This Week In Rock December 17 – December 23
BORN THIS WEEK IN ROCK HISTORY BLUES/SOUL/JAZZ Art Neville: December 17, 1937 (keyboard, The Meters) Paul Butterfield: December...
Black Country Communion Returns!
Black Country Communion The term ‘supergroup’ is used to describe a collection of musicians who are technically proficient...
Guitarists Just Want To Have Fun
What’s That Noise? Musicians love toys. We love tampering and experimenting with noises and gadgets to...
Jimi Hendrix and A Band Of Gypsies
The electric guitar is not something to be taken for granted. It is a source of endless inspiration...
The Yardbirds Debut with Five Live Yardbirds
The Yardbirds Create Rock History with First Record Five Live Yardbirds The Yardbirds famously introduced three of the greatest guitarists...
The Black Crowes: Can This Band be Saved?
Southern Rockers The Black Crowes Dominate the 1990’s At a time when America was drunk on bleak Seattle...
5 Things A Music Fan Needs to Know About Blues Traveler
Tribut Apparel Schools You on blues rock jam band Blues Traveler Most bands cannot claim to have the...
Joe Bonamassa: Live at Radio City Music Hall Is An Instant Classic
On October 2nd, 2015, a new Joe Bonamassa album was released: Joe Bonamassa – Live at Radio City...
Eric Clapton Rises
Eric Clapton Rises – 10 Ways A Bluesman Becomes A Legend Many people think of Eric Clapton as...
Six Degrees of The Yardbirds Guitarists: Topham, Clapton, Beck, and Page
Introduction – The Yardbirds One band that lasted six years with six different guitarists could only mean one...
Blues Music Now: 7 More Songs You Absolutely Need To Hear
Some Awesome Songs In The Blues You Should Be Listening to This Month I not too long ago...
Jeff Beck Meets the Blues
Jeff Beck’s love of the guitar: it all started with Les Paul. Beck was enthralled by the wild...
Songs of Blues and Desperation (and Hope) – Part 1: Blues
Introduction I intend this post to be the first of a three part series inspired by the title...
Joe Bonamassa’s A New Day Yesterday – Album Retrospective
It’s hard to imagine a time when there were no Joe Bonamassa albums. Thank God, A New Day Yesterday...
Latest Happenings: Joe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation – Notes from the Producer Kevin Shirley
Producer’s Note Recording “Blues of Desperation” is one of the most exciting recording projects I’ve done. Joe came...
Latest Happenings: From Clubs to Carnegie Hall
At 38, blues guitar legend Joe Bonamassa already...
8 Recent Blues & Blues-Rock Songs You Absolutely Need To Hear!
Joe Bonamassa is a blues-rock virtuoso, and my hope is that his incredible success will lead to a...
Hark! 5 Great Christmas Blues Songs to Bring You Holiday Cheer
I really look forward to the holiday season each year. The precious family time, the tightly wrapped presents,...
Joe Bonamassa Show Review: Ruth Eckerd Hall Night 2 – Clearwater, Florida
As soon as the house lights went down I could tell there was something special in the air,...
Thank You Joe Bonamassa
Thanksgiving is one of the best times of the year. We get to sit down with family, have...
Sweet Peaches: The Allman Brothers Band’s 10 Greatest Songs
Joe Bonamassa has called The Allman Brothers Band the jam band to end all jam bands. He’s listed At...
Joe Bonamassa: Live at Radio City Music Hall Is An Instant Classic
On October 2nd, 2015, a new Joe Bonamassa album was released: Joe Bonamassa – Live at Radio City...
Different Shades of Blue: One Year Later, Still Killin’ It Part 2
Welcome back to the second part of our retrospective on Joe’s latest – and maybe even greatest- studio...
Different Shades of Blue: One Year Later, Still Killin’ It Part 1
One year ago on September 24th, 2014, a brand new blues album was released into the world. That...
Blues Traveler’s Four Gets a Four out of Four!
When one thinks of mainstream rock music in the 1990’s, one generally thinks of the grunge rock movement...
Joe Bonamassa’s Blues Deluxe or Joe Becomes Joe
There’s something special about Joe Bonamassa’s third studio album, Blues Deluxe. Not that there wasn’t something very special about...
Eric Clapton Unplugged – Classic Blues-Rock Albums
Eric Clapton Unplugged – A look back and review “I almost subconsciously used music for myself as a...
Blues-Rock New Releases: Bachman’s “Heavy Blues”
Randy Bachman realized it was time for an artistic change. Randolph Charles Bachman, of course, is well-known for...
Classic Blues Rock Albums: John Mayall – Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
I was having a conversation with my stepdad not too long ago, after the unfortunate passing of Jack...
Down To the Crossroads: Bonamassa’s Cover and 5 Other Versions You Should Hear
I went down to the crossroad fell down on my knees I went down to the crossroad fell...
Eric Clapton’s Layla
Eric Clapton’s Layla – His Greatest Song Eric Clapton’s Layla. One of the greatest rock songs ever to...
Modern Blues-Rock Classics: The White Stripes’ “Elephant”
Mainstream rock music was in kind of sorry state at the end of the 1990’s and the beginning...