Blues

November 30: The late Robert Nighthawk was born in 1909 105 years ago years ago

  Of all the pivotal figures in blues history, certainly one of the most important was Robert Nighthawk. He bridged…

10 years ago

November 24: The late Donald Duck Dunn was born in 1941

A 2 minute history of Donald "Duck" Dunn:"We were recording almost a hit a day for a while there. But…

10 years ago

November 23: The late R. L. Burnside was born in 1926

“He was a happy-go-lucky nihilist…. he took things exactly as they were. No more, no less.” ~Matthew Johnson, the founder…

10 years ago

November 11: Dave Alvin is 59 – Happy Birthday

I started writing poetry before I started writing songs. In my checkered college past I was a creative writing major…

10 years ago

Chicago Blues 1972 documentary

This is a very fine "time capsule" directed by Harley Cokeliss, an American director, producer, writer and actor born February 11, 1945…

10 years ago