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Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson – For Pops: A Tribute to Muddy Waters

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 By Bill Wilcox

Larry “Mud” Morganfield and Kim Wilson have put together a collaboration that features 1950s Chicago Blues akin to Morganfield’s famous father, McKinley Morganfield – Muddy Waters. And the surprisingly good tribute album by Waters’ eldest son and the frontman from the Fabulous Thunderbirds, For Pops: A Tribute to Muddy Waters, captures that Muddy Waters feel without […]

Filed Under: Blues, Reviews, Streams Tagged With: Kim Wilson, Mud Morganfield, Muddy Waters, The Fabulous Thunderbirds

Monday Morning Video: Johnny Winter (1944-2014)

Monday, July 21, 2014 By Bill Wilcox

We lost Johnny Winter last week.  Johnny, known for his blistering fast guitar playing, burst onto the national scene as a solo act in the late 1960s.  A guitar prodigy, Johnny and younger brother Edgar – both albino – had formed a band as they were growing up in Beaumont, Texas, and had a single released when Johnny […]

Filed Under: Americana, Blues, Features, In Memoriam, Rock, Roots, Videos Tagged With: Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Muddy Waters

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