Blues Historian

Here is some Ike from more recent years.

This is what made Ike Turner so good. Great arrangements, cool dance moves, and great vocals. Many people underestimate the talent that Ik...

Click Here , for an interesting article about the music business from the perspective of a label owner. Fred Litwin owns Northern Blues Mus...

The Union Tribune in San Diego has an interview with blues diva Janiva Magness. Click here to read a really great article.

Ike Turner died yesterday in San Diego, he was 76 years old. Turner certainly was a person who personal life made it hard to like him, but ...

Here is some great Chicago blues that I stumbled upon on Youtube this is a classic Muddy Waters tune called Can't Lose What you Never Ha...

An interesting soulful version of Dust My Broom/ Big Legged Woman by Taylor Hicks. I have never heard either song played like that before....

Andy Coats & the Bank Walkers Thurs., Dec. 13, 8 pm - mid. The Blue Martini 116 N West St # 100 Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 899-6464...

Some of these dates were on the last update, however Murali has added some opening dates with Leon Russell, and BB King! Friday, December 14...

Another great tip from Illinois blues Chicago Winter Blues Tour January 18-21, 2008 Say goodbye to the winter blues & hello to yo...

Got this from Illinois blues. It is an announcement of nominations for the 2007 Grammys for blues. 2007 Grammy Awards Nominations for Blue...

Jerry Ricks has passed away. Ricks had been ill for awhile and many people on the blues E lists were trying to help him with expenses since...

I suppose the cover of the CD should have clued me into what I was going to hear, but after watching these guys on Youtube I thought I was g...

Got an email about this 8 year old kid who plays blues guitar. As you know I don't get too excited about kids who play the blues. But,...

Artist of the week is Guy Forsyth. You will find quite a few videos of Guy on this site and most of them were taken by our good friend Jan ...

Thanks to the good people of Cherokee Iowa I have a new photo of the band! The latest installment of the Tom Gary Blues Band features, Paul ...

A great video shot by Jan of Guy Forsyth down in Austin Texas.

A Cool video of Big Mama Thorton from 1971.