‘Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog’ Was the Howlin’ Wolf Deep Dive We Didn’t Know We Needed
Released 25 years ago, ‘Ain’t Gonna Be Your Dog’ became a perfect companion piece to the huge Howlin’ Wolf Chess box – if you can find it.
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I Heard The Angels Singing: ‘Electrifying Black Gospel from the Nashboro Label’ (1951-83)
The story of the Nashboro record label shines a light at the intersection of music, commerce and faith. You May Also Like: Ron Miles – ‘Rainbow Sign’ (2020) Robert Cray – ‘That’s What I Heard’ (2020) Royal Southern Brotherhood – The Royal Gospel (2016)
Gimme Five: Duke Robillard on solo sides, dates with Tom Waits and Herb Ellis
On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to blues legend Duke Robillard, founder of Roomful of Blues and former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. You May Also Like: How Pee Wee Ellis Finally Stepped Into the Spotlight With ‘Blues Mission’
Half Notes: George Thorogood and the Destroyers – 2120 South Michigan Ave. (2011)
On “Willie Dixon’s Gone,” one of two originals on George Thorogood & The Destroyers’ brand new 2120 South Michigan Ave. album, George sings, “rock is inside my head but blues is in my heart,” and that nicely sums up the music of his entire career. Here we are in 2011,Read More
Bob Margolin on Muddy Waters’ “Mannish Boy,” “Blues for Bartenders,” others: Gimme Five
Bob Margolin discusses his role in Muddy Waters’ final sessions, takes on an early side from Chuck Berry, and then disagrees on one of our favorite solo deep cuts.
Howlin’ Wolf – ‘Live and Cookin’ at Alice’s Revisited’ (1972)
Howlin’ Wolf had no right to rock it like this. Not after what he had been through.
Big Apple Blues – Brooklyn Blues (2010)
by Nick DeRiso Big Apple Blues came by this vintage sound honestly. They put down tracks for Brooklyn Blues in an old hometown studio, Excello Recording, playing live before analog equipment on throwback instruments. Then they picked out a series of cuts by giants of the genre. Included on thisRead More
Kim Wilson – Lookin’ For Trouble (2003)
If you recall how the Fabulous Thunderbirds sounded early on, before “Tuff Enuff” and all that, they were a throwback to the vintage blues-rock bands. Not of the sixties, mind you, but of the fifties. Back in the day when rock ‘n’ roll had just spun off of the electricRead More
Lists: Blues harmonica players Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Butterfield
1) Little Walter, “His Best”First gaining fame as a member of Muddy Waters band, Marksville, La.-native Little Walter pioneered the amplified harp sound that is often imitated but has not since been duplicated. Chess Records (now part of MCA) released a “Best” series that rank as one of the bestRead More
