This could be a cover for some old blues album. Alternate title, "The Heart You Break May Be Your Own". The bed frame seems to outline the piano that I ran across at some rural antique market, but the instrument wasn't for sale for good reason. The rain-worn keys,...
Rockin’ The Blues captures Howlin’ Wolf in his prime. This live recording features The Wolf backed by his stellar Chicago band including guitarist Hubert Sumlin, songwriting bassist Willie Dixon, Sunnyland Slim on piano and Clifton James on drums. Born in West Point,...
"And I know no one can sing the blues Like Blind Willie McTell..." --Bob Dylan Perhaps the most gifted of all blues artists, Blind Willie McTell ranks as a seminal figure in American music. Born in Thomson, Georgia, in May of 1898 (some say 1901), McTell's visual...
“Dumbness deserves no sympathy.”
What a car. 1958. Buick Century Riviera two-door hardtop. 8,110 of these cars were manufactured. All Buicks in this year featured the division's 364 cubic inch V-8 as standard equipment. Three hundred horsepower rating. Seductive trim. This car's original paint job...
Published in 1994, David Weddle's biography of filmmaker Sam Peckinpah provides a detailed look into "Bloody Sam's" life and films. If They Move...Kill 'Em begins with Peckinpah's childhood in a family of "lumberjacks, cattle ranchers and frontier lawyers". Weddle...
Bob Dylan called AKA Grafitti Man the best album of the year. In fact, Dylan played this album before his own shows. “Rockin’ the Res” opens the disc with an up-tempo beat threaded with cinematic reels of visual images. “Grafitti Man” hinges on a great Davis electric guitar hook. Eight of these compositions were written by Davis and Trudell.
Born August 18, 1915, in Abbeville, Georgia, Reverend Pearly Brown lived his life preaching and singing about the word of God to common folk in the streets. Rev. Brown stands as the first black musician to perform on the Grand Ole Opry. The Reverend often played folk...
The John Sayles film, Honeydripper, inspired me to seek him out for an interview in 2007. This Q & A captures a portrait of the filmmaker at the time Honeydripper showed in theaters. The film revolves around Alabama blues musicians. Honeydripper counts as one of...
“Tom Waits (after becoming sea sick on the boat) asked Lurie, “I’ve gotta ask you something, John. Have you ever caught a fish before? I’ve never actually seen you catch a fish.”