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THE CRITIC REVILED (2013): With Ringo and BB KIng reviewed

...awful show in Auckland by poor old BB King who couldn't remember the names of some band... ...I wrote. Not that bad, surely? The more harsh BB King review from 2011 is below that. . . . Ringo... ...show. Interpret that as you will. . BB King, Civic Theatre 2011 Few things are more sad,...

Something Elsewhere: somethingelsewhere/10244/the-critic-reviled-2013-with-ringo-and-bb-king-reviewed/

ELMORE JAMES: Sliding with the king

It has been almost half a century since Elmore James bent over to pull up his socks before going out to play in an Chicago nightclub . . . and went face down on to the floor with his third and final h

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3437/elmore-james-sliding-with-the-king/

BB King, Live (Geffen)

...was firing up crowds 250 nights a year. But if BB King is your man then you won't be disappointed --...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1523/bb-king-live-geffen/

B.B. King, Live at the Regal (1965)

...his own chain of nightclubs it is hard to see BB King as an earthy and edgy blueman: the guy who... ...later hits, the perfect starting point into BB King -- but also lets you look more widely by...

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B.B. KING; KING OF BLUES: It's good to be King

B.B. King (born Riley King on a plantation in Itta Bena, Mississippi in 1925) has arguably been the blues' greatest populariser, so his track record includes performances with the Duke Ellington Orche

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3438/bb-king-king-of-blues-its-good-to-be-king/

B.B. King: Makin' Love is Good For You (SBird/Southbound)

With the great B.B. King due to arrive in Australasia for concerts, this now-readily available album from 2000 is timely. It caught him on a career high with his road-tested band in the studio just pe

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3938/bb-king-makin-love-is-good-for-you-sbird-southbound/

B.B.KING; THE LIFE OF RILEY a doco by JON BREWER

...few weeks ago a review of a lousy BB King concert in St. Loius went viral. But the... ...way or reminding you of the greatness of BB King, a two hour doco (plus extra interview...

Film at Elsewhere: film/6316/bbking-the-life-of-riley-a-doco-by-jon-brewer/

King Leo and the Growling Dogs: Mad Love (King Leo)

...blues like Boom Pam. There's also the amusing BB King-influenced Honesty ("you're my friend and... ...their heroes like Muddy, Sonny Boy Williamson, BB King, Little Walter and the like -- are gutsy, edgy...

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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2015; THE EDITOR'S CHOICES

...horn section but a big sound, Young Channeling BB King at times and the audience cheering them on the...

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Herbie Hancock. Aotea Centre, Auckland. May 8 2007

...which linked to his Benin musical heritage and BB King while exploring kora-like tones and using loop...

Live reviews + concert photos: livereviews/10642/herbie-hancock-aotea-centre-auckland-may-8-2007/

Various Artists: Rumba Blues (Rhythm and Blues Records/Southbound)

...(Hound Dog, of course); Ray Charles and BB King; piano players Professor Longhair and Fats...

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John Scofield: Piety Street (Universal)

...Child and The Old Ship of Zion the spirit of BB King is evident in Sco’s taut and...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2237/john-scofield-piety-street-universal/

Ray Charles: In Person (1959)

...included Ruth Brown, the Drifters, Huey Smith, BB King . . . God, what wouldn't you give to have been...

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Various: A Tribute to Fats Domino (Tipitina's/Shock)

...the grave), Dr John, Joss Stone, Bonnie Raitt, BB King, Tom Petty . . . And of course the hometown...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1353/various-a-tribute-to-fats-domino-tipitinas-shock/

MORE MILES THAN MONEY: JOURNEYS THROUGH AMERICAN MUSIC by GARTH CARTWRIGHT

...marketing the blues as rough music -- BB King's always saying, 'I hate it that people think...

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THE BARGAIN BUY: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends series

...offer an easy inroad to the likes of the young BB King, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, John Lee... ...liner notes) is that context is given. The BB King disc for example -- which includes material...

