Sam Kennedy: A Genuine Blues Hobo
Sam Kennedy and his Band were one of the hits of this year’s Birmingham, Sandwell & Westside Jazz Festival. Sam…
Buddy Guy: The Blues Is Alive And Well
Cover photo copyright Jim Simpson Continuing the Buddy Guy story. Follow the links to catch up on part one and part two By…
Buddy Guy: Sweet Home Chicago
Cover photo: copyright Jim Simpson A continuation of last week’s Buddy Guy: The Keeper of The Flame. Buddy Guy left Lettsworth, Lousiana…
Buddy Guy – The Keeper Of The Flame
Beyond doubt, Buddy is the greatest living bluesman and one of the most important in the rich history of the…
Barbecue Bob, Dead Eye and Bat The Hummingbird
There is no denying that, for many of us, when we first encountered The Blues, discovering the exotic names of…
Brooks, Chickenbone and The Cigar Box Guitar
Photo: Merlin Daleman Brooks Williams is an outstanding, finger-picking, rootsy blues guitar man from Statesboro, Georgia. He is a regular and extremely…
American Blues Legends ’79
Producer of the American Blues Legends ’75 album Jim Simpson talks us through the backstories behind the bluesmen on the…
Don’t Call Me Fastfingers
It’s hard to figure out why Jimmy Dawkins doesn’t generally come to mind when folk are talking about the greatest…
Still Travellin’, Still Scufflin’
Today the final part of our series on the American Blues Legends tours of the 1970s kicks off with some…
On The Road With The Blues
Following on from part one of our look back at the American Blues Legends tours and albums, we look at…