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| 16 February 2010
Gitarristen, och sångaren Lil' Dave Thompson och rock'n'rollaren Dale Hawkins har båda gått bort. Läs mer om bilolyckan som ändade Thompsons liv på den här bloggen.
Dale Hawkins kommer alltid bli ihågkommen som mannen bakom Suzie Q. Läs mer om honom på t ex Allmusic
| 16 February 2010
Umeåbandet Wolfman Jack har mycket generöst erbjudit att lotta ut två vinyl-lp. Se mer i den korta artikeln om dem.| 02 February 2010
Well, då är de amerikanska grammisarna utdelade. För den intresserade - kolla in alla vinnare på http://www.grammy.com/nominees| 19 January 2010
Följande står att läsa på hemsidan för Åmål's Blues Fest:
STOR FÖRLUST FÖR ÅMÅL!
Åmål´s Blues Förening och många andra
har drabbats av en stor förlust.
Den 17 januari 2010 brann Hamn/Bluesterminalen ner.
Blues Fest blir det - A fire don't stop the BLUES!
Hur och var är inte klart ännu. Fler möten med kommun & försäkringsbolag återstår.
| 17 January 2010
Tack för era röster till Janne Rosenqvists minnespris! Vinnaren presenteras i nästa Jefferson.
| 10 January 2010
I Alingsås händer det saker. Mx Rockbar kör en bluestävling. Se nedan.
Under följande lördagar kommer 3 band per kväll tävla om 1:a pris i Blueskampen som är spelning på Åmål Blues Festival och Potatisfestivalen i Alingsås. Dessutom får vinnande band 16 timmars studiotid i MX Studio.
Tävlingsregler och datum:
- 27/2, 27/3, 24/4, 29/5
- Anmälan till
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- MX Rockbar väljer ut banden till vårens Blueskamp.
- Max 6 medlemmar i varje band.
- Speltid för varje band är 30 min.
- Åldersgräns 18 år.
- Publik och jury röstar fram ett segrande band som går vidare till Final.
- Final 29/5.
| 05 January 2010
Ännu en legend är borta. Earl Gaines avled på nyårsafton:
R&B music giant Earl Gaines, the vocalist behind the 1955 Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers hit "It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)," died in Nashville, Tennessee on December 31, 2009. Gaines was 74 years old.
Born in Decatur, Alabama and raised on a farm, Gaines learned to sing in his local church. He moved to Nashville at the age of 16 years old to pursue a career in blues music, and taught himself the drums to help ensure steady employment. Gaines first worked as a demo singer for songwriter and local R&B scenemaker Ted Jarrett, who also got him work in the city's thriving club scene.
"It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)" was the first national hit for the Nashville-based Excello Records label, and launched Gaines' solo career. The singer would record and perform throughout the rest of the 1950s and '60s, both solo and with various bands, and Gaines would enjoy a handful of hits before retiring from music in 1975.
Gaines worked as a truck driver until re-starting his musical career in 1989 with the release of the House Party album. Helped by Nashville producer and guitarist Fred James, Gaines released critically-acclaimed albums like I Believe In Your Love and Everything's Gonna Be Alright during the 1990s, but by 2000 he would once again retreat from music. This would all change when Gaines became one of the biggest features of the Night Train To Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970 exhibit that was sponsored by the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Gaines' contributions to both rhythm & blues and Nashville's R&B history were acknowledged by the exhibit and accompanying CD. Gaines' newfound fame lured him out of retirement, and resulted in concert bookings, parties, and one last album, 2008's Nothin' But The Blues. "I'm truly grateful," Gaines told The Tennessean newspaper when the exhibit closed in 2005. "This exhibit let people know Nashville is not just country and western. At one time this was a big blues city. Fats Domino, James Brown, B.B. King, all of them come here to cut R&B." Earl Gaines was as good as they come, a great vocalist and a gentleman.
Photo courtesy Price Grabber
| 05 January 2010
Memphismusikern Willie Mitchell är död. Han blev 81 år. Från Allmusic:
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Best known as the man who signed Al Green to Hi Records and as the producer of Green's most popular records, Willie Mitchell had a successful recording career of his own during the mid-'60s before meeting Green. Born on March 23, 1928, in Ashland, MS, Mitchell was raised in Memphis, TN, and began studying music and arranging at an early age, taking up the trumpet at the age of eight and learning from pianist Ozie Horn (as well as drawing from such influences as Roy Eldridge and Harry James). After he was discharged from the Army in 1954, Mitchell moved back to Memphis, where he soon became a popular, local trumpet-playing bandleader -- including Elvis Presley hiring the big band to play several private parties. By 1959, Mitchell had turned his attention to studio work and he signed on with Hi Records; he is often credited as being the creator of the oft-copied and instantly recognizable Hi sound (churning organ fills, sturdy horn arrangements, a steady 4/4 drumbeat, etc.). |
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| 19 December 2009
T-Model Ford släpper en ny cd nästa år, men redan nu finns det en mp3 att ladda ned från bolaget Alive Naturalsounds hemsida. Det mest intressanta med skivan, förutom att Ford kör akustiskt, är marknadsföringen kring den. Bluesmyten lyfts upp och får ett eget liv. Se här:
On January 12, 2010 Alive Naturalsound Records will release The Ladies Man, the 7th album from Delta bluesman T-Model Ford. Recorded live during one afternoon session at the Planet Paul Recording Studio in Wichita, Kansas the album features Ford and his acoustic guitar bangin' away on song after song as a group of younger backing musicians attempt to keep up. For the blues purists among our readers, the raw energy of The Ladies Man was created with no overdubs, minimal mixing, and a little Jack Daniels from the flask that 'T' is known to carry with him everywhere!
| 14 December 2009
Den 23 januari framträder inte mindre än 10 band på AF i Lund, på 5 scener. Banden, som kommer från både Sverige och Danmark, är: Ulf Sandström med Jump4Joy, Klezmofobia, Titiyo med Damn!, Paul Harrison Band, Swing al Dente, Torbjörn Risager Big Blues Band, Paul Harrsion Band, Miriam Aida Trio, Flashback Big Band, och Jordans Drive. Boka biljett eller läs mera här: http://www.jazzparty.se