Big Joe Williams, Tony Hollins, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf & Peter Green Splinter Group John Lee Hooker passed away on June 21, 2001. The U.K. label Eagle Records brought “From Clarksdale to Heaven – Remembering John Lee Hooker” to market early the following year, featuring a wide array of British Blues Royalty […]
Blues (3CD Deluxe Edition) (UMC – Chess 2019) – CD2 – Acoustic Blues In May of 2019 Rory Gallagher’s estate released “Blues” (the title as unpretentious as Rory and his music). Available in two formats: a fifteen-track single CD and 2LP vinyl set and a thirty-six track 3CD Deluxe Edition. With performances ranging from 1971 […]
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis and Peter Green The first time that I came across the name Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis was in 1999; in a conversation with Mike Vernon printed in the booklet to “Fleetwood Mac – The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967 – 1969”, Peter Green mentions him as one of the musicians that […]
Build Myself a Cave / I’m Gonna Dig Myself A Hole The song that Danny Kirwan performed at the Chess Studios on January 04 1969 was a cover of Jimmy Rogers’ recording of the song in 1951. What I’d like to explore here are the songs that Rogers pulled from for his recording, as well […]