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Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune (Sony)

The old joke -- usually applied to the death of Elvis -- is “good career move”. Death sells, just ask -- if you could -- Elvis, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Otis Redding, John Lennon and Ku

Music at Elsewhere: music/2892/jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune-sony/

Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes: Live at the Greek (Vinyl, CD and digital outlets)

...And What Should Never Be, a sharp treatment of BB King's Woke Up This Morning (with Page providing...

Music at Elsewhere: music/11439/jimmy-page-and-the-black-crowes-live-at-the-greek-vinyl-cd-and-digital-outlets/

Ruthie Foster: Let It Burn (Fuse/Border)

...thrilling appearance before the sad figure of BB King at a concert last year -- and I retract not a...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4814/ruthie-foster-let-it-burn-fuse-border/

DUKE ROBILLARD INTERVIEWED (2004): Still in that room full of blues

...of my idols over the years. I'd like to have BB King do a few tracks on a record with me, and there...

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Joan Armatrading: Into the Blues (Shock)

...spirit of John Lee Hooker to quietly stinging BB King guitarwork, to . . . But is this diversity any...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1383/joan-armatrading-into-the-blues-shock/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Aly Cook

...Yes, in 1991 I got to tour a few dates with BB King and I saw how he would perform two hours then...

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Silk: Custody (1969)

...Production by Bill Szymczyk who worked with BB King, hard rockers like the J Geils Band, Joe Walsh...

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TIM AND JEFF BUCKLEY: Their short musical legacy (2004)

...-- with its massive statues of Elvis and BB King -- isn't that appealing. There's a rocky bank...

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Cyril Neville: Brand New Blues (MC Records)

...tradition, borrows readily from Jimmy Reed, BB King and the likes of Johnny Guitar Watson, but...

Music at Elsewhere: music/2385/cyril-neville-brand-new-blues-mc-records/

BUDDY GUY INTERVIEWED (2001): One of the last men standing

...of us left from that time, me and him and BB King. We was all around at the same early time.... ...which owed debts to southern players such as BB King and the tough Texas tradition of T-Bone...

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BILLY GIBBONS OF ZZ TOP INTERVIEWED (2000): The less things change, the more they stay the same

In a blur of urgency a pre-release copy of the new album is rushed across town, essential in advance of the phone interview. And here it is, ZZ Top's XXX, an album where the title reminds you of this

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Jeff Healey: Last Call (Stony Plain/Southbound)

When the singer/blues guitarist Jeff Healey first emerged in the late Eighties there were two critical camps set up: those who heard him as a fiery young player in the tradition of a Stevie Ray Vaugha

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3218/jeff-healey-last-call-stony-plain-southbound/

Gregg Allman: Low Country Blues (Universal)

Gregg Allman is as well known for his marriage to Cher in the 70s and battles with drug'n'alcohol as he is for co-founding the seminal Southern blues-rock Allman Brothers Band with his long-gone sibli

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3854/gregg-allman-low-country-blues-universal/

TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES: Robert Johnson, the blues and Clarksdale, Mississippi

...a cheque. We have passed Indianola where BB King grew up, and Greenwood where Johnson was...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/1801/travelling-riverside-blues-robert-johnson-the-blues-and-clarksdale-mississippi/

U2: Achtung Baby (1991); Zooropa (1993)

...of Harlem about Billie Holiday), blues (with BB King) and country music. Jeez, missed anything?...

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ROSANNE CASH INTERVIEWED (2014): The river that runs through her

...saw the crossroads, at least one of them! And BB King came from just down the road. And Howlin' Wolf...

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HAMMOND GAMBLE INTERVIEWED (2018): Of another career in the same town

...losing luggage in transit, current music, BB King and Eric Clapton, international artists he has... ...and says he loved Mike Bloomfield and early BB King (“although he was bloody tragic in the... ...hear music like I used to. “You know how BB King just kept going? Well, Randy Newman has a song...

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Tab Benoit with Louisiana Leroux: Night Train to Nashville (Elite)

...Leroux the night before he picked up the BB King award for entertainer of the year and best...

