Trumpet Records – Smiling Corgi Press

February 8, 2026

Songlines: ‘Madison Blues’ –

Elmore James / Fleetwood Mac / The Nighthawks / Peter Green Splinter Group It probably wasn’t difficult to justify, (to himself, anyway), Elmore James’s aversion to contracts. He had signed on with Trumpet Records in January of 1951, mainly working on sessions for other artists on the label, notably Sonny Boy Williamson II. He also […]

October 29, 2024

Peter Green and the Sonny Boys I & II –

Part I: ‘Mighty Long Time’ Peter Green is rightfully considered one of the greatest guitarists to come out of the British Blues scene of the mid-to-late sixties but as we celebrate his seventy-eighth birthday (born October 29, 1946) I’d like to take a look at two songs featuring his harmonica playing. There is currently only […]

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