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Learn the guitar stylings of the pioneering Hubert Sumlin – essential learning for any aspiring blues player

The six-string lieutenant to the immortal Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters, Sumlin is one of the authors of the electric blues sound, and he was no slouch with country styles, either

Guitar World

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: the soundtrack of my life

Blues giant Kenny Wayne Shepherd picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and recalls the life-changing show he went to as a three-year-old

Louder

John Primer: "When I played with Muddy Waters, he set my amp tone up for me. I use the same settings he gave me back in the mid-'70s"

The blues veteran discusses his love of Epiphones (and why he never clicked with Strats), what he learned as a sideman to Muddy Waters and Magic Slim, and the secret to his enviable tone

Guitar World

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Blues, booze and debauchery: the agonising life and death of Paul Butterfield

Paul Butterfield inspired Dylan to plug in, was a virtuoso singer and mouth harp player, and took black blues to white America. But beneath the surface, trouble was brewing

Louder

‘We paved the way for the Rolling Stones’: Ottilie Patterson, the forgotten first lady of British blues

She was a standout singer – but crumbled after a brutal marriage and backstreet abortion. Ahead of a new reissue, her peers recall what happened to this singular talent

The Guardian - UK

Mississippi city faces tough road rebuilding after tornado

A tornado that carved a path of destruction through the Mississippi Delta last month destroyed roughly 300 homes and businesses and killed 13 people in Rolling Fork

The Independent UK

John Primer: “I tried the Cry Baby wah pedal and a phase shifter, but the blues guys said, ‘Hey, you throw that thing in the garbage’”

The one-time Muddy Waters lead guitarist and living legend of the Chicago blues scene discusses good times, Hard Times, and that time Keith Richards offered him a cigarette

Guitar World

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Neal Francis takes a cue from Peter Frampton for high-stakes Thalia Hall gigs

In this weekend’s shows, he’ll stage “Francis Comes Alive,” that will see him attempt to create a live album a la the great “Frampton Comes Alive!”

Chicago Sun-Times

Mississippi is home of the blues and key to civil rights past. Locals tell the story

With pandemic restrictions lifted, tourists are returning to Mississippi's famous Blues Trail. Civil rights leaders are noticing some are now hungry for more context about the music's origins.

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The remarkable life of blues legend Victor Brox who played with Hendrix and Clapton, had a love affair with Nico and sang on Jesus Christ Superstar

Victor Brox, said to have recorded the first British blues record, has died

Manchester Evening News

‘Blue Heaven’ a divine celebration of blues music, icons who created it

If you’re a fan of blues, you’re a fan of this show. Scratch that. If you’re a fan of music, you’re a fan of this show.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘What he was doing was like nothing else’: the secret recordings of genius producer Charles Stepney

The soul music visionary died in 1976 at the peak of his career. But his legacy endures – thanks to sampling, fans such as Elton John and Chaka Khan, and the efforts of his three daughters

The Guardian - UK

A woman in a man's world

US R&B legend Big Mama Thornton is one of the forgotten "originators", to use Dr John's term for Professor Longhair, of rock'n'roll. The late Alabama native, who died almost exactly 38 years ago on July 25, 1984, recorded the first version of Leiber and Stoller's Hound Dog in 1952. After…

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Sister Rosetta Tharpe, singer who inspired Elvis: one of many women sidelined from musical history

Elvis Presley is the perfect subject matter for Australian film director Baz Luhrmann. Not just because the opulence of Presley’s showmanship and Lurhmann’s trademark visual style are perfect bedfellows, but because the “Presleyverse” itself is not about Elvis Presley. It’s about the idea of Elvis, the great myth of Elvis…

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Jim Schwall, Siegel-Schwall Band guitarist, dead at 79; formed influential Chicago group

The Chicago band melded blues, folk and classical music, playing and collaborating with artists ranging from Muddy Waters to Joni Mitchell to Seiji Ozawa.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: Mark Wenner looks back on 50 years of The Nighthawks

PITTSBURGH — Mark Wenner discovered the blues while he was in high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and started messing around with harmonica, in part, because of a 1965 recording of “Born in Chicago” by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Chicago Sun-Times

This week in history: Muddy Waters meets his neighbors

In January 1978, Westmont residents got to know their neighbor, blues legend Muddy Water – who was born this week in 1913 – through a Chicago Daily News series.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago blues, rock ‘n’ roll landmark Chess Records definitely worth a visit

The building is a narrow façade now next door to a medical clinic and across the street from a parking garage, not too far from Soldier Field, Millennium Park and the Magnificent Mile.

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Ziggy bows out, Madonna scares the pope and Dylan goes electric: 50 gigs that changed music

Five decades after David Bowie’s seminal tour, our music writers reflect on the concerts that have left a mark, from Billie Holiday to Billie Eilish

The Independent UK

Blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86; played with Dylan, Waters

Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died

Chicago Sun-Times

Legendary drummer Sam Lay dead at 86

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, he also played with blues legends Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf as well as with Bob Dylan.

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