EARL HOOKER – Off The Hook
June 12, 2019
Earl Hooker - Off The Hook is this week's "Blues Video of The Week." Earl Hooker, a Chicago blues guitarist known for his slide guitar playing. As a result, he performed...
The Greatness of Lightnin Hopkins
May 30, 2019
The Greatness of Lightnin Hopkins - Video of The Week This video opens up with brief interviews with Jimmie Vaughan and B. B. King. They talk about Lighnin Hopkins guitar playing...
Keb Mo – At The 17th Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival!
May 28, 2019
Keb Mo - At The 17th Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival! This iconic picture of Keb Mo' was taken by Jerome Brunet at the "17th Annual Santa Cruz Blues Festival." B.B....
Doyle Bramhall II – Mama Can’t Help You
May 10, 2019
Doyle Bramhall II - Mama Can't Help You This week's video "Mama Can't Help You" is one of the tracks from Doyle Bramhall II’s 2016 album Rich Man. This track has some...
KTBA Blues Highlight: ‘Revival: The Resurrection of Son House’
May 7, 2019
New Stage Show On Son House, Who Influenced Clapton, Muddy Et Al. A new stage show about the pioneering blues man Son House has opened in Rochester, New York. The very...
Have yourself a Blues Rock Christmas!
December 21, 2018
“Bells will be ringing this sad sad news, Oh what a Christmas to have the Blues” Charles Brown Tis the season to have yourself a Blues Rock Christmas! Are you Dreaming of...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Red House
October 26, 2018
The Jimi Hendrix Experience first released “Red House” on their 1967 debut album Are You Experienced?' Initially, the song was only included on the UK version of the album, after being left out of...
Blues Birthdays: September 10 – September 16
September 14, 2018
Robert Hicks AKA Barbecue Bob: 9/11/1902 One of the early Piedmont blues guitarists and vocalists who helped to pioneer the genre and influence the next generation of musicians. Hicks was born...
Bobby “Blue” Bland gets the Royal Treatment with B.B. King & Albert King
January 12, 2017
Renowned rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall captures a one once in a lifetime moment as B.B. King, Albert King, and Bobby "Blue" Bland erupt into laughter backstage at the...
Blues Brothers Records Is On The Horizon
March 20, 2015
With the dawn of this week came some of the most promising and exciting news for the genre of the blues as a whole that I have heard in some...