Gary Moore releases ‘Still Got the Blues’ featuring Albert King, Albert Collins & George Harrison (1990)
Gary Moore's 'Still Got the Blues' is an album featuring Albert King, Albert Collins and George Harrison and released on March 26, 1990 by Virgin.
Nat King Cole records ‘St. Louis Blues’ with Nelson Riddle as arranger and conductor (1963)
Nat King Cole's 'St. Louis Blues' is an album (OST to the film of the same name staring Cole) recorded on January 29–31, 1958 with Nelson Riddle as arranger and conductor and released in May, 1963 by Capitol.
Happy Birthday Lou Donaldson. ‘Blues Walking With Lou’
Otis Spann records the album ‘Walking the Blues’ for Candid (1960)
Otis Spann's 'Walking the Blues' is an album recorded on August 23, 1960 and released by Candid.
Albert King records ‘Live Wire Blues Power’ at the Fillmore in San Francisco (1968)
Albert King's 'Live Wire Blues Power' is an album recorded live on June 26, 1968 at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco and released by By Stax Records.
This month In Blues Legends 04/12
Woody Guthrie records his first songs to be later featured in the ‘Talking Dust Bowl’ album on Victor (1940)
Woody Guthrie's 'Dust Bowl Ballads' is his first commercial recording recorded between April 26 and May 3, 1940 and released by Victor Records, in 1940.
Jimmy Smith records ‘Cool Blues’ in a New-York Club with Lou Donaldson, Art Blakey et al (1958)
Jimmy Smith's 'Cool Blues' is a live album recorded on April 7, 1958 at Small's Paradise in New York City and released in 1978 By Blue Note.
This month In Blues Legends 03/12
Clapton & The Bluesmen
Bob Dylan releases ‘Bringing It All Back Home,’ his fifth album featuring ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ ‘Maggie’s Farm’ …. (1965)
Bob Dylan's 'Bringing It All Back Home' is his fifth (half electric and half acoustic) studio album released March 27, 1965 by Columbia.
We remember Chuck Berry. ‘Ageless Rocker & Bluesman’
Tracklist :
1 . Johnny B. Goode (1958)
2 . You Never Can Tell
3 . Roll over Beethoven (1972)
4 . Maybellene (1958)
5 . Sweet Little Sixteen
6 . No Particular Place To Go
7 . w/ Tina Turner – Rock n roll music
8 . Carol
9 . w/ Robert Cray – Brown Eyed Handsome Man
10 . w/ Keith Richards – Too Much Monkey Business
11 . w/ T-Bone Walker – Everyday I Have The Blues
12 . Hoochie Coochie Man
13 . w/ Eric Clapton, Keith Richards And Johnnie Johnson – Wee Wee Hours
14 . No Money Down
15 . Mean Old World (1972)
16 . Mean Old World (1986)
17 . Beer Drinking Woman(1972)
Tracklist :
Johnny B. Goode . You Never Can Tell .Roll OverEric Clapton releases his ninth album : ‘Behind the Sun’ featuring Lindsey Buckingham & Phil Collins as guests (1985)
Eric Clapton's 'Behind the Sun' is his ninth album featuring Lindsey Buckingham & Phil Collins as guests and released on March 11, 1985 by Duck / Warner Bros
Albert King records ‘Born Under a Bad Sign’ with Booker T. & The MG’s (1966)
Albert King's 'Born Under a Bad Sign' is his second studio album recorded on March 3, 1966 & June 9, 1967 and released in August 1967 by Stax.
This month In Blues Legends 02/12
Decca publish John Mayall’s third album : ‘A Hard Road’ recorded with the Bluesbreakers featuring Peter Green, John McVie and Aynsley Dunbar (1967)
John Mayall's 'A Hard Road' is his third album recorded with the Bluesbreakers featuring Peter Green, John McVie & Aynsley Dunbar and released on February 17, 1967 by Decca.
We remember Brownie McGhee. ‘Passing With The Blues’
Van Halen release their twelfth album : ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ marking the return of David Lee Roth (2012)
Van Halen's 'A Different Kind of Truth' is their twelfth studio album (the first with David Lee Roth since he left in 1984) released on February 7, 2012, by Interscope Records.
We Remember Louis Jordan. ‘Father Of R&B, King of the Jukebox’
Tracklist :
1 . Fish Fry(1966)
2 . Let The Good Times Roll
3 . w/ His Tympany Five - Buzz Me
4 . Five Guys Named Moe
5 . Fuzzy Wuzzy
6 . Rationblues
7 . Beware
8 . Caldonia (1946)
Tracklist :
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby . Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens . Choo Choo Ch'boogie . Caldonia . Saturday Night Fish Fry . Let The Good Times Roll . Knock Me a Kiss . Five Guys Named Moe . Run Joe . Stone Cold Dead In The Market .Charles Mingus records ‘Blues & Roots,’ an album for Atlantic (1959)
Charles Mingus' 'Blues & The Roots' is an album recorded on February 4, 1959 in New York City and released in March 1960 by Atlantic.
This month In Blues Legends 01/12
Archie Shepp begins the recording of ‘Attica Blues,’ an album for Impulse! (1972)
Archie Shepp's 'Attica Blues' is an album (in direct reference to the Attica Prison riots) recorded on January 24–26, 1972 at A&R Recording, NYC and released the same year by Impulse!
Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis record together the live album ‘Two Men with the Blues’ at Jazz At Lincoln Center In New York (2007)
'Two Men with the Blues' by Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis is a live album recorded on January 12 & 13, 2007 at Jazz At Lincoln Center In New York and released on July 8, 2008 by Blue Note.
MCA publish B. B. King’s album : ‘There Must Be a Better World Somewhere’ produced by Dr.John (1981)
B. B. King's 'There Must Be a Better World Somewhere' is an album fully written and produced by Dr.John and released in January 1981 by Mca.
Kudu Records publish Grover Washington, Jr’s debut album : ‘Inner City Blues’ (1972)
Grover Washington, Jr's 'Inner City Blues' is his debut album produced By Creed Taylor and released on January 3, 1972 by Kudu Records.
We remember Alexis Korner. ‘Blues Cornerstone’
We remember Freddie King. ‘The King of Texas’
This month In Blues Legends 12/12
Happy Birthday Joe Louis Walker. ‘These Blues Are Made for Walker’
Columbia publish Taj Mahal’s second album : ‘The Natch’l Blues’ (1968)
Taj Mahal's 'The Natch'l Blues' is his second studio album released on December 23, 1968 by Columbia.
We remember Albert King. ‘King Albert’
B. B. King records his fifteenth studio album : ‘Lucille’ (1967)
B. B. King's 'Lucille' is his fifteenth studio album recorded on December 18 & 20, 1967 and released in 1968 By Bluesway.