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Adios, Hombre: Remembering Dusty Hill

July 28, 2021August 4, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Back To The Future III, Billy Gibbons, Blues, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, RIP, Sharp Dressed Man, Texas, ZZ Top

The lifelong bassist for ZZ Top was 72

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His Blood Runs Cold: Peter Wolf at 75

March 7, 2021March 7, 2021 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 75th birthday, Blues, Boston, Cape Cod, J. Geils Band, Peter Wolf, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Jim Sullivan digs into his archives for a career-spanning 2018 interview with the vibrant frontman for the J. Geils Band

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WATCH: “Tell Me” by Devin B Thompson

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Chicago, Chicago Blues, Curtis Mayfield, Devin B Thompson, Luther Allison, Robben Ford, Tales of the Soul, Tell Me

The Rock & Roll Globe is proud to premiere the latest video from the Chicago soul blues luminary

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Remembering Rory, the Only Gallagher in Rock Who Matters

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Robert Baird 2 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Boy Fuller, Blues, Charley Patton, Earl Hooker, Gallagher, Hubert Sumlin, Rory Gallagher, Taste

Remembering the fiery Irish guitar icon, 25 years gone

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Blues Giant Lucky Peterson Gone at 55

May 19, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments Blues, Coronavirus, Lucky Peterson, Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, PBS, Soul

Child prodigy turned renowned statesman kept the blues alive and well in the 21st century

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ALBUMS: Sonny Landreth’s Two-Lane Blacktop

April 7, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Blacktop Run, Blues, blues guitar, Provogue Records, Sonny Landreth

The Grammy winning guitarist banks on the blues (and provides ample residuals in return)

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ALBUMS: Marcus King Sets Out To Conquer

January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2020, Allman Brothers, Blues, Bobby Wood, Carolina Confessions, Dan Auerbach, Dave Ro, Ed Dorado, El Dorado, Fantasy Records, Gov't Mule, Guitarists, Marcus King, Soul Insight, Tedeschi Trucks

The young guitar slinger begins a new royal reign on El Dorado

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RE: The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 1 Comment 1959, 60th anniversary, Albert Collins, Blues, Country blues, George Thorogood, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Keith Richards, Nick Lowe, Rolling Stones, Ry Cooder, Sonny Boy Williamson, The Country Blues of John Lee Hooker, The White Stripes

The Hook’s original original folk blues classic turns 60

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Peter Frampton’s ‘Blues Thesis’

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Meghan Roos 0 Comments Blues, Freddie King, Humble Pie, peter Frampton, Taj Mahal

A medical diagnosis pushed Frampton to choose one final focus for the last creative burst of his career—and he decided to sing the blues

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Tony Joe White, Swamp Rock Legend, Dies at 75

October 26, 2018 James Porter 1 Comment Blues, Polk Salad Annie, R.L. Burnside, Swamp Rock, Tony Joe White

A look back at the man who introduced us to polk salad

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A Half Century of A Man & the Blues

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments 50th anniversary, B.B. King, Blues, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Otis Spann

Celebrating 50 years of Buddy Guy’s landmark second album

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Cedric Burnside Says Hello

September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 Ron Hart 1 Comment Ardent Studios, Blues, Cedric Burnside, Fat Possum Records, R.L. Burnside, Single Lock Records

A quick chat with the grandson of blues great R.L. Burnside on the heels of his long-awaited solo debut

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Taj Mahal’s Giant Steps

August 6, 2018October 20, 2019 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Blues, Keb' Mo', Ry Cooder, Taj Mahal, The Rolling Stones

On the road and in conversation with a modern blues master

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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark at 30

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1988, 30th Anniversary, Blues, MTV, Robert Cray

On the sleepless shift with the Midnight Man and his Robert Cray Band

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True Confessin’

July 31, 2018August 2, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments B.B. King, Blues, Bo Diddley, Charlie Watts, Howlin' Wolf, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, Muddy Waters, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood

Rolling Stones-curated blues collection to arrive in stores this fall

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