On this day January 14, 1916 Electric West Coast Blues saxophonist,
organist, bassist, drummer and guitarist Maxwell Davis was born in
Independence, KS.

On this 14th day 1992, Modern Electric Chicago Blues guitarist and
vocalist Left Hand Frank(Frank Craig) dies in Los Angeles, CA.

On this 14th day 1938, Swamp Blues, R&B and Louisiana Blues pianist,
keyboardist and vocalist Allen Toussaint was born in New Orleans, LA.

NYC Concert Kicks Off Year of the Blues

Tickets are on sale now for the "Salute to the Blues" concert taking
place Feb. 7 at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. The all-star
concert, being held in conjunction with the designation of 2003 as the
Year of the Blues, is presented by filmmaker Martin Scorsese and will
feature performances by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Mavis
Staples, Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, and many other well-known blues
acts. Proceeds will benefit the Blues Foundation, and the show will be
filmed for eventual theatrical distribution.

Source: BluesRevue

On this day January 15, 1930 Slide Guitar Blues, Electric Chicago
Blues and Delta Blues slide guitarist, guitarist and vocalist Earl
Hooker was born in Clarksdale, MS.

On this 15th day 1998, Electric Harmonica Blues, Electric Chicago
Blues and Modern Electric Blues harmonica player and vocalist Junior
Wells(Amos Blackmore) dies.

On this 15th day 1905, Delta Blues guitarist andvocalist Roosevelt
Holts was born in Tylertown, MS.

On this 15th day 1915, Folk and Blues field recorder, speaker,
engineer, producer, and vocalist Alan Lomax was born in Austin, TX.

On this 15th day 1942, Soul-Blues and R&B bassist and vocalist Johnny
Williams was born in Tyler, AL.

On this 15th day 1931, Piano Blues accordion player and vocalist
Jeanne-Marie Carroll was born in Ruleville, MS.

Grammy Nominations Announced

  The nominations for the 45th Grammy Awards nominations have been
released, and nominees in the blues categories are as follows: for
Best Traditional Blues Album, R.L. Burnside's Burnside On Burnside,
James Cotton Blues Band's 35th Anniversary Jam, Alvin Youngblood
Hart's Down in the Alley, B.B. King's A Christmas Celebration of Hope,
and the various-artists compilation Preachin' the Blues: The Music of
Mississippi Fred McDowell. For Contemporary Blues Album, nominees are:
Solomon Burke's Don't Give Up On Me, Etta James & the Roots Band's
Burnin' Down the House, Delbert McClinton's Room To Breathe, Charlie
Musselwhite's One Night in America, and the North Mississippi
Allstars' 51 Phantom.
  Other blues-related Grammy nods this year include Bonnie Raitt's
track "Gnawin' On It" and Susan Tedeschi's "Alone," each nominated for
Best Female Rock Vocal Performance; the Blind Boys of Alabama's Higher
Ground, nominated for Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album; and the
boxed set Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues: The Worlds of Charley
Patton, named in the Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package,
Best Album Notes, and Best Historical Album categories.

  Source: BluesRevue

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Thanks for all the information
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Just wondering what anyone thinks about the Kris Lager Band.  I just
hired them for a gig at my bar.  If anyone has any suggestions on
some bands for me to hire let me know.  I have a bar in Breda,Ia.  It
seats about 125.  This is the first band that I hired and if it works
out there will be many more.  My e-mail has changed to
wammytk@....  Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks Tammy

On this day January 16, 1914 East Coast Blues, Prewar Country Blues
and Piedmont Blues harmonica player, guitarist and vocalist Buddy
Moss(Eugene Moss) was born in Jewel, GA.

On this 16th day 1932, Electric Chicago Blues harmonica player and
vocalist Lester Davenport was born in Tchula, MS.

On this 16th day 1928, Blues-Rock and Piedmont Blues pianist,
guitarist and vocalist Pete Franklin was born in Indianapolis, IN.

On this 16th day 1896, Acoustic Memphis Blues and Prewar Country Blues
guitarist and vocalist Robert Wilkins(Rev. Robert Timothy Wilkins) was
born in Hernando, MS.

On this 16th day 1930, Piano Blues and Chicago Blues drummer,
guitarist and bassist Billy Stepney was born in Grenada, MS.

On this 16th day 1943, Blues mixing, engineer, producer, liner notes
writer and photographer Gene Rosenthal was born in Kansas City, MO.

On this 16th day 1942, Rock, Blues-Rock and R&B guitarist and vocalist
Barbara Lynn Ozen was born in Beaumont, TX.

