Mason Ruffner sizzles on guitar in BCI #6. He talks about cutting “Series of Dreams” with Bob Dylan, jamming with Jimmy Page and his ongoing live collaboration with Carlos Santana. Subscribe to the catch the entire BCI series.
The Eddie Hinton Story – Will a troubled Southern R&B genius finally get his due?
He should have been a superstar along the lines of Eric Clapton. Or John Mayer. Someone like that. As gifted as he was as a soul singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer, Hinton should have been rich and famous instead of a tragic cult hero who died broke and broken, known mostly only to hardcore Southern R&B obsessives, a man whose best recordings aren’t even in print right now.
But that’s how the hand of fate works sometimes.
After moving to Muscle Shoals, Hinton played guitar on Staple Singers, Boz Scaggs, Waylon Jennings, Mavis Staples, Toots Hibbert and Jimmy Cliff records. His playing is featured prominently on the Aretha Franklin LP “This Girl’s in Love with You.” And “3614 Jackson Highway,” the underrated covers album Cher made at Muscle Shoals Sound, bearing that Sheffield studio’s now famous address.
Read the full story at: http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2018/01/eddie_hinton.html
Deacon John – Blues Center Interview #5
New Orleans R&B bandleader and session guitarist extraordinaire, Deacon John Moore, recounts the back story of Allen Toussaint and Chris Kenner’s “Land of 1,000 Dances” Deake shares a few laughs and some tasty slide guitar maneuvers.
“You Gotta Save the Blues, Man! You’re young enough”
blues great Joe Louis Walker and BC’s Ric Stewart shooting Raw Music in 2003
Stanton Moore in Blues Center Interview #4
Stanton Moore drops by Pinecohn Studios to talk blues and how he joined the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars and Galactic. A very busy drummer, Stanton plays regularly with Charlie Hunter, Will Bernard and Tom Morello. Episode #4 features footage Ric Stewart shot in 1996 of Stanton with the Klezmers, a band he still joins! Rare candid moments of his Stanton Moore Trio are also included. Stanton talks about heavy metal, the source of his dynamic attack and great shows in BCI#4. Subscribe to the Blues Center’s YouTube Channel
Little Freddie King – Blues Center Interview #3
Little Freddie King sits down with Ric Stewart to discuss his brand of New Orleans blues. The native of McComb, MS is a cousin of Lightning Hopkins who migrated to the crescent city at age 14. After working dockside to pay the bills, LFK cut some highly prized blues recordings over 40 years ago and has continued with a healthy slate of shows and albums over the last decade.
Samantha Fish on ‘Chills & Fever’ and moving to New Orleans
Get to know emerging blues artist Samantha Fish in this article in Offbeat Magazine. Read more here:
Radio Farewell from Elwood
After 24 years, Elwood Blues is signing off from the bluesmobile. Read his farewell here: http://thebluesmobile.com/farewell-friends/
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Joe Louis Walker – The Blues Center Interview #2 (Remastered)
TajMo’ Workin’ – Jontavious Willis – Blues Center Interview #1 Remastered
The Georgian blues phenom sits down for the inaugural Blues Center interview. In this expanded edition Jontavious talks about his mentor Taj Mahal, going down to Louisiana to get a mojo hand and Fats Domino’s update to “Junker’s Blues” with “The Fat Man.” Newly added concert footage from his appearances in New York City add to this mess o’ blues. Oh, and he can play county blues like a much older bluesman.