Now and then, a phenomenal guitar picker such as Marcus King emerges. Just as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Healey, whose meteoric rise to fame during the eighties and early nineties influenced a multitude of guitar-playing hopefuls, King also will leave his indelible mark.
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This self-titled record marks Rory Gallagher’s first solo excursion following the break-up of his rising group, Taste. For the most part, this CD sticks to the “Power Trio” format, as was featured in Taste. However, percussion is handled by Wilgar Campbell along with bassist Gerry McAvoy holding down the low end. Rory must have found he had gotten the formula right, as both went on to tour and record the next album, Deuce, as part of the legendary Irish guitarist’s trio.
Deeply rooted in the blues, songwriter-harp man Billy Rose offers a soul filled album of longing, down- and-out and rumble and tumble. On this release, Billy’s gathered up some fine musicians called simply, Blue Soul.
You can travel to the Delta to hear some traditional acoustic blues—and I recommend that you do!—or just keep an eye out for the True Blues trio: Corey Harris, Guy Davis and Alvin Youngblood Hart.
Bex Marshall is steadily becoming well known throughout the blues rock community as a guitar wielding force to be reckoned with. The moment she straps on her resonator guitar, all you can do is sit back in astonishment.
Blues For Jimi has the late Gary Moore channeling Jimi Hendrix in a powerful set of some of Jimi’s greatest tunes.
Eric Clapton has often praised legendary blues maestro Buddy Guy as the greatest guitar player alive. Now some seventy six years young, the influential Guy is still wowing audiences, releasing stellar new records and playing hundreds of live dates a year setting the stage afire with his testifying, soulful vocals, incendiary six string wizardry, and tornadic live performances.
A lot of guitarists have found themselves in this situation. Playing in countless cover bands, becoming frustrated with the gig situations and the music that they have to play every night to make ends meet and not feeling that their artistic side is being nurtured enough by their current performing situation. When guitarist and vocalist Ned Evett found himself in this situation he did what many of us have dreamed of doing, he smashed his Strat onstage, but instead of that being the end of the story, it is only the beginning. Evett picked up the broken guitar, removed the frets and set off on a musical journey that has led him to his entertaining and engaging 2012 release
Duke Robillard has been a prominent figure in the American music scene since the 1960s. He has been nominated multiple times for Grammy awards and is truly a chameleon when it comes to his capabilities in many styles and myriad of musical interests. From traditional blues to mainstream jazz and swing, Robillard has solid footing and an authentic approach, which makes him a pleasure to hear. This new recording, entitled Wobble Walkin’ encompasses both bluesy jazz guitar and the music of Tin Pan Alley.
D.C. photographer, Craig Hunter Ross, grabbed some shots of the recent Experience Hendrix 2012 tour when it landed at The Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland. Enjoy Craig’s great photos of some of the top musicians in the world who jammed on some classic tracks of the legendary Jimi Hendrix on that very special evening.
