Joe Bonamassa releases his eleventh album : ‘Different Shades of Blue’ (2014)
Joe Bonamassa‘s “Different Shades of Blue” is his eleventh studio album released on September 22, 2014 by Provogue Music Productions.
Delmark publish Junior Wells debut album : ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’ recorded with Buddy Guy (1965)
Junior Wells ‘Hoodoo Man Blues’ is his debut album recorded with Buddy Guy on September 22 and 23, 1965 and released the same year by Delmark.
This week In Guitar Virtuosi 38/52
How well do you know the music of Freddie King, Duane Allman, Albert King, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Terje Rypdal, Shawn Lane, Ralph Towner, John Abercrombie? Take our 12-track quiz.
Happy Birthday David Bromberg. ‘Bromberg Variations’
This day (September 19, 1945), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born David Bromberg, an American bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, etc. multi-instrumentalist and singer. (more…)
Giant Records publish Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s debut album : ‘Ledbetter Heights’ (1995)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd‘s ‘Ledbetter Heights’ is his debut album (at 17 years old), released on September 19, 1995 by Giant Records.
We remember Jimmy Witherspoon. ‘Witherspoonin’
This day (September 18, 1997), in Los Angeles, California, died Jimmy Witherspoon, an American jump blues singer who had his first hit, Ain’t Nobody’s Business in 1949, recording under his own name with the McShann band. (more…)
Singing (and playing) With B.B. King
Buddy Guy, John Mayer, Ray Charles, U2, Ruth Brown, Richie Sambora, Gary Moore, Tracy Chapman, David Gilmour, Luciano Pavarotti, Gladys Knight, Jerry Reed
Reprise Records publish Eric Clapton’s twelfth album : ‘From the Cradle’ (1994)
Eric Clapton‘s ‘From the Cradle’ is his twelfth studio (and a blues) album released on September 13, 1994 by Reprise Records.
Robert Cray releases ‘Live From Across The Pond,’ his first live album recorded at Royal Albert Hall in London (2006)
Robert Cray‘s ‘Live From Across The Pond’ is his first live album released on September 12, 2006 by Vanguard Records.
Warner Bros. publish Gary Clark Jr’s second album : ‘The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim’ (2015)
Gary Clark Jr‘s “The Story Of Sonny Boy Slim” is his second album released on September 11, 2015 by Warner Bros. Records
B.B. King records ‘Live in Cook County Jail’ in Chicago, Illinois (1970)
B.B. King‘s ‘Live in Cook County Jail’ is a live album recorded on September 10, 1970 in Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois and released In 1971 By Mca.
We remember Clarence ‘Gatemouth’ Brown. ‘Texas Star “Gate”‘
This day (September 10, 2005), in Orange, Texas, died Clarence Gatemouth Brown, an American blues musician. (more…)