John Lee Hooker records the first songs featured in his ‘House Of The Blues’ album on Chess (1952)
John Lee Hooker‘s ‘House of the Blues’ is an album compiling tracks recorded from April 26, 1951 till late 1952 and released in 1959 by Chess
We remember Otis Spann. ‘Sketches Of Spann’
This day ( April 24, 1970), in Chicago, Illinois, died Otis Spann, an American blues musician. (more…)
Muddy Waters records in Chicago ‘Fathers and Sons,’ a double album (1969)
Muddy Waters‘ ‘Fathers and Sons’ is a double studio album recorded on April 21–23 and 24, 1969 in Chicago and released in August 1969 by Chess Records.
We remember Lonnie Mack and his Flying V. ‘It’s Lonnie At The Top’
This day ( April 21, 2016), in Smithville, Tennessee, died Lonnie Mack, an American rock, blues, and country guitarist and vocalist
Tracklist :
1 . w/ Steve Rai Vaughan – Live in Memphis (1986)
2 . Oreo Cookie Blues (1986)
3 . w/ Albert Collins & Roy Buchanan – Further On Down the Road (1985)
4 . Satisfy Susie (1986)
5 . Too Rock For Country, Too Country For Rock And Roll (1988)
Tracklist :
Memphis . Wham! . Why . Stop . Oreo Cookie Blues . Chicken Pickin’ . Strike Like Lightning . If You Have to Know . I’ll Keep You Happy . Satisfy Suzie .
Chess release Muddy Waters’ only all-acoustic album : ‘Folk Singer’ (1964)
Muddy Waters‘s ‘Folk Singer’ is his fourth (and only all-acoustic) album released on April 17, 1964 by Chess.
Junior Wells starts the recording of ‘Come on in This House’ for Telarc (1996)
Junior Wells‘ ‘Come on in This House’ is a blues album recorded between April 16 and May 31, 1996 and released the same year by Telarc.
Columbia release ‘Johnny Winter,’ his self-titled second album (1969)
‘Johnny Winter‘ is his eponymous second official album, released on April 15 1969, by Columbia.
We remember Chuck Berry’s pianist Johnnie Johnson. ‘Johnnie Was Good’
This day ( April 13, 2005), in St. Louis, Missouri, died Johnnie Johnson, an American pianist and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (more…)
