The Blues Blogger » Blues Music Awards http://thebluesblogger.com Reflective Blues & Jazz Revue ... Mon, 21 May 2012 15:27:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 info@thebluesblogger.com (The Blues Blogger) info@thebluesblogger.com (The Blues Blogger) http://thebluesblogger.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg The Blues Blogger http://thebluesblogger.com 144 144 Reflective Blues & Jazz Revue ... The Blues Blogger The Blues Blogger info@thebluesblogger.com no no Janiva Magness: Stronger For It – New Alligator Release http://thebluesblogger.com/1254/janiva-magness-stronger-for-it-new-alligator-release http://thebluesblogger.com/1254/janiva-magness-stronger-for-it-new-alligator-release#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:26:29 +0000 The Blues Blogger http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=1254

“Hopefully, this recording will bring the rest of the world to Janiva, and then they’ll know, like I know, that she’s one of the “real deals” out there.” ~Bettye LaVette

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]]> http://thebluesblogger.com/1254/janiva-magness-stronger-for-it-new-alligator-release/feed 6 0:03:06 On Stronger For It Janiva Magness manages to rise above all the loss & hurt; providing us with her most inspiring release to date. On Stronger For It Janiva Magness manages to rise above all the loss & hurt; providing us with her most inspiring release to date. blues, Reviews, TBBW info@thebluesblogger.com no no Joe Louis Walker: Appears on Conan March 5th http://thebluesblogger.com/1178/joe-louis-walker-appears-on-conan-march-5th http://thebluesblogger.com/1178/joe-louis-walker-appears-on-conan-march-5th#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 21:59:44 +0000 The Blues Blogger http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=1178

One Of My Favorite Performers

Joe Louis Walker will be appearing on TBS’s Conan on Monday March 5th, 2012. JLW and his band will perform the song “Ride All Night” from his new Alligator Records debut CD Hellfire.

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]]> http://thebluesblogger.com/1178/joe-louis-walker-appears-on-conan-march-5th/feed 2 0:04:24 One Of My Favorite Performers Joe Louis Walker will be appearing on TBS’s Conan on Monday March 5th, 2012. JLW and his band will perform the song “Ride All Night” from his new Alligator Records debut CD Hellfire. Walker is no stranger [...] One Of My Favorite Performers Joe Louis Walker will be appearing on TBS’s Conan on Monday March 5th, 2012. JLW and his band will perform the song “Ride All Night” from his new Alligator Records debut CD Hellfire. Walker is no stranger to the music business. His discography includes 23 albums and 2 DVDs. And throughout his illustrious career has gathered four Blues Music Awards, including the 2010 Album of the Year Award for Between A Rock And The Blues. Walker has recorded as a guest with some of blues most distinguished artists; including appearances on Grammy-winning records by B.B. King and James Cotton. JOE LOUIS WALKER At 16 years old Walker held the position of house guitarist at The Matrix in San Francisco. The Matrix was a significant place in the influential years of the San Francisco music scene. It featured not only rock bands, but many blues and jazz artists. It was a favorite spot of journalist Hunter S. Thompson in the late 1960s. The club was briefly mentioned in his book, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was The Matrix where Walker opened for a diverse assortment of artists like Jimi Hendrix, Thelonius Monk and Lightnin Hopkins, just to name a few. Walker met guitarist Michael Bloomfield in 1968 and they became good friends. The two shared an apartment for years; remaining friends until Bloomfield’s death in 1981. Bloomfield would be an early influence in Walker’s rock oriented style. Since then, Joe Louis Walker has played in numerous groups and genres, including gospel, R&B and some good old rock n roll. On Hellfire, Walker’s latest Alligator Records release, he scorches with rocket fueled passion; possessed with an energetic rock blues feel. Walker describes Hellfire as the most deeply soulful album of his career. You can go to one of my previous articles I wrote on JLW a few years back. There you will find further bio information and video performances of Joe and his band. How familiar are you with Joe Louis Walker’s career? Will you (or did you) watch Joe on Conan? What are your thoughts? Please leave any comments in the area below. You’re input is encouraged and helps enhance the posts you read here. The Blues Blogger JLW on Conan For Viewers in The U.S. Only blues, Rock info@thebluesblogger.com no no Buddy Guy: A Man & The Blues (1968) http://thebluesblogger.com/703/buddy-guy-a-man-the-blues-1968 http://thebluesblogger.com/703/buddy-guy-a-man-the-blues-1968#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:10:13 +0000 The Blues Blogger http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=703

Today (July 30th, 2010) music legend Buddy Guy turns 74. To mark the occasion, here’s an article I wrote last summer with some updated tour information. I hope you enjoy it. ~tbb

In the Summer of 2008

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“He’s my idea of an up-and-coming blues singer. I don’t see a lot of them out there, but I know one when I see him.” ~Elvin Bishop

It never fails! Whenever I’m writing an article and feeling under the weather, I’ll gaze at … Read the rest

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The Blues Foundation will present the 31st Annual Blues Music Awards (formally known as “W.C. Handy Awards,”) on May 6, 2010, from the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Artists, industry reps and supporters from around the world will have the opportunity to celebrate the

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