Music at Elsewhere: music/1577/tab-benoit-with-louisiana-leroux-night-train-to-nashville-elite/

RUTHIE FOSTER: LIVE AT ANTONE'S (Fuse DVD)

...and rather shameful "performance" by BB King in Auckland's Civic this year (see review...

Film at Elsewhere: film/4318/ruthie-foster-live-at-antones-fuse-dvd/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID SPINOZZA: Three Beatles and all the rest

...to his Beatle work he played on albums by BB King, Paul Simon (Paul Simon and There Goes Rhymin'...

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ORNETTE COLEMAN, DAVE BRUBECK AND ME: A Song For Guy

...tried to talk with polite say-nothings like BB King, endured mouth-spouters such as Meat Loaf,...

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Tommy Castro and the Painkillers: Killin' It Live (Alligator/Southbound)

...Tommy Castro has been a winner of the BB King Entertainer of the Year (among many accolades)...

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DEREK TRUCKS INTERVIEWED (2009): Allman and Clapton, but his own man

...about seeing Duane Allman live, or seeing BB King just playing one note and laying the crowd...

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The Flaming Mudcats: Cut Loose (Mudcat Music)

...Around is a heart-acher with a restrained BB King-style guitar solo. Being a blues band is a...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/8705/the-flaming-mudcats-cut-loose-mudcat-music/

DAVID PAQUETTE INTERVIEWED (2001): Jazz on a summer's weekend

...tour, another of a young Paquette with BB King ("that leg there belongs to Nina...

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JIMI HENDRIX, AN ESSAY: In my Life

For a man who changed the landscape of rock -- and not so coincidentally my life -- his last resting place looks extremely modest. It is late 2002 and I am standing at a simple plaque in the grass wit

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/356/jimi-hendrix-an-essay-in-my-life/

Ruthie Foster: The Truth According to Ruthie Foster (Shock)

...just a whisker away from a brilliant duet with BB King in an alternate universe. Although she lacks...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/2205/ruthie-foster-the-truth-according-to-ruthie-foster-shock/

Joe Bonamassa: Different Shades of Blue (J&R/Southbound)

...space and restraint carry it as the spirit of BB King hovers overhead. There is an Elsewhere...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/6559/joe-bonamassa-different-shades-of-blue-jandr-southbound/

Harry Manx: Wise and Otherwise (Border)

...Foxy Lady, Van Morrison's Crazy Love, BB King's The Thrill is Gone (with his own Indo-blues...

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Music at Elsewhere: music/1290/harry-manx-wise-and-otherwise-border/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

...memorabilia at home? Love my autographed BB King LP that was mastered out of phase and will not... ...it would be . . . (And you would play?) Riley BB King – yep, I'd play for sure. The three... ...forever would be . . . My autographed copy of BB King's 'Let Me Love You' on Kent. You are allowed...

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CHESS BLUES: Taking it from the street

Record companies are usually at their best when close to the street, turnlng up talent rather than just distributing it. The Chess label was so close to the street it felt the sweat. Polish immigrant

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3462/chess-blues-taking-it-from-the-street/

THE ROLLING STONES' GET YER YA-YA'S OUT! (2009): The '69 Garden party

...nights (the Thursday being Thanksgiving) with BB King and Ike and Tina Turner opening. Everyone was... ...is more. A third disc gives 12 songs from the BB King and Turners' sets which if nothing else...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/2742/the-rolling-stones-get-yer-ya-yas-out-2009-the-69-garden-party/

Various Artists: The Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969 (Third Man/digital outlets)

...Thornton on the thrilling Ball and Chain. (BB KIng was on the bill but is not on the albums on...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/9513/various-artists-the-ann-arbor-blues-festival-1969-third-man-digital-outlets/

WILLIE NELSON ALBUM REVIEWS 2000 - 2005: What a long strange trip

He smoked a joint on the roof of the White House, sang with Julio Iglesias and on We Are The World, and he's still here. And still great -- sometimes. Willie Nelson, much like Dean Martin, has an effo

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/495/willie-nelson-album-reviews-2000-2005-what-a-long-strange-trip/

ERIC CLAPTON: A LIFE IN 12 BARS, a doco by LILI FINI ZANUCK

...girlfriends, Pattie Harrison, Muddy Waters, BB King, Duane Allman and many other fellow...

