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10 Songs About Food For Thanksgiving and One Truly Thankful One
Norman Rockwell Saturday Evening Post 1942 Thanksgiving Day, or some semblance thereof, is celebrated in the United States, Canada, and several other countries around the world. Here in the USA, the...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Gregg Allman
With the death of founding Allman Brother Gregg Allman on May 27th, 2017 the world lost a musical figure of almost mythic proportions. Filled with the blues, Allman endured tragedy, enjoyed glory, and...
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Windy City Wednesday –‘Mercurial Son’ by Lurrie Bell
Welcome to Windy City Wednesday. In this weekly offering from American Blues Scene we share classic and sometimes forgotten blues albums from some of the most iconic Chicago blues men and women ever...
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What makes a song iconic? Many times it’s the sheer musical genius of the composition. Several songs in the category of legend have lyrics that strike a chord with listeners of many generations....
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World Premiere Track: ‘I Cry For You’ From New GA-20 Live Album ‘Live in...
Boston blues rock trio GA-20 has been on a solid roll of late. Their recent album Crackdown recently debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Blues Albums Chart. The album received glowing reviews from American...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About J.J. Cale
One of the most reclusive, laid-back artists in the history of blues, rock, Americana, and red dirt country. A master songwriter whose influence transcended genres. And yet, many people didn’t know...
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Women-Empowering Track From Sister Lucille ft. Reba Russell, ‘Why Not You’
Hailing from Southwest Missouri and deeply inspired by the musical legacy of Memphis, Sister Lucille has turned the worlds of blues, roots, and soul on their collective head and created their own...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Johnny Winter
1. Although coming from a prominent Leland, Mississippi family, John Dawson Winter III was actually born in Beaumont, Texas, his mother’s hometown, while his father was in the Army. 2. Before...
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What Guitars Did Muddy Waters Play?
Over the course of four decades Muddy Waters played guitar on plantation shack porches, in sordid clubs, and on elaborate blues festival stages the world over. Throughout his career, he had a small...
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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Howlin’ Wolf
The blues giant Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf, was one of the most influential blues musicians of all time. A true paragon of the blues, he brought the music of the Mississippi...
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