Muddy Waters
‘I Told You Baby’: More Vintage Vee-Jay Blues From Jimmy Reed
The track had an easy swagger illustrated, as so often, by Reed’s lyrical harmonica playing.
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Features3 weeks agoThe Best Guitar Solos: 108 Hair-Raising Moments
The best guitar solos – from driving riffs to technical displays of mastery – make a song complete and more often than not, transcend the track entirely.
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Features2 months ago
Southern Blood Brother: The Life And Times Of Gregg Allman
Gregg was born on 8 December 1947 in Nashville, one year the junior of brother Duane, with whom he would co-found the mighty blues-rock institution the Allman Brothers Band.
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Features2 months ago
Top 10 Chicago Blues Artists
Just a few of the greats, whose influence spans continents, genres, and generations.
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Features2 months ago
The Rolling Stones For One Night Only At The Checkerboard Lounge
It was to be the only time that The Rolling Stones ever played on stage with Muddy Waters.
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Features3 months ago
Songs That Influenced The Rolling Stones: 10 Essential Blues Tracks
The songs that influenced The Rolling Stones most have all come from the blues tradition – as the ‘Confessin’ The Blues’ compilation reveals.
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Features3 months ago‘Baby, Please Don’t Go’: Exploring Songs Of The Blues
Few blues songs have been as frequently covered as ‘Baby Please Don’t Go’; originated by Joe Williams’s Washboard Blues Singers.
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In-Depth3 months ago
Mojos Working: A History Of Recorded Blues
Who wrote the first ever blues song and what was the first ever recorded blues song? We dig deep to find out the fascinating history of recorded blues.
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In-Depth3 months ago
Chairman Of The Boards: How Producers Shaped Our Sounds
Throughout the history of pop music, the studio changed for musicians and producers from being a place of work to becoming a creative hub.
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Features3 months ago
‘There Is Rock. And There Is Rooooooll’: Chuck Berry In 20 Quotes
A selection of pithy and poignant quotations from the career of a founding father of rock’n’roll.
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Features3 months ago
Did Muddy Waters’ First UK Tour Launch The British Blues Boom?
Travelling with Chris Barber’s jazz band, Muddy Waters’ first UK tour found him playing “pure” and “uninhibited” blues to devoted crowds.
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Features4 months ago
Wading Into Muddy Waters’ Blues-Rock Hybrid ‘Electric Mud’
In 1968, Muddy Waters took the blues in a new direction with 'Electric Mud' and managed to influence the likes of Chuck D to Jimi Hendrix in the process.
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Features4 months ago
Psychedelic Blues: When The Blues Turned On And Tuned In
When African-American innovators of the 50s met Black Power and Flower Power head on, the psychedelic blues was born.
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Features4 months ago
‘Juke’: The Rolling Stones’ Harmonica Hero Little Walter Rules The Joint
Credited to Little Walter & his Night Cats, the song was the first chart entry by the singer and distinctive harmonica man.
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Features4 months ago
The Lomax Legacy: Giving A Voice to the Voiceless
The work of John and Alan Lomax has been pivotal in understanding the history of the blues and its Black cultural offshoots and antecedents.
