Blues Historian

Over to the far left is Tommy Johnson. next is the Chris Thomas King CD cover, and below is the famous Robert Johnson photograph Is it any w...

Here is a music fest that I hadn't heard about. It is going on in New Orleans. Here is the info from Infozine New Orleans, LA - info...

Many people disregard the local blues band, but the reality is that the locals can be just as good as the national acts. I found that out i...

Jimmy Pryors favorite song. Gotta love it. enuf said.

One O'Clock Jump. KC jump blues with the Count.

Nice article about Charlie Musselwhite and his take on the current blues scene. I really liked what he had to say about Chicago in the ear...

Here is a link to the upcoming Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues show . One of the shows features Chris Thomas King who played TOMMY JOHNSON in t...

Bernard Allison in a interview with a South Dakota newspaper explains that he doesn't play the blues, and don't expect him to pla...

Brother Ray singing Georgia. I have been looking for Ray's version of Hard Times, but I have had no luck. However, this is a nice arra...

After much thought I have decided to back John Edwards for President of the United States. I know that those of you from the right are prob...

I have stumbled on to a pretty cool site known as blogcritics.org . Tonight I have found several reviews of some great blues CDS. If you h...

Wow! Tonight is a good night for Blues in the news. Here is a very good story by Mike Zwerin about Otis Taylor's new release Below the ...

Click here for a review of Watermelon Slim's newest release.

I hope this works. Sometimes I can post this on the blog and sometimes it gets lost in cyberspace. It must get lost in the tubes somewhere...

This week's artist of the week is R L Burnside. I chose R L because his family is featured in the current issue of Living Blues . R L...

This week's photo shows some of the first Iowa Blues Hall of Fame inductees . From Left to Right, Gene Jackson, the late Rick Lussie , ...

I will be offline for a few days due to the tragedy at work. Please keep the families of Schaller-Crestland Schools in your Prayers. Thank ...

April 14 and 15 is the Alabama Delta Blues Festival. Okay, Alabama delta???? Alabama is nowhere near Mississippi, so what river delta is ...