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The Blues Blogger https://thebluesblogger.com Reflective Blues & Jazz Revue ... Fri, 20 Jan 2017 19:22:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blueshttps://thebluesblogger.com/695/ma-rainey-mother-of-the-blues https://thebluesblogger.com/695/ma-rainey-mother-of-the-blues#respond Sun, 08 May 2016 17:50:56 +0000 http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=695

“You like blues? I’ll give you the blues. Don’t call your mother for another week, and I guarantee you’ll have the blues…” ~ my mom

After all these years writing as The Blues Blogger, I rarely mention my mother. Since today is Mother’s Day, … Read the rest

]]> https://thebluesblogger.com/695/ma-rainey-mother-of-the-blues/feed 0 Jeff Healey: ‘Lost’ Album – Heal My Soul – Celebrates Artist’s 50th Birthday With Previously Unheard Materialhttps://thebluesblogger.com/4502/jeff-healey-lost-album-heal-my-soul-celebrates-artists-50th-birthday-with-previously-unheard-material https://thebluesblogger.com/4502/jeff-healey-lost-album-heal-my-soul-celebrates-artists-50th-birthday-with-previously-unheard-material#comments Fri, 25 Mar 2016 05:03:01 +0000 http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=4502

He was like another one of my sons… Jeff Healey…(exhales hard)… oh my God… ~B.B. King

Heal My Soul, the new posthumous album from Canadian jazz and blues-rock guitarist/singer Jeff Healey, was released today on Provogue Records. Featuring twelve enthralling previously unheard tracks … Read the rest

]]> https://thebluesblogger.com/4502/jeff-healey-lost-album-heal-my-soul-celebrates-artists-50th-birthday-with-previously-unheard-material/feed 3 Bonnie Raitt: Dig in Deep – 20th Solo Album Reviewhttps://thebluesblogger.com/4375/bonnie-raitt-dig-in-deep-20th-solo-album-review https://thebluesblogger.com/4375/bonnie-raitt-dig-in-deep-20th-solo-album-review#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:43:44 +0000 http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=4375

Death is a profound teacher, and music a great healer…

This was the building blocks to this blog as I struggled to overcome my own personal challenges nearly 10 years ago. I’m reminded of this while listening to the upcoming release, Dig in Deep from … Read the rest

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On Sunday February 14th 2016, Magic Sam would have been 79 years old… The following article was originally written in 2008, and is my memory of this amazing blues legend.

FLASHBACK TO THE LATE SIXTIES

As far back as I can remember, I’ve had a … Read the rest

]]> https://thebluesblogger.com/122/magic-sam-remembering-blues-hall-of-famer/feed 13 Tedeschi Trucks Band: Magnificent New Release – Let Me Get Byhttps://thebluesblogger.com/4252/tedeschi-trucks-band-magnificent-new-release-let-me-get-by https://thebluesblogger.com/4252/tedeschi-trucks-band-magnificent-new-release-let-me-get-by#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2016 13:20:22 +0000 http://thebluesblogger.com/?p=4252Tedeschi Trucks Band Pic

There’s a lot of sacrifice that goes into a band like this and the fact that everybody’s on board musically, hearts and minds, makes it very humbling. There are nights on stage when I think I don’t know if it’s ever been more fun to

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