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CHEF JOHN'S MEMORIAL WEEKEND BLUES FEST

Bluesryder — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:55:00 GMT

Thank you Chef John for bringing the blues back to the Northern Palm Beachs!
Everyone, please check out the Blues Fest going on all Memorial Day Weekend, Thursday-Monday evening.
JP Soars is a hot band, saw him open for Johnny Winter in Fort Lauderdale last year. He will be playing Thursday evening @ 11pm, just one of the three bands featured that night.
Thank You again Chef John
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Albert King.....A True Blues Master With A Special Way Of Playing......

Bluesryder — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:34:00 GMT

Albert King is a true Blues Master. It has to be noted that his style of playing is differnt than almost every other guitar player in the world. You see, he learned how to play the guitar, upside-down. Now this is not that unusual, a lot of left handed guitar players do the same, the difference is that Albert never changed the strings. He not only plays the guitar upside down, but plays it with the strings upside down as well. In other words...the low e string is on the bottom of the neck, not the top!

Koko Taylor.....Another Blues Legend Lost.......

Bluesryder — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:11:00 GMT

Grammy Award-winning blues legend Koko Taylor, 80, died on June 3, 2009 in her hometown of Chicago, IL, as a result of complications following her May 19 surgery to correct a gastrointestinal bleed. On May 7, 2009, the critically acclaimed Taylor, known worldwide as the “Queen of the Blues,” won her 29th Blues Music Award (for Traditional Female Blues Artist Of The Year), making her the recipient of more Blues Music Awards than any other artist. In 2004 she received the NEA National Heritage Fellowship Award, which is among the highest honors given to an American artist. Her most recent CD, 2007’s Old School, was nominated for a Grammy (eight of her nine Alligator albums were Grammy-nominated). She won a Grammy in 1984 for her guest appearance on the com pilation album Blues Explosion on Atlantic Born Cora Walton on a sharecropper’s farm just outside Memphis, TN, on September 28, 1928, Koko, nicknamed for her love of chocolate, fell in love with music at an early age. Inspired by gospel music and WDIA blues disc jockeys B.B. King and Rufus Thomas, Taylor began belting the blues with her five brothers and sisters, accompanying themselves on their homemade instruments. In 1952, Taylor and her soon-to-be-husband, the late Robert “Pops” Taylor, traveled to Chicago with nothing but, in Koko’s words,

B.B. KIng & Buddy Guy....Two Legends In One Evening.......

Bluesryder — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:28:00 GMT

BB KIng and Buddy Guy preformed last week together at The Kravis Center in West Palm Beach on February 9th. The ecoustics at this venue are second to none! The show was wonderful, the music sizzled..... These great showmen really gave the audience a show to remember.....

Kenny Wayne Shepard is playing this weekend at the South Florida Blues Festival....

Bluesryder — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:19:00 GMT

Go to bluesryder.com for the schedule....check under "Events & Happenings"

Bessie Smith Was a Rough, Crude, Violent Woman......

Bluesryder — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:03:00 GMT

She was also the greatest of the classic Blues singers of the 1920s. Bessie started out as a street musician in Chattanooga. Bessie was one of the biggest African-American stars of the 1920s and was popular with both Whites and African-Americans, but by 1931 the Classic Blues style of Bessie Smith was out of style and the Depression, radio, and sound movies had all damaged the record companies' ability to sell records so Columbia dropped Smith from its roster. In 1933 she recorded for the last time under the direction of John Hammond. Bessie had started to style herself as a Swing musician and was on the verge of a comeback when her life was tragically cut short by an automobile accident in 1937. While driving with her lover Richard Morgan (Lionel Hampton's uncle) in Mississippi their car rear-ended a slow moving truck and rolled over crushing Smith's left arm and ribs. Smith bled to death by the time she reached the hospital.

South Florida International Blues Festival Coming in November!

Bluesryder — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:34:00 GMT

The South Florida International Blues Festival will be jheld at Nova Southeastern University, Nov 7 - 9, 2008. Kenny Wayne Shepard will headline along with many other great blues musicians. Check it out: http://www.huizenga.nova.edu/BLUESFEST/

B.B. King ..... Still Strong at 83 !

Bluesryder — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:31:00 GMT

B.B. King recently turned 83. His performance at the Crossroads concert was inspiring. His voice is still strong, and his notes are deliberate. B.B. King is credited for "cleaning up" the lyrics to blues music and making the genre more mainstream. He has been a great ambassador for Blues Music the world around.

A Little Known Fact About Little Walter

Bluesryder — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:48:00 GMT

Marion "Little Walter" Jacobs toured with the Rolling Stones in 1964!

Little Walter.......We Lost at an Early Age.....

Bluesryder — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:34:00 GMT

Little Walter is being featured today. He was a blues harp icon and innovator. Unfortunately for the world we lost him at age 37, in 1968 due to head injuries from a street fight.....what a loss!

Bo Diddley.....He Will Be Missed

Bluesryder — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:10:00 GMT

“History belongs to the victor, and in the annals of Rock & Roll, three men have emerged as winners: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Bo Diddley, a holy trinity who were there at the start”. Rolling Stone magazine, issue #981, August 2005.

Bluesryder.com has Otis Rush featured today

Bluesryder — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:47:00 GMT

Otis Rush is very special. Listen to his voice....Read the Blues History....He was a giant among the Chicago Bluesmen......

Jimmy Reed is featured blues artist today....Did you know.......

Bluesryder — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:51:00 GMT

Did you know that Jimmy Reed sold more records than Muddy Waters, and Howlin' Wolf.......Check out the Bio....great read.

Thank you Bill for suggesting Alvin Lee.......

Bluesryder — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:49:00 GMT

Alvin Lee and Ten Years After is featured today........They were part of the "British Invasion" in the sixties......Ten Years After has toured the US 27 times.....more than any other British Band....
and YES he should be in the Hall of Fame!

The More I Listen To Luther Allison The More I Love Him......

Bluesryder — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:28:00 GMT

Listen in on todays track by Luther Allison. You will see what I mean.....He was truly one of the greats....He should have more recognition.....

Todays track was writtien by blues great Robert Johnson in 1937!

Bluesryder — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:13:00 GMT

Cream was a band formed in the sixties by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker. Eric and Jack left John Mayall to form this band. Ginger was the great drummer who brought the double bass drum technique to light.

Many musicians came from John Mayall's band the Bluesbreakers

Bluesryder — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:44:00 GMT

The album that todays song, Steppin' Out comes from, is a classic. Circa 1966, it also features Eric Clapton. He left the Yardbirds to join John's band to play the blues. By the way, Eric's replacement was Jimmy Page who formed Led Zepplin. Musicians abound from this band; Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce who left to start Cream; John McVie and Mick Fleetwood and Peter Green who left to start Fleetwood Mac; Mick Taylor who went on to the Stones.

Colin James Big Little Band Blues Sounds Hot!

Bluesryder — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:10:00 GMT

Colin James is a new find for me! His blues is fresh....yet hot.....Check him out!

Just How Great is Robert Johnson?

Bluesryder — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:36:00 GMT

Robert Johnson has influenced the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and many more rock icons. He is also an inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Robert Johnson is also rated #5 on Rolling Stone Magazine's All time Greatest Guitar List.
Read more about him by just clicking his picture on the Hall of Fame page of Bluesryder.com

Check out the more mature Muddy Waters

Bluesryder — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:20:00 GMT

The album, Hard Again, won a Grammy Award in 1977 for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording. Listen to Mannish Boy and see how Muddy's music evolved.