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Book Review: When I Left Home: My Story by Buddy Guy Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) He literally stumbled over one of his idols, Jimmy Reed, when stepping into a club Reed was playing at. The harp master was passed out cold in front of the club. Some players would be kind to him, others wouldn't. Guy quickly established his own ...
Buddy Guy on "When I Left Home" Minnesota Public Radio Guy has a wealth of entertaining, occasionally raunchy stories about the contemporaries he revered, including Muddy, Wolf, Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, Big Mama Thornton and BB King. Sometimes he takes a jab: Songwriter ...
Rocky Hill: Ballad Of A Lone Star Legend Houston Press (blog) He was tutored by Lightnin' Hopkins, and stood toe to toe with Jimmy Reed and Freddie King when they sat in with Hill's Dallas-based band American Blues, featuring younger brother Dusty on bass and Frank Beard on drums. Eventually both Hills and Beard ...
Gospel documentary explores music, faith and family Baltimore Post-Examiner Williams pioneered a new breed of gospel music with his Jimmy Reed-style guitar playing. After traveling to Chicago, he complimented that ability by adding a new dynamic to his singing repertoire. “It was where he got turned on to using high voices,” ...
Haslup pitches baseball past Norfolk State Diamondback Online One month ago, then-closer Jimmy Reed entered the starting rotation as the team's Friday option. He has been there ever since. At Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium last night, right-hander Charlie Haslup made his first start of the year — the second of his ...
Review: Andy Fairweather Low and the Lowriders' Lively This is South Wales Though he writes agile and soulful beauties of his own, Andy Fairweather Low takes a back seat to Slim Harpo, Jimmy Reed, Henry Mancini and Lightnin' Hopkins for his latest album, Lively. However, thanks to his guitaring and vocal skills Low doesn't ...
Jazz Foundation's Great Night in Harlem puts spotlight on forgotten musicians Examiner.com Johnnie Mae Dunson wrote over 600 popular blues songs, including “Evil” and “Wang Dang Doodle,” made famous by big names like Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed, and Dixon. Not all of these famous blues artists came by Dunson's songs the legitimate way.
Music Review: The Nighthawks - Damn Good Time! Blogcritics.org (blog) In fact, Wenner and company have been rocking for 40 years and owe as much to Carl Perkins and Eddie Cochran as they do Jimmy Reed and Willie Dixon. They've been retro and roots for longer than those terms have been around. The main difference with the ...
