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Grammy-Winning Blues Icon Bobby Rush to Perform in Pine Bluff
09 Jan 2026 23:35 GMT
The Port City Blues Society will host blues legend and three … edition of its Midtown Blues concert series in downtown … . He has received multiple Blues Music Awards, three Grammy … Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf after relocating to Chicago.
The Port City Blues …
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Best Things to Do in Memphis: Home of Blues, Soul and Rock ‘n’ Roll
09 Jan 2026 15:32 GMT
… King’s Blues Club, Rum Boogie Café, Blues Hall Juke Joint … area inspired many blues hits. Artists such as Muddy Waters, Louis Armstrong … Beale, developing the famed Memphis blues sound.
Later, the area … ; Only, Leonard’s and Blues City Café.
Memphis Plays Host …
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On This Day in 1954, This Legend From Mississippi Recorded a Blues Standard That Would Later Influence the Biggest Names in the Rock
07 Jan 2026 17:48 GMT
… , Eric Clapton, and frankly, most guitar-heavy bands and musicians would … Legacy and Chart Performance of Muddy Waters’ Blues Pillar
If you are a … of the Muddy Waters song.
Written by fellow bluesman Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters recorded “Hoochie …
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Grammy-Winning Blues Legend Bobby Rush Set for Special Concert in Pine Bluff
07 Jan 2026 05:26 GMT
… a tour and collaboration with guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a project … Rush formed early friendships with blues greats including Elmore James, Boyd … , Rush worked with blues legends such as Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Little Walter …
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On This Day in 1964, The Rolling Stones Recorded the Buddy Holly Cover That Officially Introduced Them to an American Audience
11 Jan 2026 15:30 GMT
… their start playing covers by Muddy Waters, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry … have axed the trek after guitarist Keith Richards was reportedly unable …
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Black Music Sunday: Remembering Howlin' Wolf
11 Jan 2026 14:20 GMT
… have covered the blues and famous bluesmen and women here … -hundred-pound blues giant who transformed Delta blues into electric … brutal childhood abuse, learned guitar from Charley Patton, and … t alone, as others like Muddy Waters came into prominence … and …
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Blues icon Rick Estrin brings stories, style and swagger to Powerhouse Sunday
04 Jan 2026 15:40 GMT
… his emerging artistry was Muddy Waters himself, who famously told … Estrin joined forces with guitarist Charlie Baty, forming Little … band with dazzling young guitar virtuoso Kid Andersen, … most recognizable guitar voices in contemporary blues. His Greaseland …
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CT band ready to take on the International Blues Challenge in Memphis
28 Dec 2025 13:33 GMT
… Blues and the funk/blues/;soul/hop-hop band Boogie Chillun; guitarist … ; harmonica player Leroy “Bluesdog” Falconi; and guitarist “Magic Mike” Bloomer of Blues Au Go Go … home of the electric blues. We grew up there. I saw Muddy Waters more than 20 …
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Obituary: Chris Rea, pop singer-songwriter known for his distinctive rasp, critically acclaimed blues gigs and the festive hit ‘Driving Home for Christmas’
28 Dec 2025 05:41 GMT
… the authentic Delta blues and the likes of Muddy Waters and Robert Johnson … whom, Joan, would marry the singer.
Meanwhile, in Steel River, which … inspiring him to learn slide guitar.
Early on, Rea entertained ideas …
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Born on This Day in 1941, the Legendary Country Blues Artist Who Performed Behind the Iron Curtain, Recorded in Tokyo, and Worked With Willie Nelson
26 Dec 2025 17:24 GMT
… was 10, she could play guitar and write songs. Two years … dug into the rock and blues music coming out of the … Lightnin’ Hopkins, Memphis Minnie, and Muddy Waters.
A few years later, she …