Otis Redding got on a roll at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and he just kept going – right past an agreed upon curfew.

Playing an upside down Gibson Flying V, Albert King set about turning everything you thought you knew about the blues, about rock, and certainly about the left-handed guitarist himself on its head with this stunning Stax release. You May Also Like: Little Freddie King – ‘Fried Rice & Chicken’ (2018)

There’s not much Memphis blues traveler Darren Jay can’t do, as his varied, deeply absorbing Drink My Wine makes abundantly clear. You May Also Like: Darren Barrett – ‘The EVI Sessions: Mr. Steiner’ (2019) Boz Scaggs – Out Of The Blues (2018) Ross Hammond and Jay Nair – ‘Hope’ (2020)

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Rufus Thomas, R&B scamp and known ass-shaker about town, was the ripe old age of 53 when this single was released. He hadn’t lost one bit of arm-flapping gusto. Yet, “Do The Funky Chicken” still came out of nowhere. Thomas’s label, Memphis-based Stax, had recently severed ties with Atlantic Records,Read More