Blues Historian

This is an Iowa kid who knows how to boogie! I really like the kids chops! He also has a great bass player, Nick Lloyd. I remember Nick ...

The great Andrew Strong leading the Commitments in that classic movie about Irish soul, The Commitments!

Whitey Johnson doing some funky blues.

The Times Record News from Wichita Kansas has an interview with Gary Nicholson AKA Whitey Johnson. This guy has written some great blues tun...

I got this oldie, but a goodie in the email today. Just thought I would share it, since it is pretty funny. It is not necessaryly true, an...

Cherokee Iowa may be a small town in NW Iowa, but they have more cool things going on than towns twice their size. A lot of it is due to a ...

I think the person who made this is Ashley Spencer, but I hope my students watch this to get an idea of how to do a great project for their ...

I think there was some sort of a remake of Muddy's classic Mojo, sometime in the 60s with different words, or perhaps Bobby was just ad ...

Willie King from the PBS mini-series The Blues . This video is a live shot from a small bar on the Chitlin Circuit.

Willie King is one of those old time blues guys, who is still out there doing his thing. King is doing a blues in schools program, with the...

The Burlington Times in North Carolina, has an interview with the uppity women of the blues Saffire. Click here for some cool attitude:-)

Just received an email about the San Fransisco Blues Festival which starts Tomorrow. Here is a list of performers from the SFBF website. (C...

This is a fan video of Robert Johnson's Crossroads . I wrote a huge post about this song on my historical rants page HERE . I think it...

If you had the chance to read my post about Blues and Snake ( click here ) then you probably enjoyed one of my rants on lazy reporting, and ...

No official word on cause of death of Gary Primich, but both his ex-wife, and a former band mate have said they think he died of a drug over...

Received an email from Serena, at CIBS, and she sent out a reminder about an upcoming show with Fruitland Jackson. The show is at the Fore...

Sister Rosetta Tharpe could play guitar, and even though this live shot is not her at her best, it is still pretty good. Rosetta Tharpe--Dow...

This is another short clip. This comes from the movie Stormy Weather, and features The Cab Calloway Band, and a brief appearance at the beg...