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Kokomo Arnold: Blues Titan Who Walked Away at His Peak
On a September afternoon in 1934, a left-handed bootlegger from Georgia walked into a Chicago recording studio and cut two sides for…
Alastair Greene: From Alan Parsons Tour to Blues Rock
Alastair Greene: A Proven Thrilling Life in Blues Rock Early Life: Santa Barbara Roots and a Jazz Legacy Alastair Greene was nine…
Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials: Chicago Slide Lives On
Early Life: Chicago’s West Side and Uncle J.B. Lil’ Ed Williams was twelve years old when he decided he wanted to play…
Elmore James: ‘Dust My Broom’ and the Birth of Slide Rock
Elmore James: The King of the Slide Guitar In August 1951, Elmore James walked into a small recording studio in Jackson, Mississippi,…
Robert Nighthawk: The Slide Pioneer Who Taught Muddy
Robert Nighthawk: Prowling Slide Master of Delta Blues On May 5, 1937, Robert Nighthawk walked into a studio in Aurora, Illinois. He…
Larkin Poe: How Two Sisters Brought Blues Rock Back
Larkin Poe almost didn’t happen. In December 2009, Rebecca and Megan Lovell watched their bluegrass trio — the Lovell Sisters — fall…
Muddy Waters: The Man Who Electrified Chicago Blues
Muddy Waters: The Powerful Hidden New Voice of Chicago Blues In August 1941, a folklorist named Alan Lomax drove a government sedan…
Bukka White: Prison Blues That Echoed Through Led Zeppelin
Bukka White: An Authentic Raw Pioneer of the Delta Blues In 1963, a young guitarist named John Fahey wrote an address on…
Son House: Revolutionary Slide Guitar Preacher of the Delta
Son House: The Delta Preacher Who Defined Raw Blues In May 1930, a Paramount Records producer traveled to Lula, Mississippi, looking for…