--- In thebluescorner2@yahoogroups.com, wammytk <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> Just wondering what anyone thinks about the Kris Lager Band.  I
just
> hired them for a gig at my bar.  If anyone has any suggestions on
> some bands for me to hire let me know.  I have a bar in Breda,Ia.
It
> seats about 125.  This is the first band that I hired and if it
works
> out there will be many more.  My e-mail has changed to
> wammytk@i...  Let me know what you guys think.
> Thanks Tammy

Tammy: 'Fraid I can't help with a review of the band you mentioned,
but did want to say congrats on getting into live music. Frankly,
almost any band is going to be better that canned stuff... Live
Music Rocks my dear! I hope you find a core of musicians who have
fun playing and entertaining a bar crowd, and who treat the whole
deal in a professional manner -- and many do. And of course that
your customers enjoy and say so with their wallets.

Good Luck.

DD

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Smokestack Lightnin' Blues Radio is currently webcasting for your
listening pleasure its
newest 3 hour blues special THE TOP 60 BLUES CDs of 2002 (#60-#31)
(#0386 -recorded Jan. 5th, 2003). The internet version
of Smokestack Lightnin' is now comprised of selected sets recorded
during our live broadcasts on WUCF in Orlando.

The URL is http://www.smokestacklightnin.com.  As always, A full
playlist can be found at the bottom of this e-mail.

We know you enjoy listening to the archived version of Smokestack
Lightnin' on www.smokestacklightnin.com .
Now you can enjoy even more new and original blues programming by
tuning into Smokestack Lightnin' live on
WUCF each Saturday night at 8PM Eastern Standard Time(USA). The
direct WUCF stream utilizes RealPlayer
software just like our archived show.

The WUCF URL is : http://wucf.ucf.edu/realbroadcast.htm . Thanx for
listening. The Smokestack Team

PLAYLIST

Artist/Song/CD/Label

TOP 60 BLUES CDs of 2002 (#60-#31)(Top 30 next week)

#60 Roy Gaines/Standing Up For Women's Rights/In The House Vol. 4
#59 Syl and Jimmy Johnson/Dangerous/2 Johnsons Are Better Than
1/Evidence
#58 Little Arthur Duncan/Pretty Thang/Blues Harmonica Orgy/Random
Chance
#57 Mad Dog Lester Davenport/West Side Blues Harp/I Smell A
Rat/Delmark
#56 Junior Watson/Blues After Hours/If I Had A Genie/Heart&Soul
#55 Kenny Blue Ray&Jackie Payne/Blue Monday/Soulful Blues/Tone King
#54 Shirley Johnson/Little Wing/Killer Diller/Delmark
#53 Jon Cleary/Been & Gone/Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster
Gentlemen/Basin Street
#52 Duke Robillard/Buy Me A Dog/Living With The Blues/Stony Plain
#51 Rick Holstrom/Shake It Part 2/Hydraulic Groove/Tone Cool
#50 Josh Alan Band/Josh's Breakdown/The Josh Alan Band/Topcat
#49 Joe Louis Walker/2120 South Michigan Ave./In The Morning/Telarc
#48 Eddie Burns/Snake Eyes/Snake Eyes/Delmark
#47 Willie Kent/Something New/Comin' Alive/Blue Chicago
#46 Jimmy Dawkins/So Worrid/West Side Guitar Hero/Fedora
#45 Lil Buck Sinegal/Cold Cold Feeling/Bad Situation/Lucky Cat
#44 Tony Coleman/Them Changes/Travelin' Man/TCO
#43 Buddy Miles/Down At The Crossroads//Blues Berries/RUF
#42 Bill Perry/500 Miles/Crazy Kind Of Life/Blind Pig
#41 Jeffrey P. Ross/Muddy Waters/My Pleasure/Doc Blues
#40 Little Charlie & The Nightcats/Desparate Man/Thats Big!/Alligator
#39 Nelson Adelard/In Walks G/Jack Of all Trades/Hot Rod
#38 Willie King & The Liberators/Crawlin Blues/Living In a New
World/Rooster Blues
#37 Denise LaSalle/Funky Blues Kind Of Mood/Still The Queen/Ecko
#36 The Phillip Walker Big Band/Reconsider Baby/Live A Biscuits &
Blues/MC
#35 Deborah Coleman/Brick/Soul Be It!/Blind Pig
#34 Liz Mandeville Greeson/Soul Tender/Back In Love Again/Earwig
#33 Lucky Peterson/Yer Blues/The Blues White Album/Telarc
#32 Jimmy Cavallo/Lovin' Machine/The Houserocker!/Blue Wave
#31 Kenny Neal&James Cotton/Don't Start Me Talkin/35Th Anniversary
Jam/Telarc

