Home / Tag Archives: Magic Sam

Tag Archives: Magic Sam

Billy Johnson

From your generation of electric blues music artists who emerged in the ’90s there obviously needed to be at least some individuals named Bill Johnson, although regarding this talented guitarist the credit used is frequently Billy Johnson. He’s not a person who performed in the Howlin’ Wolf music group of …

Read More »

Buddy Guy

Pal Man is among the most famous blues guitarists of his generation (and arguably one of the most famous), possessing a sound and design that embodied the customs of traditional Chicago blues even though also embracing the fireplace and display of rock and roll & roll. Man spent a lot …

Read More »

Byther Smith

Strictly judging from your lyrical sentiment of his recordings, it could be wise never to make Chicago guitarist Byther Smith angry. Smitty’s uncompromising tunes are filled up with risks of assault and ominous menace (just how blues utilized to be prior to the age group of politics correctness), occasionally to …

Read More »

Otis Rush

Breaking in to the R&B TOP his first-time out in 1956 using the startlingly intense decrease blues “I CANNOT Give up You Baby,” southpaw guitarist Otis Hurry subsequently set up himself among the top bluesmen over the Chicago circuit. Hurry is often acknowledged with being among the architects from the …

Read More »

Ronnie Earl

Among the finest blues guitarists to emerge through the ’80s, Ronnie Earl often straddled the range between blues and jazz, throwing in details of spirit and rock aswell. His versatility produced him mostly of the blues guitarists with the capacity of leading an nearly entirely instrumental clothing, and his support …

Read More »

Luther “Guitar Junior” Johnson

From the three blues guitarists answering towards the name of Luther Johnson, this West Side-styled veteran is just about the best known. Increasing the general dilemma encircling the triumvirate, like Luther “Snake Youngster” Johnson, Luther “Electric guitar Junior” Johnson spent an extended stint in the top-seeded music group of Muddy …

Read More »

Eddie Shaw

With regards to blues, Chicago’s strictly a electric guitar and harmonica town. Saxophonists who earn a living leading a blues music group in the Windy Town are scarce as hen’s tooth. But Eddie Shaw did precisely that since his longtime employer, Howlin’ Wolf, passed away in 1976. The powerfully built …

Read More »

Eddy Clearwater

Once dismissed simply by purists being a Chuck Berry imitator (and a precise one in that), tall, trim, and lanky Chicago southpaw Eddy Clearwater is currently named a prime progenitor of Western world Side-style blues electric guitar. That’s not to state he won’t spice up a gig with just a …

Read More »

Tail Dragger & His Chicago Blues Band

Wayne Yancy Jones, aka Tail Dragger, was created in Altheimer, AR, in 1940. He was raised by his grandparents and was affected as a kid by the electrical Chicago blues of Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and specifically Chester Burnett, the Howlin’ Wolf. Jones was a Howlin’ Wolf devotee, because …

Read More »

Joe Louis Walker

Certainly perhaps one of the most exciting and innovative artists gracing contemporary blues, guitarist Joe Louis Walker has glowed such as a glowing blue beacon because the release of his 1986 debut album for HighTone, Cold May be the Night. The disk announced his appearance in stunning style, and his …

Read More »