Tag: muddy waters

zztj | American Blues Standaards (part 5)

In this column: blues standards, Wee Wee Baby Blues, Big Joe Turner, Rainy Night Blues, Kokomo Arnold, Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum, Cuby and The Blizzards, Shake Rattle and Roll, Charles Calhoun, Bill Haley and His Comets, Jeff Beck, Brian Setzet, Darrel Higham, Outskirts Of Town, Casey Bill Weldon, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers Band, Mustang …

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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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zzub | Blues music spots (5): The Strolls

In this column: blues spots, the strolls, Maxwell Street (Market), Chicago, Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Avenue D, Forth Pierce, U Street Black Broadway, Washington, Beale Street, Memphis, Bourbon Street, New Orleans, French Quarter, Broadway Nashville, Honky Tonk Highway, Stacy Mitchhart Band, Blues Outlaws, Sixth Street (Dirty Sixth), Austin, Rainey Street, 18th and Vine, Kansas City, Muddy …

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zzus | Blues enthusiasts; motivation (2)

In this column: blues enthusiasts, folklorists, musicologists, motivation, passion, Nat Blythe, adventures of a ballad hunter, George Lyman Kittredge, Cowboy Songs, John Avery Lomax, Henry Lebermann, Uncle Rich Brown, Muddy Waters, Son Simms, interview Muddy at Stovall's Plantation, Son Simms Four, Bruce Jackson, wake Up Dead Man, Tim Duffy, Eric Clapton, Axel Küstner, Michael Roach, …

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zzuu | Nicknames and stage names (11, end)

In this column: Duke Robillard, Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Gatemouth Brown, Peg Leg Sam, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Boodle It Wiggins, Pee Wee Crayton, Boo Boo Davis, Jan Mittendorp, John Gerritse, James "Thunderbird" Davis, Mojo Buford, Muddy Waters, Yank Rachell, Mighty Flea Conners, "alter ego", Jimmy Rogers/James Lane, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Taj Mahal, personal …

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zzvf | Nicknames and Stage Names (1)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, Chicago Bob Nelson, Howlin' Wolf, Mance Lipscomb, Muddy Waters, Jimmy Rogers, Speckled Red, Pine Top Smith, Pine Top Sparks, Pine Top Perkins, Lindberg Sparks, Tampa Red, Homesick James, Big Bill Broonzy It's an interesting topic to figure out why blues musicians have adopted or been given different names over …

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zzwx | Guitarists (4): slides (2)

In this column: different ways to hold the slide, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Derek Trucks, Muddy Waters, Sonny Landreth, Duane Allman, Jerry Douglas, Robert Randolph, Elmore James, J.B. Hutto, Rory Gallagher, Lil'Ed, Keb Mo, John Hiatt, videos of all, 2 lessons from Walsh The sleeve slide is held in three different ways: with the little …

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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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zzxk | Food (3)

In this column: kidney stew, grits ain't groceries, potatoes, potato head, Sweet Potato Blues, Potato Head Blues, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Little Milton, Muddy Waters, Lonnie Johnson, Louis Armstrong Crazy about you baby, but I just ain't got the price You're a high class mama, so I guess it ain't no dice Goin' back home, and …

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