THE BEST RE-ISSUES of 2002

#6 Magic Sam/I Don't Wamt No Woman/Rockin' Wild In Chicago/Delmark
#5 John Lee Hooker/Crawlin Kingsnake/Live At Sugar Hill Vol.
2/Fantasy
#4 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson&
      The Cannonball Adderly Quintet/Kidney Stew/Cleanhead &
Cannonball/Milestone
#3 The Holmes Brothers/Promised Land/Righteous! The Essential
Collection/Rounder
#2 Mighty Joe Young/As The Years Go Passing By/Mighty Joe
Young/Blind Pig
#1 Albert King/Oh! Pretty Woman/Born Under A Bad Sign/Stax

HONORABLE MENTION (Narrowly Missed the Top 60)

Cosmo St. Clair/Sugar Coated Love/Now Blues For Now People/Analog y
Digital
Shawn Pittman/One Thing On My Mind/Shawn Pittman/self
Terry Hanck/Cryin' Fool/I Keep On Holdin' On/Mo Muscle
John Mooney/Tell Me Who/All I Want/Blind Pig
Travis Moonchild Haddix/Let It Show/Company Is Coming/Wann Sonn
Sue Foley/Vertigo Blues/Where The Action Is/Shanachie
R.J. Mischo/You Think I'm Lyin'?/Meet Me On The Coast/Crosscut
Albert Castiglia/No One To Blame/Burn/Big Bolt
Trudy Lynn/Do Ya?/Memories Of You/Jus Blues
Volker Strifler Band/I Smell Trouble/The Volker Strifler band/Blue
Rockit
Larry Johnson/Midnight Train/Two Gun Green/Armadillo
Little Arthur Duncan/Had Nowhere To Go/Live In Chicago/Random Chance
Gary Primich/Mr. Lucky/Dog House Music/Antones
Joanna Connor/Fever/The Joanna Connor Band/MC

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    Bill Flavell

On this day January 17, 1950 Contemporary Blues guitarist and vocalist
Paul Rishell was born in Brooklyn, NY.

On this 17th day 1998, Modern Delta Blues and Electric Country Blues
guitarist and vocalist Junior Kimbrough dies.

On this 17th day 1994, Jump Blues saxophonist Grady Jackson dies in
Atlanta, GA.

On this 17th day 1948, Blues-Rock and Electric British Blues
guitarist, bassist and vocalist Mick Taylor was born in Hereford, England.

On this 17th day 1985, Electric Memphis Blues guitarist and vocalist
Jimmy DeBerry dies in Sikeston, MO.

On this 17th day 1996, Modern Electric Blues drummer and vocalist
Robert Covington dies in Chicago, IL.

On this 17th day 1931,Blues-Rock and Jump Blues saxophonist Clifford
Solomon was born in Los Angeles, CA.

On this 17th day 1961, Prewar Country Blues guitarist and vocalist
Simmie Dooley dies in Spartanburg, SC.

On this day January 18, 1986 Electric Blues, Soul-Blues and R&B
vocalist McKinley Mitchell dies in Chicago Heights, IL.

On this 18th day 1933, Soul-Blues and Modern Electric Blues vocalist
Vernon Garrett was born in Omaha, NE.

On this 18th day 1960, Classic Female Blues vocalist Gladys Bentley
dies in Los Angeles, CA.

On this day January 19, 1925 Piano Blues and Electric Chicago Blues
pianist and vocalist Henry Gray was born in Kenner, LA.

On this 19th day 1936, Contemporary Blues and Electric Chicago Blues
harmonica player, drummer and vocalist Willie "Big Eyes" Smith was
born in Helena, AR.

On this 19th day 1943, Blues Rock vocalist Janis Joplin was born in
Port Arthur, TX.

On this day January 20, 1888 Country Blues, Acoustic Blues and
Folk-Blues accordian player, pianist, guitarist and vocalist Lead
Belly(Huddie William Ledbetter) was born in Mooringsport, LA.

On this 20th day 1952, Modern Electric Blues slide guitarist and
guitarist John Campbell was born in Shreveport, LA.

On this 20th day 1996, Modern Electric Chicago Blues and Soul-Blues
guitarist and vocalist Buster Benton dies in Chicago, IL.

On this 20th day 1936, Chicago Blues bassist, guitarist and vocalist
Luther Tucker was born in Memphis, TN.

