Recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival, Muddy Waters drove the crowd into a frenzy with his famous guitar licks and his Delta growl, truly a thrilling presence on the stage.
R.L. Burnside s first break came in the early 90s when the documentary film based on author Robert Palmer s book Deep Blues featured R.L. as one of its highlights. Subsequently Palmer produced R.L. s Too Bad Jim for the fledgling Fat Possum label. Along w
The Howlin' Wolf Album is a 1969 album by Howlin' Wolf, with members of Rotary Connection as his backing band.[1] It mixed blues with psychedelic rock arrangements of several of Howlin' Wolf's classic songs. Howlin' Wolf strongly disliked the album, which
William Lee Conley Broonzy became one of the most renowned blues singers-guitarists in the 1930s, popular enough to perform in concerts in England and Europe in the 1950s.
Bessie Smith dominated what has become known as 'classic blues'. Living every day as though it were her last was hardly conducive to a long life, but it gave the singer experience of suffering which she brought out in her singing.
The Real Folk Blues is a 1966 compilation album of Muddy Waters recordings and features some of Waters' first recordings. In 2017, the album was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in the category of 'Classics of Blues Recordings Album.'
