Recorded in 1973. Personnel includes: Alvin Lee (guitar); Mylon Lefevre (vocals); George Harrison, Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Ronnie Wood.

Commander Cody/Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen: Commander Cody (piano); John Tichy (guitar); Bruce Barlow (bass instrument); Andy Stein, Bill Kirchen, Billy C. Farlow, Bobby Black, Lance Dickerson. There have been many dubious live offerings by the classic Commander Cody ...

"Electric Lullaby" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance. Kenny Wayne Shepherd, the "New Kid on the Strat," carries on the tradition of the blues masters, bringing the genre to a new generation of enthusiasts. His ...

It Ain't Easy features a British blues/rock lineup befitting the man behind the Long John Baldry moniker. This album returns Baldry to a decidedly edgier and hipper audience, with a literal cast of all-stars on some of the more adventurous ...

In early-20th-century Yonkers, a wealthy local merchant, Horace Vandergelder (played by Walter Matthau), hires matchmaker Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand) to find a mate for him--but instead she decides to win him over for herself. His life is further complicated by ...

Released in 1977, Carolina Dreams was a commercial breakthrough for the Marshall Tucker Band in large part due to a pair of hit singles -- "Heard It in a Love Song" and "Fly Like an Eagle." It was also the ...

Paul Rodgers' tribute to Muddy Waters is not a return to Waters' electric Chicago blues, but a continuation of the blues-rock of Rodgers' old bands, Free and Bad Company. Taken on those terms, Muddy Water Blues: A Tribute to Muddy ...

Photographer: Ross Pelton. Personnel: David Hidalgo (vocals, guitar); Mato Nanji (vocals, guitar); Luther Dickinson (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Jeff Martin (drums). Audio Mixer: Isha Erskine.

Recording information: Breezeway Studios, Brookpark, OH (12/2011). Photographer: Jim Stewart . Personnel: Mike Onesko (vocals, guitar); Jay Jesse Johnson (guitar, slide guitar); Kier Staeheli (bass guitar); Emery Ceo (drums). Audio Mixer: Don Moore .

This single-disc collection includes Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 of Ray Charles' 1962 landmark Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music in their entireties. A veritable treasure trove of soulful country that featured future Charles standards like "I Love You ...

Apparently, Etta James' musical career ends with The Dreamer. The legendary vocalist announced a few months back that this would be her final album; she's retiring from music in order to deal with serious medical issues. Co-produced by James, Josh ...

With over two decades of experience together on stages around the world and over a dozen major CD releases, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King now bring the essence of their signature brand of Texas blues to Delta Groove Music. ...

Now in his 60th year, 35 of which he's spent playing and recording professionally, soulful blues guitarist Ronnie Earl has released a mostly instrumental album, Just for Today, on Stony Plain Records, recorded with his band of over 25 years, ...

Silk were always a remarkable collection of voices that harmonized so well, and they could preach the gospel of the bedroom like no other. R. Kelly based a career on Silk's greatest moment, "Freak Me," but the band's albums could ...

Lightning in a Bottle is the double-disc soundtrack to the documentary film of the same title directed by Antoine Fuqua and shot at a February 7, 2003, concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Billed as a ...

When John Lee Hooker recorded 1989's THE HEALER, it marked the beginning of the most successful period of his career. In the ensuing years, the Hook made a number of commercially and critically acclaimed records that found him playing alongside ...

Track Listing: Taxi [Live]; I'm Just a Fool for You; Mr. Bus Driver; Meow; More Than a Woman; Two Different People; I'm Just a Fool for You; Picking Up Pieces; Put a Little Something Down on It; Sweeter He Is, The; L.O.V.E.; Long Ride Home; I'll Understanding;

This is their third album, prepared for CD from the original master tapes. "I'm Going Home" from Ten Years After's previous release put them on the charts, at least in the U.K. (the band's U.S. breakthrough was at Woodstock a year ...

Bobby Rush has been cranking out albums cut from the same cloth for so long that it's fair to ask what's the difference with 2013's Down in Louisiana. As it turns out, the answer is plenty. Departing from his signature ...

This is part of Mercury Records/Chronicles Funk Essentials series. The Best of Marvin Sease is the first comprehensive collection of Sease's best bawdy, funky '70s soul, culled from his four albums for Polygram. Among the 15 tracks are the notorious "Candy ...

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble: Stevie Ray Vaughan (vocals, guitar); Reese Wynans (keyboards); Tommy Shannon (bass); Chris Layton (drums); Doyle Bramhall. When Stevie Ray Vaughan's helicopter crashed in August 1990, the world lost more than just a musical giant. Stevie ...

SLOWHAND was the album which defined the new cool of Eric Clapton, a sultry, laid-back mix of rock and blues, with a heavy dose of country and southwestern regional sounds to leaven the blend. After LAYLA, SLOWHAND was probably Clapton's ...

On Charlie Wilson`s 2010 release, Just Charlie, the former Gap Band singer sticks with the high-quality "grown folks" R&B material that put his previous two albums in the Top Ten of Billboard 200 album chart. Besides whittling the number of ...

Liner Note Author: Etienne Bours. Recording information: Studio Hotel Nord Sud Bamako. Photographers: Renee Missel; Michel De Bock. Personnel: Eric Bibb (vocals, 6-string guitar, 7-string guitar, baritone guitar, baritone ukulele); Habib Koité (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, nylon-string guitar); Mamadou Koné (percussion). Audio Mixer: ...

A guitarist for all seasons, Gary Moore has been a hard-rock hero with Thin Lizzy, a jazz-rock adventurer with Colosseum II, and a sideman for everyone from Greg Lake to Jack Bruce. His own solo work, spotlighted here, encompasses blues, ...