About.com’s blues professor, Reverend Keith Gordon, describes the details — someone out there is going to have really bad karma for messing with one of the nicest guys in blues…
http://blues.about.com/b/2008/07/11/nick-moss-the-flip-tops-gear-stolen-in-canada.htm
The always-provocative Karen Hanson with a short piece that trashes the “blues is dying” meme…
TODAY’S CHICAGO BLUES: Why Even Bother? The Blues Has Been Pronounced Dead
If you are interested in blues society intrigue and gossip, here it is:
An interesting piece about Junior Wells, which doesn’t include the famous “trade” of harmonica players between Muddy Waters’ band and the Myers’ brothers Aces:
Junior Wells: Blues Man Extraordinaire — The Blues Blogger
If you missed me saying it, music was always a big
Nice piece about Jimmie Lee Robinson, the poet laureate of Maxwell Street:
An interesting discusssion of Buddy Guy, Rock star vs. buddy guy, blues icon….
Buddy Guy: Chicago blues, alive and real « What’s on the kitchen boombox?
An interesting podcast that includes Buddy & Junior at their peak…