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An Interview with Joe Willy Band: Straight ahead classic and new age blues with a rough and raw edge

"That Blues be taught much more aggressively in our school system alongside folk and classical music as the defining style of music for our nation’s heritage."

Joe Willy Band: Neckbone & The Fishheads…

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An Interview with guitarist WT Feaster: The Blues to me just means being able to emote through music.

"I’ve learned from blues music is really how to convey my emotions through the music."

WT Feaster: Juggling Dynamite

So what’s Indianapolis guitarist WT (Travis) Feaster all…

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Poet/ filmmaker/ musician Marc Olmsted talks about Burroughs, Ginsberg, Leary, Beat poetry and Dharma

"I think that in general the Beats were attempting to change consciousness, their own and the world’s, to a wider field, as it were, as wide as possible, without boundaries."

Marc Olmsted: Beatbrain…

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Keyboard player/ singer Malcolm Lukens talks about Roy Buchanan, Canned Heat, Les Paul & Disco Styling

"The blues has always been with us since the beginning because it is easy to relate to.  Folks will always be playing and listening to blues."

Malcolm Lukens: The Key of Groove

Atlantic…

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Blues Brothers and MG's bassist Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn dies at 70

Respected soul and blues bassist Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn has died at the age of 70.

Have a Nice Trip Donald "Duck" Dunn

TOKYO (AP) — Bass player and songwriter Donald “Duck” Dunn, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame band…

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Harpman Pat Hayes of Lamont Cranston talks about Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters & '60s - '70s Blues era

"Back in the earlier days, the blues musicians helped each other more because we were on a mission to turn everyone on to the blues."

Pat "Lamont" Hayes: Mission Save the Blues

From the rural hometown settings of…

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The winners of the 33rd annual Blues Music Awards

The Blues Foundation, based in Memphis, held the organization's 33rd annual Blues Music Awards on Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis. There are few real surprises among this year's group of Blues Music Award nominees. The Blues Foundation caught up with blues fans' musical tastes and artists like Joe Bonamassa,…

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Bassman Kennan Shaw talks about New Orleans, Candye Kane, George Porter Jr, Hemingway & Lafcadio Hearn

"I don’t want the blues to become Supermodels with Auto-tune. The blues doesn’t need stylists."

Kennan Shaw: Bass Lover Blues

A true veteran musician Kennan has play bass since…

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An Interview with old-school band, The Strata-Tones: Bright Lights, Big City & the 1950's Blues scene

The Strata - Tones: Feeling the groove

"As The Strata-tones, right from the beginning, we had a vision of being a show band. I'd always liked the way the bands and vocalists of the 50's and early 60's appeared onstage. Sharp, Classy and well…

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Aussie guitarist Geoff Achison talks about Delbert McClinton, Allman Brothers, IBC in Memphis, & Les Paul

"Digging deep into our very souls for honest musical expression and inspiration"

Geoff Achison: Down Under Soul Digger

Geoff Achison is an independent Australian musician who has forged his own path to a successful career that has won…

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Poet/ musician/ songwriter Steven Taylor talks about Allen Ginsberg, Fugs, Blues, Jazz, Beats, Love & poetry

"Coltrane spoke to God. All the aspirations of humanity are in that opening riff of A Love Supreme."

Steven Taylor: Only Love

Steven Taylor is a poet, musician, song writer and…

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R.I.P. MICHAEL "IRON MAN" BURKS, JULY 30, 1957 - MAY 6, 2012

Guitarist, vocalist, songwriter Michael "Iron Man" Burks died in Atlanta on Sunday, May 6, 2012. He was 54 years old. He was returning from a tour of Europe and collapsed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He was rushed to South Fulton Medical Center where he could not be revived. The preliminary diagnosis for cause of death was a heart attack. …

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Boogie Woogie pianist Al Copley talks about Roomful of Blues, Vaughans, Doc Pomus, Montreux, & Big Joe Turner

"I play blues because it's a constituent of life, and takes us from the back door of human love to the gate to The Wonderful World."

Al Copley: The King of  Boogie Woogie

Al Copley is a blues pianist who…

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Chicagoan guitarist Tom Holland talks about James Cotton, L.V. Banks, "Chief's" club and Windy City

"Luther Allison always said there’s no black, no white, just blues."

Tom Holland: The Blues Is The Truth

Tom Holland a professional musician for over 15 years now, Tom has honed his craft well, and has become one…

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Southern guitarist John Morana talks about Bo Diddley, Harvey Mandel, Thom Doucette, & Albert Collins

"I think Blues to me is a way of conveying your emotions through the music...It's a perfect vehicle!"

John Morana: Southern hurricane

since starting playing, Midnite…

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New Yorker guitarist J. Blake talks about Leslie West, Steve Cropper, American Blues News, & his blues paths

"For me it is all about feeling and attitude and I’m not really sure where that line, that I mentioned above, is drawn."

J. Blake: Big Apple Blues Comin' Home

Whether it is fronting one of New York City's…

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Guitarist/songwriter Carol Bean talks about Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, Route 66, Ash Grove in L.A , & Kiwi blues scene

"I wish the blues will enjoy a life eternal and never get watered down"

Carol Bean: Route To Original Blues

Carol Bean lived in five countries before settling in New Zealand. Her dad was an RAF pilot during WWII who flew Sunderland sea…

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Q & A with Bruce Barthol, songwriter/musician/actor, and an original member of Country Joe & the Fish

"Garcia Lorca said that Flamenco had a quality he called Duende, consciousness of the presence of death.  I think that the Blues has that same quality and speaks to the depths of our beings."

Bruce Barthol:…

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An Interview with guitarist Ray Bailey: The true facts of life. Not museum music, but evolving and alive.

"Playing music has taught me to coordinate heart, brain, and soul with the audience."

Ray Bailey: Resurrection Blues

Ray Bailey was born in Los Angeles California, the son of…

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Photographer Elsa Dorfman talks about Ginsberg, Orlovsky, Dylan, Corso, her books, & the Beat place at Flagg Str.

Elsa Dorfman:

“Photo” offered me a path to the world.

"Well, the minute I met Irving Rosenthal and he…

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