On this 20th day 1989, Piano Blues accordian player, bassist,
guitarist, pianist and vocalist Whistlin' Alex Moore dies in Dallas,
TX.

Here are what blues you can catch this week, January 20-26, 2003 at
the House Of Blues. There's alot more to choose from this week in
Blues. So, maybe it will keep getting better throughout 2003. Check
back here next week for the latest.

  VENUES:
  House of Blues- Sunset Strip:
  January 21- Johnny Winters Band Featuring James Montgomery

  House of Blues- Las Vegas:
  January 22- The Fabulous Thunderbirds

  House Of Blues- Chicago:
  January 22- Taj Mahal

  House Of Blues- Cambridge:
  January 24- The Holmes Brothers also Dwight Ritcher

  House of Blues- New Orleans:
  January 22- Big Chief Bo Dollis B-Day Bash Featuring Henry Bulter,
Willie T, Marva Wright and More..
  January 24- Derek Trucks Band with Tony Furtado

  House Of Blues- Orlando:
  January 23- The Deanna Bogart Band in Blues Kitchen
  January 24 & 25- Pocket Change in Blues Kitchen

  Artist Features:
  1) Interviews- Check out Blues interviews and the Top 5 Blues
interviews. http://www.hob.com/artistfeatures/interviews/
  2) Spotlight: The Blues- Ledbelly
http://www.hob.com/artistfeatures/sixdegrees/leadbelly/
  3)Reviews: Check out the review of your favorite Blues release.
  4) Ask The Artists- Check out opinions by Corey Hart, Clarence
"Gatemouth" Brown, and more on this weeks question.
  5) Green Room Radio- Check out the HOB best Blues and Funk
interviews, live performances and more with legends like Bonnie Raitt,
Buddy Guy & More.

  DOWNLOADS:
  Check out the latest in Blues downloads at:
http://www.hob.com/onlinemusic/downloads/search_results.aspgenre=blue/

  BLUES RADIO: Check out Blues Radio of some your favorties at:
http://www.hob.com/onlinemusic/internetradio/index.asp#blues

  Check Out Concert Archives with Bernard and Luther Allison, Robert
Belfour, Marcia Ball and more.
http://www.hob.com/onlinemusic/concerts/searchresults.aspc=&t=&g=blues

  Until Next Week

  Need more info on the cybercasts or any of the other info go to the
HOB web link at http://www.hob.com

Here are the new release due in stores near you for this week,
January 21, 2003 to choose from. More to come in weeks to follow for
2003. So check back each week for the latest. Thanks and Enjoy.

Charles Brown- 1949-1951
Various Artists- Crucial Harmonica Blues (reissue)
Various Artists- Crucial Guitar Blues (reissue)
Various Artists- Crucial Chicago Blues (reissue)
Various Artists- Prestige: Bluesville Sampler
Various Artists- Inspiration: 22 Harmonica Performances
Billy Wright- 1949-1951

NYC Concert Kicks Off Year of the Blues

  Aerosmith, Macy Gray, Buddy Guy, Mos Def, and the Jon Spencer Blues
Explosion are the latest performers to be added to the Feb. 7 Salute
to the Blues concert at New York's Radio City Music Hall. As
previously reported, the event will also feature B.B. King, Robert
Cray, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Lovett, Aaron Neville, Keb' Mo', Dr. John,
David Johansen, Vernon Reid, Shemekia Copeland, Mavis Staples, Gregg
Allman, and Public Enemy's Chuck D.
  The historic concert will serve as the kickoff event for what
Congress has declared the Year of the Blues. The show will be filmed
by director Antoine Fuqua ("Training Day") for a theatrical release
that will be executive produced by Martin Scorsese. Tickets ranging
from $50 to $1,250 are on sale via Ticketmaster and the Radio City box
office. Proceeds will benefit The Blues Music Foundation.

-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.

  Source: Billboard

Thanks for the information.
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Interview.

  John Mayall Tells A Few Stories

  He is called the Father of British Blues. Eric Clapton said he had
the greatest school for musicians ever. John Mayall is a legend.
  John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers have played nothing but pure, raw
blues for more than 40 years. The man has inspired generations and
influences the likes of Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Peter Green and
Mick Fleetwood.
  Indeed, without an apprenticeship under Mayall, Taylor may never have
joined The Stones, Fleetwood Mac may never have formed and Eric
Clapton may never have become the great guitarist he is today.
  John Mayall has certainly earned a place in the history of music.
  He is about to come back to Australia to perform at the Melbourne
Music and Blues Festival from Feb 7 - 9.

