Lil' Ed and his band have been kicking butt since the group solidified in 1987, and while Jump Start still doesn't capture the crazed energy of the band's on-stage antics, it comes pretty close. Ed's slashing slide guitar work is ...

Pianist and ace session player Chuck Leavell's many fans consider him to be a true master of his instrument; his fills and solos possess imagination, lightning-quick twists and turns, imaginative chord voicings, and a very physical attack. His detractors claim ...

I'M JIMMY REED, which appeared at the tail end of the 1950s, was the blues icon's first full-length album, but he had already been releasing titanic singles at a pretty steady clip for a number of years before that. So ...

Recording information: Funk Headquarters, New Orleans, LA.

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;

It's not as if Albert King hadn't tasted success in his first decade and a half as a performer, but his late-'60s/early-'70s recordings for Stax did win him a substantially larger audience. During those years, the label began earning significant ...

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. ...

With a style that merged boogie-woogie neatly into the blues, Otis Spann found his first success as the pianist for Muddy Waters, and he played on virtually all of Waters' classic tracks between 1953 and 1969, but as the house ...

The much anticipated second release from the 44s features blues guitar legend Kid Ramos both playing and producing. After the success of their first CD, the 44s are following up with mostly originals and even some horns on a few ...

Recording information: Roundel Studios. Personnel: Peter Green (vocals, guitar); Nigel Watson (vocals, guitar); Roger Cotton (keyboards); Larry Tolfree (drums). Liner Note Author: Peter Green Splinter Group.

Recording information: Acacia Recording Studios, Mount Airy, MD. Photographer: Michael G. Stewart. Personnel: Deanna Bogart (vocals, piano); Dan Leonard (guitar); Jeff Reed (upright bass); Scott Ambush (electric bass); Mike Aubin (drums). Audio Mixer: Luke Rohwer.

Ron Hacker, former prot‚g‚ of blues legend Yank Rachell, has made a name for himself as one of the most exciting blues entertainers in the SF Bay Area. After releasing 9 studio albums Ron has released his first live recording ...

Soul legend Barbara Carr is back. Recently signed by Catfood Records, the premier soul blues label, she has recorded the best album of her career with Keep The Fire Burning. Her voice is as powerful as ever with strong songs ...

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 .

Bear Family's Electric Blues history Plug It In! Turn It Up! may not seem quite as ambitious as some of their projects, but that's only because it arrives in four volumes of three CDs, not a hulking 12-disc, 12X12 box ...

Eric Clapton and the blues have been inextricably linked dating back to his mid-1960s stint as a string-bending phenomenon in John Mayall's Bluesbreakers. A decade after the release of his blues homage FROM THE CRADLE, Clapton's ME AND MR. JOHNSON ...

SECOND HELPING is also available with PRONOUNCED LEH'NERD SKIN'ERD on one cassette. It was hard to believe that Lynyrd Skynyrd could possibly top its classic, near-perfect 1973 debut, PRONOUNCED LEH-NERD SKIN-NERD. However, the boys from Florida accomplished the near-impossible with their ...

Gov't Mule's self-titled debut is a scorching set of heavy blues-rockers. Although they have some difficulty coming up with memorable original material, the band is loose, funky, gritty, and real. They have enough burning licks to make the record a ...

Recorded between 1970 and 1980. Includes liner notes by John McDermott. Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Universal Music Group Studios). Prior to Eric Clapton's pop- and MTV-driven mid-'80s work, he spent the '70s and early '80s playing languid, singer-songwriter soft rock evocative ...

Savoy Brown's blues-rock sound takes on a much more defined feel on 1970's Looking In and is one of this band's best efforts. Kim Simmonds is utterly bewildering on guitar, while Lonesome Dave Peverett does a fine job taking over ...

The giant left-handed guitarist was no stranger to the recording studio by 1966, but Albert King had still to make his mark with the record-buying public. When he linked up with the cream of Stax's Memphis musicians, including Booker T. ...

John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers: John Mayall (vocals, piano, organ, harmonica); Eric Clapton (vocals, guitar); John McVie (bass); Hughie Flint (drums). Includes original release liner notes by Neil Slaven & reissue liner notes by Paul Trynka. 1966's BLUESBREAKERS WITH ERIC CLAPTON is ...

LONG TIME COMING may be Jonny Lang's third album, but in terms of creative growth, it may as well be considered a debut for this 22-year-old, who started out as a hotshot teenage guitar prodigy. Teaming with Pink/Aerosmith producer Marti ...

When their hugely influential groups (Cream and Traffic, respectively) disbanded, Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood made rock history when they joined forces in the short-lived Blind Faith in the late 1960s. Forty years later these legends collaborated again, selling out ...

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 ...