Video of the week
Muddy Waters, in his last recorded performance, with a very special guest. Read more
Category: Chicago
Happy 2017
Best wishes for the new year. I don’t have high hopes for the coming calendar year, but I’ll post these from New Years Eves past... Read more
Bringing in 2017
Three good ways to bring in 2017 on a high note: The Highway 99 Blues Club in Seattle is having its 11th Annual Hayride to... Read more
Blues masters calendar
Artist Mick Flynn, guitarist with the local rock band Child, is offering a 2017 calendar featuring paintings of 20th century blues greats. Among them are... Read more
Stones top UK charts – with a blues album
The Rolling Stones topped the UK charts with Blue & Lonesome, released one week ago. It’s the first time in a while a blues album... Read more
Evolution of the Blues
Guitarist Jimmy Thackery on The Evolution of the Blues, From Africa To Hendrix on Blues Radio International. Read more
Video of the week: Little Walter
Little Walter – Jump Marion Walter Jacobs revolutionized the harmonica, or blues harp, in the 1950s, and has had a lasting influence to this day.... Read more
Highway 99 All Stars
In two weeks, The Highway 99 Blues Club will present its latest incarnation of The Highway 99 All Stars, with an impressive combo of Northwest... Read more
Muddy Waters: Early photos
This is a two-page magazine profile of Muddy Waters in Hue magazine in 1954. These may be his earliest photos. He was well known in... Read more
Don’t miss this
There’s a BIG event coming to town in August. Jeff Beck is joining Buddy Guy for a Summer tour through the US, and have announced... Read more