Tag: albert collins

zztm | American Blues Standaards (part 2)

In this column: blues standards, The Thrill Is Gone, Henderson/Brown, Hawkins/Darnell, B.B.King, Everett Marshall, Sweet Home Chicago, Robert Johnson, The Blues Brothers, Stormy Monday, Earl Hines, Billy Eckstine, T-Bone Walker, Bobby "Blue" Blond, Greyhound Blues Band feat. Julius Green, RTVDrenthe, Café 't Keerpunt, Hound Dog, Big Mama Thornton, Buddy Guy, Elvis Presley, I'm Tore Down, …

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zztx | Blues music spots (9): European festivals – part 1

In this column: music blues spots, festivals, Europe, National Jazz and Blues Festival London, Reading Festival, Bath Festival of Blues, Led Zeppelin, Puistoblues Järvenpää, John Lee Hooker, The Band, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Pistoia Blues Festival, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, Rawa Blues Festival Katowice, Koko Taylor, James Blood Ulmer, Blues Peer, Robert Finley, Liri Blues …

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zzxf | Iconic guitars (3)

In this column: The Hoss (Muddy Waters), Gibson ES-335 Lefty (Otis Rush), Old Lady (Albert Collins), 1958 Fender Telecaster, Gibson ES-335, 1966 Fender Custom Telecaster Ash, Aron Burton Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) was a blues singer-songwriter and important in the post-war blues scene, and is often cited as the "father of modern Chicago blues". In …

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