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Bill’s Blues-Based Best of 2017

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 By Bill Wilcox

For me, and perhaps for all of us, 2017 was a year of challenges and changes. But through the challenges we’re facing, it’s reassuring to fall back on great music that expresses our frustrations and hopes. The following are my inexpert highlights of the best of blues-based (not strictly blues) music of 2017.  North Mississippi Allstars – Prayer […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews Tagged With: Al Basile, Cary Morin, Coco Montoya, Elvin Bishop, Eric Bibb, Gregg Allman, John Mayall, Keb Mo, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, North Mississippi All-Stars, Otis Taylor, Peter Parcek, Robert Cray, Ronnie Earl, Samantha Fish, Taj Mahal

John Mayall – Talk About That

Wednesday, February 01, 2017 By Bill Wilcox

In the 1970s, John Mayall, O.B.E., was, along with Bob Dylan, John Prine, David Bromberg, Loudon Wainwright III, Shawn Phillips and Jerry Jeff Walker, one of my musical heroes.  Now at 83 and still touring and recording albums, Mayall is an inspiration. Mayall, often called the “Godfather of British Blues,” is so much more than […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Reviews, Roots, Streams Tagged With: Coco Montoya, Eric Clapton, Harvey Mandel, Joe Walsh, John Mayall, John McVie, Larry Taylor, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Walter Trout

John Mayall – Find a Way to Care

Tuesday, September 08, 2015 By Bill Wilcox

John Mayall is often called the “Godfather of British Blues,” but his legacy may include so much more than just pioneering the British blues.  By introducing a generation of rock fans to the blues, he arguably had a hand in saving blues as a viable music form at a time in the 1960s when elderly bluesmen […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Roots Tagged With: Coco Montoya, Eric Clapton, Harvey Mandel, John Mayall, John McVie, Larry Taylor, Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Peter Green, Sonny Landreth, Walter Trout

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