Dean Alger The Original Guitar Hero And the Power of Music: The Legendary Lonnie Johnson, Music & Civil Rights University of North Texas Press ISBN: 978-1574415469 www.untpress.unt.edu This long overdue, deeply researched biography deals with the … Continue reading →
Various Artists Peabody Blues St. Charles Blues Jackson Stomp Nehi Records 1, 2 & 3 www.nehirecords.com Though there are plenty of crossovers and cross polinizations on these three vintage collections, two have local focuses. Peabody … Continue reading →
Eddie Cotton Here I Come DeChamp 114 www.eddiecottonjr.com A minister’s son from Clinton, Mississippi, Eddie Cotton Jr. grew up playing guitar and singing gospel songs in his father’s church (where he eventually became Minister … Continue reading →
JOHNNY WINTER The Essential Columbia/Legacy www.legacyrecordings.com This double-disc overview of key studio tracks, drawn from material that originally appeared on the Columbia, Blue Sky and Legacy labels, as well as an abundance of … Continue reading →
ERIC BURDON ‘Til Your River Runs Dry ABKCO 8906 www.abkco.com Eric Burdon returns to action with this set of ten originals plus Marc Cohn’s “Medicine Man” and Bo Diddley’s “Before You Accuse Me.” That … Continue reading →
SHANNON McNALLY Small Town Talk Sacred Sumac Music 8975 www.shannonmcnally.com Small Town Talk is Shannon McNally’s tribute to Bobby Charles (born Robert Charles Guidry), a wonderful Louisiana-bred songwriter whose songs reach back as far … Continue reading →
HANS THEESSINK Wishing Well Blue Groove 2320 www.theessink.com Traveling troubadour Hans Theessink has had a deep love affair with American roots music for a long while. In a brief note accompanying his track-by-track commentary … Continue reading →
HOWELLDEVINE Jumps, Boogies and Wobbles Arhoolie 544 www.arhoolie.com This popular, Northern California-based neo-traditional blues duo – rough-hewn slide guitarist and cuttingly astringent harmonica ace, Joshua Howell, and imaginatively rhythmic percussionist Pete Devine – sure … Continue reading →
DWIGHT DEVANE and BLAINE WAIDE Drop On Down In Florida Dust-to-Digital 24 www.dust-digital.com In 1981, the Florida Folklife Program released a double-disc, 27 track LP, highlighting African American music traditions, that was based on … Continue reading →
THE DUSTBOWL REVIVAL Carry Me Home Dustbowl Revival www.dustbowlrevival.com Expanding steadily from a string band fronted by lead singer and songwriter/arranger Zach Lupetin that began by playing up and down the West Coast a … Continue reading →
