Archive for July 14th, 2007

Vinyl

Lonnie Shields – Portrait (1992)

NICK DERISO: With a tip of the hat to Z.Z. Hill, one of his clearer influences, young bluesman Lonnie Shields debuted 15 years ago with a record that kept its eye out for the head-wagging flourish. Recorded over the preceeding four-year period in Memphis and Clarksdale, Miss., “Portrait” was filledRead More