John Mayall took time out to talk to Undercover Executive Producer
Paul Cashmere.

Paul Cashmere : John, your return to Australia is for the Melbourne
Music and Blues Festival. Thanks for coming back but we should
chastise you for the trips become less frequent for John Mayall and
the Blues Breakers in recent years.

John Mayall: It is nothing to do with me. It is the fact that
promoters can't put it together. We are always here and we are always
available but the thing that was against Australia and all places far,
far away is the cost of getting American artists over there. The
airfares are just astronomical. It is always the thing that has to
come off the top before you can even start planning the show.
Unfortunately the geography cripples it.

PC: You've had quite a few Aussie tours in the past.

JM: Certainly since the 70s at least half a dozen times.

PC: The Melbourne Music and Blues Festival has a great line-up,
yourself included. Have you been studying the playing field and the
acts that are on it?

JM: We just got onto the Internet and hit the link and I was really
surprised to see Ray Charles was going to be on it. He is going to be
on the same stage apparently before we play. Really, really, really
that is major for me.

PC: I'm sure you would be familiar with a lot of the names on the bill
and probably count some as friends.

JM: Yeah, that's true. Tony Joe White is on the show too and we have
recorded a couple of his songs over the years.

PC: Well, we are Undercover and you have recorded Undercover Agent For
The Blues.

JM: That's right. That is Tony's song.

PC: It's also a milestone year for you John. The year 2003 is the year
of your 70th birthday.

JM: Yeah I know, that came quick didn't it.

PC: Have you reflected on the last 40 years of the career yet?

JM: Not really, it just keeps going and the music is so evolving and I
enjoy it so much there is no end in sight.

PC: You started out quite late in life for a musician. You were 30
years old when the first record came out.

JM: Yeah, the reason for that was that blues wasn't an entity in the
music business in England. It was just a hobby of mine since my
teenage years. It was only when Alexis Korner and Cyril Davis kicked
off the so called "Blues Boom" in London in the early 60's, it just
clicked and the whole thing sort of exploded. So there it was and it
was my opportunity to consider switching over from an art to a music
career.

PC: It's also the 40th anniversary of the first record coming out for
you but unfortunately you can't use the term 40 Licks because someone
beat you to it.

JM: The good ol' Stones.

PC: That link with The Stones is very well documented when you found
that 18 year old guitarist Mick Taylor and trained him. What did you
see in an unknown 18 year old that sparked you to give him a go?

JM: It is the same with any musician that I hire. It has to be someone
who excites me and turns me on, it is great.

PC: But how does an 18 year old excite you? It's not like he had a
heritage.

JM: It is nothing to do with age. You take Shannon Curfman's
performance on the 'Along For The Ride" album. She was only 15. Her
chops and her singing are just remarkable. Age isn't the determining
factor. It is the talent that counts.

PC: You certainly have an ear for talent. Andy Fraser was 16 when you
found him and he went on to join Free.

JM: Yeah, yeah. He was recommended by Alexis when we had a need for a
new bass player. He was happy to come on board.

PC: And then there is your star pupil Eric Clapton.

JM: He left The Yardbirds because he wanted to play blues and there I
was waiting for him.

PC: And the Yardbirds have reformed.

JM: So I hear.

PC: You have the title bestowed on you "The Father of British Blues".

JM: I'll live that that, yeah.

PC: Is that how you'd like to be remembered?

JM: I'd rather be remembered as a musician and talent in my own rite
but I guess that can be the subsidiary title. It is all part of the
same thing really. The end product is the music that comes out.

PC: Eric Clapton said that you had the greatest school for musicians
ever in the world.

JM: Okay, well I guess coming from him I'll take it.

PC: Just looking at the names that have been associated over the years
… Jimmy Page, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jack Bruce.

JM: Jimmy did produce one of my records. We all come back from the
same era.

PC: The band you currently have is Buddy Whittington, Tom Canning, Joe
Yuele and Hank Van Sickle. How long have you been with these guys?

JM: Joe is the longest. It has been 18 years with him. Buddy has been
8 or 9 years now. Hank is 3 years and Tom has been on a couple of
years since we did 'Along For The Ride' album.

PC: Hank is the baby at 42 years old then. You've changed a bit since
those years of 16 year old guitarists.

JM: (laughs) Yeah, I suppose so.

PC: Looking at Buddy's career. He is recognised as being as great as
any of the former students you had.

JM: He is absolutely phenomenal. When I first heard him he was in his
own band opening up for us in Dallas. I just had to get his phone
number in case there ever became an opportunity for me to use him.
Then about a year later when Coco Montoya went solo that was the
opening and I gave Buddy a call without a second thought. He is a
remarkable player.