Film at Elsewhere: film/8282/eric-clapton-a-life-in-12-bars-a-doco-by-lili-fini-zanuck/

GREGG ALLMAN INTERVIEWED (2010): The Road Goes On Forever

...fun.” The album includes a reworking of BB King's obscure Please Accept My Love in the manner...

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PAUL McCARTNEY SOLO CAREER; PART 1, 1970-80: Success in the Seventies

...back-catalogue are Bob Dylan, Alice Cooper, BB King, Allen Toussaint, Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson,...

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ROBERT GORDON INTERVIEWED (2013): The soul of Memphis revealed

...done a definitive and truth telling book on BB King? I tell you, I've got a friend who wrote the... ...text for the BB King museum and I kept telling him 'Write this book...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/6034/robert-gordon-interviewed-2013-the-soul-of-memphis-revealed/

Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum (1968)

...And when they took on riff-heavy covers (BB King’s Rock Me Baby, Mose Allison’s...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE QUESTIONNAIRE: Joanne Shaw Taylor

...a Telecaster off Dave Stewart and a necklace BB King gave me when I was 13 . . . so all of those...

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Joe Bonamassa: Dust Bowl (J&R/Southbound)

...than 20 years (he's only 34, you do the maths, BB King hailed him when he was just 12) and he grew up... ...could be Dire Straits on heat), lift from BB King (Sweet Rowena) or deliver moody soundscapes...

Music at Elsewhere: music/4174/joe-bonamassa-dust-bowl-jandr-southbound/

Pinetop Perkins: Pinetop Perkins and Friends (Elite)

...He's 95. And yes, of course Eric Clapton and BB King are here, but outside of those two (both on...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/1565/pinetop-perkins-pinetop-perkins-and-friends-elite/

Tinsley Ellis: Winning Hand (Alligator/Southbound)

...The regret-filled original Gamblin' Man (like BB King at his mid-period best, but with more...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/8261/tinsley-ellis-winning-hand-alligator-southbound/

The Allman Brothers Band: At Fillmore East (1971)

When the mobile recording studio was parked outside the Fillmore on New York's 2nd Avenue in March 1971 to record this double vinyl Allman Brothers Band album it was both a beginning and an ending: it

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/3789/the-allman-brothers-band-at-fillmore-east-1971/

Arthur Alexander: The Ultimate Arthur Alexander (1993 compilation)

...But then he ran headlong into Percy Mayfield, BB King, Junior Parker and Jimmy Reed. Marrying the...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/2518/arthur-alexander-the-ultimate-arthur-alexander-1993-compilation/

Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (2011 reissue)

Those who were there say everything changed when he walked in the room and started to play. He’d been away a long time -- learning guitar was what they said -- but the last time anyone had seen

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/832/robert-johnson-the-complete-recordings-2011-reissue/

BOB THIELE PROFILED (2013): At the helm of the Flying Dutchman

...Thiele Emergency. So the man who also produced BB King, John Lee Hooker and T-Bone Walker as well as...

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ERIC CLAPTON; THE FIRST 25 YEARS CONSIDERED: The living link between hippie and yuppie

...efforts to find inspiration (working with BB King, his dreary Robert Johnson tribute... ...disregard for age and nobody seems put off BB King just because the man could get into movies...

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THE BLUES HAD A BRITISH BABY (2021) And they called it . . . rock'n'roll, psychedelic rock and hard rock?

...exposed to that kind of Chicago blues, and BB King, through the access of the English blues guys,...

