HICKOIDS Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit
HICKOIDS Hairy Chafin’ Ape Suit Saustex Music I guess The Hickoids come from that historic Sam The Sham, Sir Douglas Quintet and Joe King Carrasco Tex-Mex rock-country-mariachi-blues tradition. These Texan punk-country boys may well be certified loonies, but My Oh my, they sure can play. Lead-off track Fruit Fly comes on like Janis Joplin’s Kosmic […]
IAN SIEGAL Man And Guitar
IAN SIEGAL Man And Guitar Nugene Records This album is a sort of Saul and the Road to Damascus scenario for me! I am truly struck by this man and his guitar. Between them they’ve created a blues record which is unbelievably produced not by a gnarled worker in the plantations of the Deep South, […]
JOE TURNER The Real Boss Of The Blues
JOE TURNER The Real Boss Of The Blues Ace This was originally recorded in 1969 and released on Bob Thiele’s Bluestime label. Presumably also, before Joe became ‘Big’. All eight original tracks are on here, plus a couple of live ones. Thiele put together a crack band, the rhythm section included drummer Paul Humphrey, bassist […]
JOEL JOHNSON Blues Joose Vol.II
JOEL JOHNSON Blues Joose Vol.II Independent Joel is a well-established blues musician from the six nations in Ontario, Canada. He was a founder member, along with his late great friend and mentor Paul ‘Joose’ Mitten of the widely known band, The Blues House Hustlers. After a good number of years of playing together in the […]
JOHN AND SYLVIA EMBRY Troubles
JOHN AND SYLVIA EMBRY Troubles Delmark This was their first L.P. as the promo says; when they got together to do this album something happened …. there is a little magic here you can’t find anywhere else. How very true this Chicago sound blends the vocals from Sylvia that are gospel, blues tinged along with […]
JOHN MAYALL A Special Life
JOHN MAYALL A Special Life Forty Below Records One of the most important dates for British blues was 29th November 1933 as that was the date John Mayall was born. In the year of his 80th birthday we have a new and dynamic album from one of the most important bluesmen out of the UK. […]
JOHNNY COX Thin Blue Line
JOHNNY COX Thin Blue Line Rich Greenpool Hoots mon! It’s Scotch expat Johnny Cox letting rip from his adopted Canadian homeland on an all original set of songs for his debut album. Considering he claims to be influenced by the usual white boy blues influences of Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughan, it’s unfortunate that […]
