Blues

Howlin’ Wolf: Smokestack Lightning

The greatest twenty words of music criticism spoken by any person in the 20th century (Paul Williams): "When I heard…

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Today: The late Otis Spann was born in 1930

.... so many aficionados considered him then and now Chicago's leading post-war blues pianist. Spann played on most of [Muddy]…

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Great versions of “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” (videos)

Along with "Matchbox", "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" is Blind Lemon Jefferson's best known song. This is a day…

11 years ago

Today: John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme in 1964

 “My music is the spiritual expression of what I am — my faith, my knowledge, my being... When you begin…

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Today: Albert Ammons passed away in 1949 64 years ago

"A major inspiration to generations of improvising musicians, Albert Ammons is best remembered as an exciting pianist who inaugurated the Blue Note…

11 years ago