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Chris Cain: Raisin' Cain (Alligator/Southbound/digital outlets)

...on Born to Play (“We saw BB King and Ray Charles every time they came to...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/10050/chris-cain-raisin-cain-alligator-southbound-digital-outlets/

CAN'T BE SATISFIED, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MUDDY WATERS by ROBERT GORDON

When McKinley Morganfield’s grandmother named him Muddy after the nearby Mississippi and he later took the surname Waters, there seemed something oddly symbolic in it. Here was man who wasn&rsqu

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Buddy Guy: Living Proof (Silvertone)

...(with the Memphis Horns); with 85 year old BB King he gets a little sentimental as they thank the...

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3705/buddy-guy-living-proof-silvertone/

MOSE ALLISON REVISITED (2016): When a young man walked by . . .

...bluesman like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, BB King, Elmore James and others because they seemed...

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R.E.M. GREEN REISSUED (2013): This is a call . . .

...smacked of desperation and after touring with BB King they famously retreated to think the whole...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5673/rem-green-reissued-2013-this-is-a-call/

Young John Watson: Space Guitar (1954)

...In this miniature - which anticipates Hendrix/BB King/Ennio Morricone/Telstar -- he also throws in a...

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Charles Lloyd: Lift Every Voice (2002)

...Memphis in 1938, he played blues in clubs with BB King, Howlin’ Wolf and others, moved to LA to...

Essential Elsewhere: essentialelsewhere/1829/charles-lloyd-lift-every-voice-2002/

THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE HIGHLY PERSONAL QUESTIONNAIRE: Darren Watson

...for professional and/or personal reasons?BB King and Louis Armstrong. Both of them overcame...

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PIANIST JAY McSHANN: From Charlie Parker to Keith Richards . . .

...about KC days. It’s a great package -- BB King’s cover testimonial is true, he is...

Tagged with: charlie parker | jay mcshann | keith richards | the beatles |

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MAX MERRITT INTERVIEWED (2005): The rock'n'roll originator

...like Solomon Burke, Ray Charles, Freddie King BB King, Albert King -- Ray Charles hadn't happened at...

Absolute Elsewhere: absoluteelsewhere/5830/max-merritt-interviewed-2005-the-rocknroll-originator/

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . JEANNE DECKERS: From heaven to oblivion on the wings of a song

...guitar and – in the great tradition of BB King – gave it a name: Adele. She and Adele...

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JOHN MAYALL INTERVIEWED, AND REVIEWED (2010): On the blues highways

The English musician John Mayall repeats his familiar refrain: he’s never had “a hit record, never won and Grammy and isn’t in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame“. At 76 and having

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3030/john-mayall-interviewed-and-reviewed-2010-on-the-blues-highways/

STEVE WINWOOD PROFILED (2011): From teen-soul boy to mainstream man

...bands backing the likes of Muddy Waters, BB King, Chuck Berry and other touring American...

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THE FAMOUS ELSEWHERE BLUES QUESTIONNAIRE: Oscar LaDell

...great blues. You would go to . . ? I would see BB King live in the early 60’s Either that or...

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Eli Paperboy Reed: Come and Get It (Capitol)

The previous album by this white boy singin' soul music -- Roll With You -- was considered a Best of Elsewhere 2008 release but didn't quite make it into mainstream media or thinking. This time around

Music at Elsewhere: music/3212/eli-paperboy-reed-come-and-get-it-capitol/

JEFF HEALEY INTERVIEWED (1989): Keeping the future open

Sitting in his Sydney hotel room, Canadian guitarist Jeff Healey talks lovingly about his collection of 11,000 78rpm records (“I bought another 30 or 40 today in a shop near here.”) And he

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3219/jeff-healey-interviewed-1989-keeping-the-future-open/

BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Eli Paperboy Reed and The True Loves: Roll With You (Shock)

For the past week or so I have been listening to old vinyl by Dusty Springfield and Southside Johnny (a New Jersey bar-band chum of Springsteen and Stevie Van Zandt) and have been reminded again just

Music at Elsewhere: music/1734/best-of-elsewhere-2008-eli-paperboy-reed-and-the-true-loves-roll-with-you-shock/

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters: Spread the Love (Stony Plain)

Blues guitarist Earl opens this typically free-wheeling, jazz-inflected instrumental album with a swinging treatment of Albert Collins' burning Backstroke -- then gets into a low mood on Blues For Dr

Blues at Elsewhere: blues/3889/ronnie-earl-and-the-broadcasters-spread-the-love-stony-plain/

Eric Clapton: Clapton (Reprise)

It's fair to say Eric Clapton at 20, while playing with John Mayall's Blues Breakers, never gave much thought to a “career”. Yet with this new album he can reflect on more than 40 years in

Music at Elsewhere: music/3533/eric-clapton-clapton-reprise/

Neil Worboys and the Real Time Liners: Some Day Soon (Ode)

The blues gets short shrift in the New Zealand critical community (see comments about Billy TK Jnr) and my guess is that most writers think it is somehow easy to play. Or is sort of "imported&quo

Music at Elsewhere: music/1731/neil-worboys-and-the-real-time-liners-some-day-soon-ode/

THE BARGAIN BUY: Eric Clapton; Journeyman (Reprise)

By the time he got to the end of the Eighties, the title of this album must have been greatly appealing to Eric Clapton: he was in his mid 40s, had been a solo artist for almost two decades and had be

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Billy TK Jnr: Presenting Billy TK Jnr (Ode)

It's odd that this album should be called "Presenting" given that Auckland-based guitarist Billy TK Jnr has been taking his brand of tough Texas blues around the bars and clubs of New Zealan

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Bo Diddley: Say Man (1958)

The late Bo Diddley was perhaps best known for that distinctive self-titled riff that he bequeathed to rock. He used it on a number of songs -- Hey Bo Diddley, Pretty Thing, Hush Your Mouth and others

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JOHN LEE HOOKER INTERVIEWED (1990): What's in his name?

Talking to 72-year-old blues singer John Lee Hooker - even in a cursory 15 minute interview - you know you are confronting a legendary, influential figure. And The Hook, as he is commonly known, isn&r

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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2007: Tinariwen: Aman Iman/Water is Life (Filter)

The previous album Amassakoul by these extraordinary musicians and desert tribesmen from the southern Sahara was one of the Best of Elsewhere 2006 and turned up in quite a few critics picks of last ye

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The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St (1972, reissued 2010)

Few albums in rock have been so surrounded in dark mythology as this sprawling double album which was the last great gasp of the Rolling Stones. Certainly subsequent albums -- Goats Head Soup, It's On

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JOHN LEE HOOKER REMEMBERED: Face to face with the blues

John Lennon once said the blues was a chair. Not a fancy chair, just the first chair. No, it doesn't make much sense - but you know what he means. And by making this analogy he placed himself alongsid

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Louisiana Red: Back to the Black Bayou (Ruf/Yellow Eye)

This seventysomething year old has earned to right to sing the blues: his father was lynched by the Klan back home in Alabama when he was boy; he was moved around staying with various relatives; playe

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Guitar Shorty: Bare Knuckle (Alligator)

They used to say “when the times get tough, the songs get soft” – but hard times is good times for the blues which articulates the concerns of the downtrodden. And the US economic do

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Bo Diddley (Dec 30, 1928 - June 2, 2008)

Tributes will come fast for this legend of rock'n'roll and all will -- or at least they should -- note that for the past four decades the man barely sold an album despite his position as a figurehead.

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The Doobie Brothers: World Gone Crazy (Shock)

The Doobies' great Listen to the Music, Long Train Running and China Grove in the late 60s/early 70s were driven by urgent guitars and hammering keyboards delivering a forward momentum (which denied t

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Darren Watson: Saint Hilda's Faithless Boy (Red Rocks)

It's been far too long between albums for Wellington blues-rocker Watson -- frontman-guitarist for Chicago Smokeshop, later simply Smokeshop -- because his excellent South Pacific Soul album (under hi

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