This month In Blues Legends 02/12

James Blood Ulmer, Vernon Reid, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, Louisiana Red, Taj Mahal, Eric Bibb, Sonny Terry, Brownie Mcghee, Magic Slim, Memphis Slim, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Albert King, Keb' Mo', Larry Johnson

Warner Bros. publish Gary Clark Jr.’s fifth album : ‘This Land’ (2019)

Gary Clark Jr.'s 'This Land' is his fifth album produced by Jacob Sciba and released on February 22, 2019 by Warner Bros.

Gary Clark Jr.

The Guardian



Langston Hughes was my first introduction to writing. I remember checking out a book of his poems at the library in elementary school

USA Today



He laughs, more bitter than amused. “I got a pearl Cadillac. I loved that car. But cops would pull me over, and I’d get squad cars on me for no reason... American Songwriter

According to Clark, the neighbor had approached him and said, “Who owns this house?”, refusing to believe it could belong to someone who looked like Clark.

Gary Clark Jr. - This Land

AMAZON . ITUNES .

Buddy Guy celebrates his 77th birthday with Gary Clark Jr. and Quinn Sullivan plus Tom

This week In One-Off Collaborations 06/52

Angélique Kidjo & Buddy Guy, Paul Simon & Chris Thile, Post Malone & Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sharon Stone & Aerosmith, Slash & Carole King, Marianne Faithfull & Bill Frisell, Candy Dulfer & Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dionne Warwick & Chuck Jackson, Norah Jones, Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis, Gregory Porter & Laura Mvula, Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh & Diana Krall, Lou Rawls & Stanley Turrentine

We Remember Louis Jordan. ‘Father Of R&B, King of the Jukebox’

This day (February 4, 1975), in Los Angeles, California, died Louis Jordan, a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and bandleader

Tracklist :

1 . Fish Fry(1966)

2 . Let The Good Times Roll

3 . w/ His Tympany Five - Buzz Me

4 . Five Guys Named Moe

5 . Fuzzy Wuzzy

6 . Rationblues

7 . Beware

8 . Caldonia (1946)

Tracklist :

Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby . Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens . Choo Choo Ch'boogie . Caldonia . Saturday Night Fish Fry . Let The Good Times Roll . Knock Me a Kiss . Five Guys Named Moe . Run Joe . Stone Cold Dead In The Market .

Happy Birthday Graham Nash. ‘Nash Flow’

This day (February 2 , 1942), in Blackpool, Lancashire, is born Graham William Nash simply known as Graham Nash, English singer and songwriter, best known as a member of The Hollies and of Crosby, Stills & Nash (& Young)

Tracklist :

1 . Look through any window (w/ The Hollies )

2 . Carrie Anne (w/ The Hollies, 1967 )

3 . Marrakesh Express & Blackbird (w/ CSN, Woodstock 1969)

4 . Lee Shore (w/ David Crosby, BBC)

5 . Southbound Train (w/ CSN, Winterland, 1973)

6 . Sleepsong

7 . Just A Song Before I Go / Dark Star (w/ CSN, Houston, TX, 1977)

8 . Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (w/ CSN, 1979)

9 . Medley (w/ The Hollies, Top Of The Pops, 1981)

10 . Change Partners (w/ Stephen Stills, 1983)

11 . Teach Your Children Well (w/ CSNY, 1986)

12 . Sandy (1987)

13 . This Old House (w/ CSNY, Farm Aid, 1990)

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