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Sylvester Weaver and Sara Martin – Longing For Daddy Blues Dated 1923, said to be the first blues guitar recording. Weaver used a bottleneck guitar... Read more

Spiritual music was instrumental in the early development of the blues. African Americans incorporated it along with work songs and field hollers from the post-Reconstruction... Read more

Want to expand your blues lingo? What’s a Salty Dog, and what was Howlin’ Wolf referring to when he sang Spoonful? Rock musician Debra Divi... Read more

Moving away from the blues for a moment: The 70s aren’t remembered for jazz, but I was listening to a mix this morning, and there... Read more

Having the holiday blues like I am? Brood your sorrows with John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat and Eric Clapton. Read more

The Highway 99 Blues Club is being honored with the Keeping the Blues Alive award, an acknowledgement from The Blues Foundation for significant contributions to... Read more

The Arlington Arts Council is featuring two favorite NW duos at its Legends of the Blues IV on Saturday. Ben Hunter & Joe Seamon, winners... Read more

Blues highlights around Seattle and Puget Sound for the weekend of September 2nd to the 4th. DAY TIME BAND VENUE CITY Friday 8:00 PM The... Read more

Blues highlights around Seattle and Puget Sound for the weekend of August 19th to the 21st. DAY TIME BAND VENUE CITY Friday 9:00 PM Chris... Read more

There are still tickets available for the release party of singer/activist Courtney Weaver‘s Paper Tiger. Price is $12 online, $15 at the door. Courtney writes... Read more