PC: You've documented your feelings on the new level of guitarists out
there now on the song 'Kids Got The Blues' from the new album Stories.
You sing "there's a new generation / it's the 21st century / we've
come a long way". You obviously check out new talent all the time.

JM: The thing that is remarkable is that there are so many of them. I
haven't heard that many of them but just knowing that they are out
there and have record deals and they have club appearances and so
forth, it is something that never happened before. It just shows what
the power of the blues has on today's generation and how much it means
to people.

PC: Is there anyone in particular who inspired that song?

JM: I think it would apply to my favourites of the ones that I heard
and made steps for them to be on the 'Along For The Ride' album.
Shannon Curfman age 15, Jonny Lang who is 18 or 19 now. There are the
ones who immediately come to mind and funnily enough they are both
from Fargo, North Dakota which is the unlikeliest place you would
expect anyone to come from.

PC: Isn't that where that strange movie was made?

JM: Yeah 'Fargo' (laughs). Not exactly blues territory.

PC: There's a very serious song on the album, a very potent song for
the times called 'Pride and Faith'. You sing 'the power of evil is
escalating / we are trying to rise about the hate'. It continues 'the
news is all about the ratings / stories to exaggerate'. Obviously you
are taking a very serious look at the political world at the moment.
What are your thoughts on what is happening in the Middle East?

JM: It is just really sad that these things get so out of hand. War is
so stupid and futile. It is amazing that you get all these protesters
and it doesn't seem to do any good because the powers that be and the
heads of countries are just dead set on these power struggles. It is
just really a great shame. The war and the aggression is not the
answer. It is just a comment on the futility of it all. The fears in
the world are increased by News TV and the top story that is always
about bad things to happen. People lock their doors like it is going
to come around to their house. I think I have said all I needed to say
within the song. It was inspired of course by the towers going down in
New York.

PC: You have an interesting perspective because as a young man you
were in the army.

JM: Yeah, I had to go. I was called up. National Service, you know. I
had no say in it. I didn't see any fighting. I made myself
indispensable in the office as a typist. I was very gullible and was
talked into 3 years as opposed to 2 years National Service by a smart
recruiting officer and regretted it the moment I got into uniform and
started looking at a calendar.

PC: As a young man them, does that background give you now an
understanding of today's young men and women going off to war as
political pawns?

JM: They are being called up to actually go out and fight. I was in
the army and skirted around it although I went to Korea ever though it
was at an armistice time. If you had to go at all that was the best
time to go. It is really sad when people have to go off to fight.

PC: Congratulations on the new album 'Stories' debuting at #1 on the
Billboard Blues Chart.

JM: Yeah, that was a nice thing to happen. I don't know how long it
stayed on the charts but it was a nice kick-off point for it.

PC: That wasn't bad for an old bugger.

JM: Not bad indeed. (laughs). We'll keep that as a headline.

PC: I love all the different styles on the record but particularly 'I
Wish I Had'. That is great Boogie Woogie.

JM: Every time I make an album I try and put a little solo Boogie
Woogie in there. That is the way I started out.

PC: The genre of Boogie Woogie is almost a lost art in music these days.

JM: I know, yeah. It is what I started off with and it is the closest
to my background I could come up with. It is just a nice tribute to
the beginnings of things. Sometimes I do it as an encore, sometimes I
finish the set and then come back and just knock one out.

PC: How do you put a setlist together after all these years?

JM: We nearly stick with the same setlist that works. Every time we
have a new album we structure the set around the new album, so you'll
be hearing live versions of 'Stories' with some others thrown in
there. Basically we stick to the same structure so that one song
compliments the next one and so forth. We vary the tempos and key
changes and the subjects.

PC: Does 'Room To Move' still exist in the set?

JM: Yeah we sometimes do it. We don't do it every night but it is
always a good crowd pleaser at the end of the show.

PC: Do you consider that your signature tune?

JM: Definitely because people remember that the most out of all my
recorded works. We still have fun with that one. It is 99%
improvisation anyway so we can still do stuff with it every night.

PC: It's so special in Australia that someone even named their TV show
after it in the 70s. We had a show called 'Room To Move'.

JM: I heard about that.

PC: So there is your influence John. We talked about how you want to
be remembered and you can say "I want to be remembered as the guy who
inspired the name of an Australian TV show".

JM: (laughs) okay.

You can write to John Mayall via his website at www.johnmayall.com

John's new album is 'Stories' out through Warner Music.

