A couple of tasty slices of pure soul from soul sides:
Month: August 2009
Cahl's Juke Joint- Rory Gallagher: 'Tattoo'
Cahl’s Juke Joint looks back at Rory Gallagher, a blues-rock legend from Ireland who influenced a generation of guitarists.
Cahl’s Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog: Rory Gallagher: ‘Tattoo’.
Cahl's Juke Joint-Mescal Sheiks: This World Is Not My Home
Review of new CD by L.A. -based band The Mescal Sheiks from the always-interesting Cahl’s Juke Joint.
Cahl’s Juke Joint: A rock, blues and jazz blog: The Mescal Sheiks: ‘This World Is Not My Home’.
SqueezeMyLemon: Screamin Jay Hawkins
Great little tribute to one of the most outrageous blues acts of all time, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. He’s clearly one of the most flamboyant performers ever to don a cape and enter the stage in a coffin…
Stillwater OK Blues Fest adds ‘Idol’ contest
Stillwater, Oklahoma’s Blues Festival will include an amateur competition as well as scheduled pro acts.
SqueezeMyLemon: Old Stack-O-lee Blues
Great video overview of the folk standard known as “stack-o-lee” or “stagger lee”, which has been performed in many, many versions over the years. It’s a great example of songs which were passed along in the oral tradition, in an era when mass communication was rare, and folk stories often were the primary source of history:
TODAY'S CHICAGO BLUES: DuSable Museum Blues Exhibit
Karen Hanson tips us off on an exhibit currently at Chicago’s African-American history museum:
Cahl's Juke Joint: RIP, Jim Dickinson
Nice obit tribute to one of the most influential musicians and producers around.
SqueezeMyLemon: Mandolin Blues
Blues Music Now, SqueezeMyLemon: Les Paul, RIP
Blues Music Now’s obit for Les Paul:
http://www.bluesmusicnow.com/2009/08/les-paul-father-of-electric-guitar-dies.html
And a nice little video tribute from Squeeze My Lemon: