-
January 20, 2012She called Johnny Otis her guru – he died the day before.
Read More
-
January 08, 2012Born Dave Alexander, he was known as the Boogie-Woogie man of Marshall, Texas.
Read More
-
December 24, 2011w/Del McCoury, Hank Williams, Woody Guthrie, Bobby Charles, Tom Waits, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Marty Robbins, and more.
Read More
-
December 05, 2011Sumlin played the guitar parts on Smokestack Lightning, Spoonful, and Ain’t Superstitious.
Read More
-
November 13, 2011This incredible finger-picking blues musician and folklorist made St. John’s, Newfoundland his home for nearly 40 years.
Read More
-
November 13, 2011The Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborator helped write some of the most recognizable blues songs of the 1980s.
Read More
-
October 25, 2011Brunning played alongside Peter Green in the original 1967 band line-up, prior to John McVie joining the band.
Read More
-
October 11, 2011Filling in for James Cotton starting in the 1950s, Buford played with Waters off and on for nearly 30 years.
Read More
-
September 30, 2011Episode 580 of the Back to the Sugar Camp radio show on CIUT 89.5 FM, University of Toronto.
Read More
-
September 17, 2011Smith sang and played harmonica, but is best known for playing drums with Muddy Waters.
Read More
-
September 01, 2011He is believed to have been the oldest surviving member of the first generation of Delta blues singers.
Read More
-
May 21, 2011Canadian hard-rock legends sneak in a little jazzed up blues on their 1979 LP, “Just A Game”.
Read More
-
March 21, 2011One of the last of the original Delta bluesman, Perkins was most noted as a member of Muddy Waters band...
Read More
-
February 06, 2011He performed on stage with a range of major artists and released 20 studio albums.
Read More
-
January 05, 2011A barrelhouse pianist and improvisational folk blues poet whose themes were sometimes comic, sometimes grim, and mostly very personal.
Read More
-
December 21, 2010Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart [15 January 1941 – 17 December 2010], has died of MS-related complications.
Read More
-
July 12, 2010This “Good Time Music For Hard Times” was released on Stony Plain Records on 6 October 2009.
Read More
-
![The Best of John Hammond [1970]](http://basementrug.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/timthumb.php?src=http://basementrug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/john-hammond.jpg&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "The Best of John Hammond [1970]")
May 15, 2010A Vanguard double-LP ofr 22 classic electric and acoustic blues tracks released in 1970.
Read More
-
April 27, 2010Fourth Annual Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival.
Read More
-
December 12, 2009Restored from over 3700 feet of magnetic tape, this classic from the Cincinnati psych-club is sure to please.
Read More
-
December 03, 2009Noisy smoked filled bars are just another day at work in the 80+ year career of this piano legend.
Read More
-
![Albert King’s Tomato Sessions [1976-1979]](http://basementrug.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme/library/timthumb.php?src=http://basementrug.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/albert-king.jpg&w=190&h=100&zc=1 "Albert King’s Tomato Sessions [1976-1979]")
September 26, 2009This compilation comes from King’s Tomato Records releases [1976-1979].
Read More
-
May 16, 2009About to hit the road for a long trip? We cannot be held responsible for what happens if you don’t...
Read More
-
April 25, 2009This is a very unique and gritty blues concept album out of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.
Read More
-
March 18, 2009When Jazz went electric, there were cries from the purists. When folk went electric, Dylan was dubbed “Judas” (at the...
Read More
-
January 30, 2009A failed attempt to mix hard rock and disco. There are a few solid tracks on the album nonetheless, including...
Read More
-
October 17, 2008This post contains links to external downloads which may no longer be available.
Read More
-
September 28, 2008Beck’s single outing for the K Records label.
Read More
-
September 13, 2008Biographical information sourced from the National Park Service (NPS):
Born March 6, 1899, in Greenwood, Mississippi, Lewis acquired the nickname “Furry”...
Read More
-
September 02, 2008Peter Narvaez, aka Peter Aceves from Homegas, playing his Hoodoo Doctor Blues on TV.
Read More