Albert Collins

Stevie Ray Vaughan who would have turned 65 today, has duetted with a myriad of blues and non blues artists. We have selected twelve of them : Johnny Copeland, Buddy Guy, BB King, Dick Dale, Albert King, Jeff Healey, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Lonnie Mack , Night Music Band, Jeff Beck, Colin James, Albert Collins Here, […]

R L Burnside, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, Robert Cray, Freddie King, Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Albert Collins, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Copeland, Albert King, Jeff Healey, B.B. King, T Bone Walker. They are the “Blues Legends” performers selected among the 1226 Posts we publish this month. Here, […]

This day (September 10, 2005), in Orange, Texas, died Clarence Gatemouth Brown, an American blues musician.

Joe Bonamassa’s ‘Blues Deluxe’ is his third studio album released on August 26, 2003 by J&R Adventures. Track listing : 1.You Upset Me Baby (Riley King, Joe Bihari) – 03:35 . 2.Burning Hell (John Lee Hooker, Bernard Besman) – 06:49 . 3.Blues Deluxe (Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart) – 07:20 . 4.Man of Many Words (Buddy […]

This day (August 14, 1988), in Fairfax, Virginia, died Roy Buchanan, an American guitarist, blues musician and pioneer of the Telecaster sound.

This day (August 1, 1953), in Columbus, Georgia, is born Robert Cray, an American blues guitarist and singer.

Johnny Winter’s ‘Second Winter’ is his third studio album recorded on July 19–22 and August 8–12, 1969 and released as a ‘three-sided’ LP, the fourth side being blank vinyl on October 27, 1969 by Columbia. Track Listing : 1.Memory Pain (Percy Mayfield) – 05:34 . 2.I’M Not Sure (Johnny Winter) – 05:23 . 3.The Good […]

June 21, 1990 – Gary Moore & The Midnight Blues Band plus Albert Collins headline at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland

June 15, 1993 – B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins & Jeff Beck celebrate the blues during the “Apollo Hall of Fame Concert ” held at Apollo Theater in New-York City

April 22, 1988 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and BB King will share the stage aboard S.S. Presidente during the “Jazz & Heritage Festival” in New Orleans, LA

This day ( April 21, 2016), in Smithville, Tennessee, died Lonnie Mack, an American rock, blues, and country guitarist and vocalist

Muddy Waters, Lonnie Mack, Walter Trout, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Keith Richards, Bill Frisell, Dan Auerbach, Shawn Lane, John Frusciante, Prince, Peter Frampton , Joe Bonamassa. They are the 12 Guitar Virtuosi selected among the 175 Posts we publish this week. Here, they are reunited in one glorious playlist. Enjoy! Tracklist 1 . Muddy […]

Gary Moore’s ‘Still Got the Blues’ is an album featuring Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison and released on March 26, 1990 by Virgin. Track Listing : 1.Moving On (Gary Moore) – 02:39 . 2.Oh Pretty Woman (A.C. Williams) – 04:25 . 3.Walking By Myself (Jimmy Rogers) – 02:56 . 4.Still Got The Blues […]

This day (November 24, 1985), in Inglewood, California, died Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. a.k.a Big Joe Turner, an American blues shouter.

From ‘Febril’ to ‘Fever’ , we have mixed in 18 ‘Jazz & Latin‘ tunes around the theme of ‘Flu And Sickness‘. “Temperature is Raising” has Albert Collins, Tito Puente & India, Kenny Burrell and Jimmy Smith, Big Bill Broonzy and many more.