel…
Memphis Slim: When Paris Met The Blues
The Henry’s Postbag received an interesting note from a British bluesman living in France. It read, “My name is Giles Robson and I’m writing an article on Memphis Slim. I’ve…
Matchbox Blues
2021 seems to be shaping up to be a good year for those of us who are interested in those earliest recorded blues, with the release of seven CD sets,…
Those Dockery Delta Blues
It is surprising how many bluesmen have some sort of association with Dockery Plantation, a familiar name to many blues fans. But what exactly was Dockery, did it originate as…
Big John’s Boogie
Blues Unlimited might well have been the very first UK blues publication, its first edition seeing the light of day in 1963. Originally a typed, mimeographed affair, under the ownership…
Tea & Symphony
Back in the late 1960s, the Moseley band Tea & Symphony regularly appeared at Henry’s Blueshouse. Now, here’s a question. Are there any original Henry’s Blueshouse members out there that…
Joe Fournier and Spits Jr
It’s been far too long since Canadian roots and blues guitarist and singer Joe Fournier last featured in our city, the 2010 Birmingham Jazz Festival, in fact. So it was…
Juke Boy,The Lone Cat, Stovepipe and The Good Doctor
Considering the importance of the one man band in the Blues lexicon, it is remarkable how few of them ever achieved significant prominence. The first of this rare and precious…