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Lightnin' Hopkins LIVE The T-Bird Lounge - Houston, TX 1964

LIVE  The T-Bird Lounge Houston, TX  1964 Great soundboard from one of the masters!SET LIST01. All My Kids02. Jigger Mary03. Staying Out All Night04. Don’t Like No Airplane05. Tro...

REVIEW: Lightnin’ Hopkins “Blues In My Bottle”

Lightnin’ Hopkins – Blues In My Bottle Houston-based smokey-voiced Sam “Lightnin’” Hopkins (1912-1982) collected 11 solo songs recorded at ACA (Gold Star Studios) in Houston, TX in...

Lightnin’ Malcolm: Blues Learned Where Whiskey Was Poured Between Songs

Lightnin’ Malcolm on juke joints, Hill Country blues, and a career built from the road up.

On This Day in 2005, We Said Goodbye to the Bassist Whose Lightning Speed Graced Works by Conway Twitty, Hank Williams,...

Session musician Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance, who played with Hank Williams and Conway Twitty, died on this day in 2005 at age 79. The post

Oak Cliff concert pays tribute to a Dallas blues legend

Singer-guitarist T-Bone Walker (1910-1975). “Oak Cliff T-Bone” — as he was billed in his teens — was one of the first electric guitar heroes, modernizing the blues and paving the w...

Dare you join us at the crossroads? Welcome to the acoustic blues masterclass

Inspired by Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and the O.G. blues great Robert Johnson, this lesson just requires an acoustic guitar. Heartbreak optional

Word Wrangler: May 2, 2026

Ten songs from the legendary musician born and raised in Port Arthur.

“Not only was John a virtuoso on guitar, harp, singing and choosing songs, to me it felt like he was totally possessed b...

The New Yorker will be remembered as a master of acoustic barrelhouse and an interpreter of Delta blues who performed like a man possessed

The Riff That Blew My Mind: Troy Mercy Attends the Fairport Convention

Blues Unusualist Troy Mercy (former guitarist with Booker T and The Fabulous Thunderbirds) has trouble choosing just one lick, but settles on "Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention. Troy...

3 Delta Blues Standards That Forever Changed Rock History

Guitar Shorty LIVE Peavey Plaza Minneapolis MN 2010-06-12

LIVE Peavey Plaza   Minneapolis  MN  2010-06-12 good audience  recording192 KBS He was known for his explosive guitar style and wild stage antics.  Credited with influencing both...

Sam Woodyard - Hi-Fi-Fo-Fum

Thanks to Mike Clark who shared via social media this fantastic clip of the great Sam Woodyard in action, featured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra:

“I asked my dad’s friend where guitarists like Mississippi John Hurt got the idea to play in this way, and he said, ‘I t...

The Blackberry Smoke frontman goes unplugged to give us a lesson in the fingerstyle techniques he applies in his day job

Ally Venable & The Texas Blues Tradition

“Theodore Roosevelt Taylor,” by Tyehimba Jess

“In short, he slid metal on string till the devil / got tickled and laughed up the Blues.”

“The comments I got were from people digging the way I was playing, or asking ‘What song is this?’ which I thought was f...

His cover of Hoochie Coochie Man went viral, but Burnham is blowing minds with his fretwork – and a sound referencing the lineage of Chuck Berry, Hendrix and SRV

Snook Eaglin LIVE Rock 'n' Bowl, New Orleans 2002-04-06

LIVE    Rock 'n' Bowl, New Orleans  2002-04-06Eaglin was dubbed the most liked New Orleans musician.Started playing on the street in the early 60iesSnooks Eaglin - guitar, vocalEdd...

Kirk Fletcher ‘Texas Blues Legends’ Guitar Course Launches on Gibson App

Over 20 lessons across rhythm, lead, and full song deliver hands-on instructions from a world-renowned and GRAMMY®-nominated blues master.

A Newly Discovered Recording Lets You Hear Delta Blues Legend Robert Johnson in Stunning Clarity

Great swathes of rock music since the nineteen-sixties would never have existed, we’re sometimes told, were it not for the recordings of Robert Johnson. Certainly the likes of Keit...

“From King’s standpoint, there was nothing particularly special about the show… However, that concert was recorded and L...

To celebrate the King of the Blues' centenary, we rewind the reels of a life story that’s equal parts pain and redemption…

"I'd come back from the unemployment office when the phone rang. Jimi said 'Hey, what you doing? We'd like for you to co...

When Jimi Hendrix played Woodstock, old friend Larry Lee played guitar beside him - but his contributions were scrubbed from the movie

“I’ve never been a real hot player, and a lot of kids are hot players. I’m slow because I walk slow, talk slow, sing slo...

The King of the Blues on amp choice, T-Bone Walker, how he got his vibrato and more

Fenton Robinson LIVE Nightstage, Cambridge MA 1986-10-04

LIVE   Nightstage, Cambridge MA    1986-10-04  9/10 quality here One of the greats hardly ever mentioned !BANDFenton Robinson - Guitar and vocalsDavid Maxwell - pianoJessie Green...