John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers will perform at the Melbourne Music
and Blues Festival. The Melbourne Music and Blues Festival is on Feb
7, 8 and 9 at the Melbourne Convention Centre and along the banks of
the Yarra River.

Source: UnderCover

I like to take this time to welcome our new members: bill_flavell,
hwolf59 and smokestack32751 to the Blues Corner group. We are glad to
have you join us. We have some great links, photos, messages, ect. to
check out. Please feel free to add your favorite link, photo, comments
or questions. If I missed anyone on the welcome, Sorry. Lets us know
and we would be glad to welcome you. Thanks again and welcome.

To our Record Labels-Smokestack Lightnin's latest Blues Special: THE
BEST BLUES CDs OF 2002 (#60-#31)
(#0386 recorded 1/5/03 ).This Show is now being webcast at
http://www.smokestacklightnin.com. A detailed playlist is
contained in this e-mail.

Since April 2002, Smokestack Lightnin' appears live on WUCF 89.9
MHz, Orlando, FL  each Saturday night  at
8PM Eastern Standard Time(USA). The direct WUCF stream utilizes
RealPlayer
software just like our archived show. The WUCF URL is :
http://wucf.ucf.edu/realbroadcast.htm .
We send you separate playlists for our live show.

Our internet show "listens" are currently growing at about 10% - 15%
per week.
Our e-mails indicate that we have very dedicated listeners all over
the world. Most of the emails
inquire as to how they can buy the music. We are a not-for-profit
enterprise dedicated entirely
to giving blues artists everywhere exposure that they never get on
commercial radio. We have
been on the air in Central Florida since September 1991, and on the
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in the past. If you do not see your new releases on our playlist it
could be that we are not on your
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Please call me any time at 407-644-0522 if you have questions. Tommy
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PLAYLIST

Artist/Song/CD/Label

TOP 60 BLUES CDs of 2002 (#60-#31)(Top 30 next week)

#60 Roy Gaines/Standing Up For Women's Rights/In The House Vol. 4
#59 Syl and Jimmy Johnson/Dangerous/2 Johnsons Are Better Than
1/Evidence
#58 Little Arthur Duncan/Pretty Thang/Blues Harmonica Orgy/Random
Chance
#57 Mad Dog Lester Davenport/West Side Blues Harp/I Smell A
Rat/Delmark
#56 Junior Watson/Blues After Hours/If I Had A Genie/Heart&Soul
#55 Kenny Blue Ray&Jackie Payne/Blue Monday/Soulful Blues/Tone King
#54 Shirley Johnson/Little Wing/Killer Diller/Delmark
#53 Jon Cleary/Been & Gone/Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster
Gentlemen/Basin Street
#52 Duke Robillard/Buy Me A Dog/Living With The Blues/Stony Plain
#51 Rick Holstrom/Shake It Part 2/Hydraulic Groove/Tone Cool
#50 Josh Alan Band/Josh's Breakdown/The Josh Alan Band/Topcat
#49 Joe Louis Walker/2120 South Michigan Ave./In The Morning/Telarc
#48 Eddie Burns/Snake Eyes/Snake Eyes/Delmark
#47 Willie Kent/Something New/Comin' Alive/Blue Chicago
#46 Jimmy Dawkins/So Worrid/West Side Guitar Hero/Fedora
#45 Lil Buck Sinegal/Cold Cold Feeling/Bad Situation/Lucky Cat
#44 Tony Coleman/Them Changes/Travelin' Man/TCO
#43 Buddy Miles/Down At The Crossroads//Blues Berries/RUF
#42 Bill Perry/500 Miles/Crazy Kind Of Life/Blind Pig
#41 Jeffrey P. Ross/Muddy Waters/My Pleasure/Doc Blues
#40 Little Charlie & The Nightcats/Desparate Man/Thats Big!/Alligator
#39 Nelson Adelard/In Walks G/Jack Of all Trades/Hot Rod
#38 Willie King & The Liberators/Crawlin Blues/Living In a New
World/Rooster Blues
#37 Denise LaSalle/Funky Blues Kind Of Mood/Still The Queen/Ecko
#36 The Phillip Walker Big Band/Reconsider Baby/Live A Biscuits &
Blues/MC
#35 Deborah Coleman/Brick/Soul Be It!/Blind Pig
#34 Liz Mandeville Greeson/Soul Tender/Back In Love Again/Earwig
#33 Lucky Peterson/Yer Blues/The Blues White Album/Telarc
#32 Jimmy Cavallo/Lovin' Machine/The Houserocker!/Blue Wave
#31 Kenny Neal&James Cotton/Don't Start Me Talkin/35Th Anniversary
Jam/Telarc

