Blow That Harmonica, Son
On January 6th in 1973 I took off on a 5 week tour in the company of Homesick James, Snooky ‘Little Bear’ Pryor, Boogie Woogie Red, Lightnin’ Slim, Washboard Willie…
Mr. Blues Is Coming To Town!
The most important thing to happen every July hereabouts is the annual jazz festival. Jazz, I hear you say, what’s that to do with us blues guys? Well, admittedly, most…
Little Smokey Smothers
L to R: Billy The Kid Emerson, Jimmy Dawkins, Jim Simpson, Lester Davenport, Little Smokey Smothers, Eddie C.Campbell, Good Rockin’ Charles, Chico Chism. Photo by Jim O’Neal. I met Little…
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…