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This day (October 3, 1969), in Philadelphia, died Nehemiah Curtis Skip James, an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. (more…)
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This day (October 3, 1969), in Philadelphia, died Nehemiah Curtis Skip James, an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. (more…)
Tony Joe White's "Bad Mouthin'" is his twenty second album recorded in his barn and released on September 28, 2018 by Yep Roc Records
Stevie Ray Vaughan‘s ‘Soul to Soul’ is his third studio album recorded with Double Trouble and released on September 30, 1985 by Epic Records.
‘Etta James Rocks the House’ is her first live (and her fifth overall) album recorded on September 27 & 28, 1963 and released in 1964 by Argo.
Eric Clapton‘s ‘Clapton’ is his twentieth (and his first in four years) studio album released on September 27, 2010 by Duck / Reprise.
‘Family Style’ by Jimmie & Stevie Ray Vaughan a.k.a. the Vaughan Brothers is an album produced by Nile Rodgers and released on September 25, 1990 by Epic.
Joe Bonamassa‘s “Different Shades of Blue” is his eleventh studio album released on September 22, 2014 by Provogue Music Productions.
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.
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.
This day (September 19, 1945), in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is born David Bromberg, an American bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, etc. multi-instrumentalist and singer. (more…)