Mississippi Sheiks :The World Is Going Wrong

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The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular and influential American guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. They were notable mostly for playing country blues, but were adept at many styles of popular music of the time.

This was issued during the Great Depession

The Charlie Parker Story

Here is a nice long YouTube video of the Charlie Parker Story. He was ahead of his time, and Jazz musicians of today are still playing catch up.

Mos Def, Chris Dave, & Robert Glasper – Thelonius

Music is a Joy

Blues Quote: Van Morrison

You have to understand a bit about the poetry of the blues to know where the references are coming from. ~ Van Morrison

Feel So Good: Albert Cummings Live (2008)

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While not earth-shakingly original, FEELS SO GOOD is the CD equivalent of a good-time late Saturday night.

BostonBlues

The blues is certainly present in the music, but his style is one that recognizes no boundaries. Feel So Good is a good example of the interesting aspects of the entire Albert Cummings musical approach. More than anything, it demonstrates how much fun people have at his shows. He’s a performer who knows how to get a crowd wound up and energized for the duration.  

Michael Burks - House Of The Rising Sun

Sara K - I Can't Stand The Rain

It's the Birthday of Junior Parker

Funny How Time Slips Away


Junior Parker, who was also known as Little Junior Parker and "Mr Blues" was born on May 27, 1932, and he passed away on November 18, 1971.

He was a successful and influential Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth". He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2001.

Louis Armstrong - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Lather, Rinse, Repeat by Jason Vivone and The Billy Bats

Sitting here listening to Jason Vivone & the Billy Bats new CD Lather. Rinse. Repeat. (amazon link).  And I like it, a nice collection of rocking blues tunes.  Almost every song has me tapping my feet to the beat.

There are some hard rocking tunes, blues rock and a few others that make me smile, like "Baby Fat" and like "Do the Nod" that had me dancing. I really like Mr. Vivone's guitar work on this album and other tunes that I have heard by him. The song writing on this album is light and fresh and it sounds like the band was having some fun with this one.

Jason Vavone & The Billy Bats

For some recent news about Jason and the band, you might want to check out this interview, titled The Billybats' Jason Vivone on recording and recovering in WWW.Pitch.com by Nick Spacek.  You can also check out Jason Vivone's music at Reverbnation Jason Vivone.