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...
Blues Birthdays, May 20th to 26th
May 19, 2019
Blues Birthdays: May 20 – May 26 Blues Birthday's for this week include Son House, Richard Robertson, Mamie Smith and Levon Helm! Eddie House, Jr. AKA Son House: 5/21/1902 Influential Delta, country, and...
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...
Blues Highlight: Chuck Berry – The Father of Rock ‘N’ Roll
April 23, 2019
This week's Blues Highlight Of the Week is the infamous Chuck Berry! Standing in one of his many famous poses, you can see the commanding effect Chuck Berry had on people. ...
Blues Music Birthdays: April 1 – 7th
April 5, 2019
Blues Music Birthdays: April 1 – 7th This week’s blues birthdays feature musicians Muddy Waters, Berry Oakley, Gary Moore and one of the most dominant musicians on the jam band scene,...
Dynamic Sister Duo Electrify Blues Fans
January 31, 2019
Larkin Poe features southern torchbearers, sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell. Rebecca sings lead vocals and is a multi-instrumentalist, she plays mandolin, banjo, piano and the guitar. Megan does harmony vocals...
BLUES MUSIC BIRTHDAYS: DECEMBER 3rd-9th!
December 6, 2018
BLUES MUSIC BIRTHDAYS: DECEMBER 3rd-9th! This week’s blues birthdays feature legendary musicians such as J.J. Cale, Tom Waits, Junior Wells, and southern rock pioneer Gregg Allman! J.J. Cale – December 5th, 1938 John...
Muddy Waters Hits a Homer with Hoochie Coochie Man
January 6, 2017
It’s one of the most distinctive, recognizable blues riffs in the history of the genre: The five notes of the main riff from Muddy Water’s “Hoochie Coochie Man.” Everyone knows...
Waters, Winter, and the Brothers
February 9, 2016
The original Hoochie Coochie Man, Muddy Waters poses alongside Texas blues icon Johnny Winter, as the two are sandwiched between none other than The Blues Brothers, John Belushi and Dan...
Blues Return To The Rock Hall
April 24, 2015
After last years ceremony being completely devoid of the genre that gave birth to rock and roll, blues once returned in full force to the 30th Annual Rock and Roll Hall...