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The Blues Center produces exclusive multimedia music experiences including the Blues Center Interview Series at bluescenters.com

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1 week 12 hours ago

Jonathan Long and Samantha Fish at the Cigar box . . . #neworleans #cigarboxguitar #haveacigar #boogielong #samanthafish #blues #boogie

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1 week 5 days ago

Papa Mali in BCI #20. Coming soon to bluescenter.com. . . #swamp #funk #guitar #gratefuldead #7walkers #willienelson #neworleans #blues #country #fogcityrecords

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3 weeks 2 days ago

Blues-rock guitar master Alvin Youngblood Hart holds forth on playing covers of Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Stephen Foster (Grammy-winning), Johnny Cash and Tom Petty amidst footage jamming with Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Luther Dickinson and his own Muscle Theory trio. Also dealt with - the Les Pauls and Marshall Stacks of Free on FM radio pointed the way to his own unique sound steeped in blues and Mississippi, Memphis and New Orleans tones. Building guitars, and some in-house demonstrations complete the mix with Ric Stewart on the other mic in BCI #18. Subscribe to the series at bluescenters.com

Alvin Youngblood Hart - Blues Center Interview #18 REMASTERED

Blues-rock guitar master Alvin Youngblood Hart holds forth on playing covers of Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Stephen Foster, John...

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4 weeks 1 day ago

Joe Cocker w/Toussaint, Danko, Preston and Gadd - “Luxury You Can Afford” was on the hi-fi . . . #joecocker #allentoussaint #neworleans #randb #soul #dylan #whitershadeofpale #ihearditthroughthegrapevine #lp #vinyl #muscleshoals #blueeyedsoul

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1 month 4 days ago

An interactive timeline heralds the 50th anniversary of Let it Bleed. Closing out the chaotic decade, the Stones offered up a memorable cover of Robert Johnson’s 1937 blues classic “Love in Vain”

The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 1968-69 Historical Timeline

“Let It Bleed was born in an age of reckoning, against the worldwide backdrop of daily, televised Armageddon: America’s quagmire in Vietnam; the civil warfare and racial conflict at home; the bombs and Marxist rhetoric of a new, extreme underground; the twisted bloodlust of Charles Manson, the m...

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1 month 2 weeks ago

Funky bassist, Runnin' Pardner and Meterman George Porter, Jr. holds forth on bass, blues, country and how the Meters got their moniker. The early days as Art Neville and the Boys came to an abrupt ending with a game of chance, or perhaps it was all the design of Rock Hall of Fame writer-producer Allen Toussaint. Catch some funky live licks with Mike Lemmler on keyboards and stickman Terrence Houston caught live. They hold down a Monday night residency at the Maple Leaf. Subscribe to the BCI series and 'give $2 for the blues' for our upcoming documentary on bluescenter.org

George Porter, Jr. - Blues Center Interview #17

Funky bassist, Runnin' Pardner and Meterman George Porter, Jr. holds forth on bass, blues, country and how The Meters got their moniker. The early days as Ar...

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