THE BEST RE-ISSUES of 2002

#6 Magic Sam/I Don't Wamt No Woman/Rockin' Wild In Chicago/Delmark
#5 John Lee Hooker/Crawlin Kingsnake/Live At Sugar Hill Vol.
2/Fantasy
#4 Eddie Cleanhead Vinson&
      The Cannonball Adderly Quintet/Kidney Stew/Cleanhead &
Cannonball/Milestone
#3 The Holmes Brothers/Promised Land/Righteous! The Essential
Collection/Rounder
#2 Mighty Joe Young/As The Years Go Passing By/Mighty Joe
Young/Blind Pig
#1 Albert King/Oh! Pretty Woman/Born Under A Bad Sign/Stax

HONORABLE MENTION (Narrowly Missed the Top 60)

Cosmo St. Clair/Sugar Coated Love/Now Blues For Now People/Analog y
Digital
Shawn Pittman/One Thing On My Mind/Shawn Pittman/self
Terry Hanck/Cryin' Fool/I Keep On Holdin' On/Mo Muscle
John Mooney/Tell Me Who/All I Want/Blind Pig
Travis Moonchild Haddix/Let It Show/Company Is Coming/Wann Sonn
Sue Foley/Vertigo Blues/Where The Action Is/Shanachie
R.J. Mischo/You Think I'm Lyin'?/Meet Me On The Coast/Crosscut
Albert Castiglia/No One To Blame/Burn/Big Bolt
Trudy Lynn/Do Ya?/Memories Of You/Jus Blues
Volker Strifler Band/I Smell Trouble/The Volker Strifler band/Blue
Rockit
Larry Johnson/Midnight Train/Two Gun Green/Armadillo
Little Arthur Duncan/Had Nowhere To Go/Live In Chicago/Random Chance
Gary Primich/Mr. Lucky/Dog House Music/Antones
Joanna Connor/Fever/The Joanna Connor Band/MC

Hello steve, kay ka fèt?
Ambiance / Mood : Horny Toad
steve2blue4u   a écrit / wrote :

>John Mayall took time out to talk to Undercover Executive Producer
>Paul Cashmere.

Thanks for the ITV, I'm actually writing a couple of articles about John Mayall
in a french Blues Webzine, and it wilkl give me a big help... I want to thank
you too for the "Blues Today" mails, which I re-mail in France at each time...


A t'talè,
Bluesingly Yours,
Poill's (Alain)
J'en ai vu, j'en ai entendu,
Des mecs qui croyaient jouer le Blues,
Le genre de type qui s'évertue
A compter les mesures jusqu'à douze...


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I found this on my favorite band's bulletin board and decided to try
it. A little
while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, just like you are now,
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every name and address sent to you, either on a computer or hard copy
and keep the notes people send you. This VERIFIES that you are truly
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bill in dark paper to reduce the risk of mail theft.) So, as each
post is downloaded and the directions carefully followed, six members
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one dollar each. Your name will move up the list geometrically so
that when your name reaches the # 1 position you will be receiving
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($1.00 for each of the first six people listed above) send it now,
add your own name to the list and you're in business.

DIRECTIONS FOR HOW TO POST TO NEWSGROUPS

STEP 1) You do not need to re-type this entire letter to do your own
posting. Simply put your cursor at the beginning of this letter and
drag your cursor to the bottom of this document, and select 'copy'
from the edit menu. This will copy the entire letter into the
computer's memory.

STEP 2) Open a blank 'notepad' file and place your cursor at the top
of the blank page. From the 'edit' menu select 'paste'. This will
paste a copy of the letter into notepad so that you can add your name
to the list.

STEP 3) Save your new notepad file as a .txt file. If you want to do
your postings in different settings, you'll always have this file to
go back to.

STEP 4) Use Netscape or Internet explorer and try searching for
various newsgroups (on-line forums, message boards, chat sites,
discussions.)

STEP 5) Visit the message boards and post this article as a new
message by highlighting the text of this letter and selecting paste
from the edit menu. Fill in the Subject, this will be the header that
everyone sees as they scroll through the list of postings in a
particular group, click the post message button. You're done with
your first one! Congratulations... THAT'S IT! All you have to do is
jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of
it, it will take 30 seconds for each newsgroup! REMEMBER, THE MORE
NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE! BUT YOU HAVE TO
POST A MINIMUM OF 200.

That's it! You will begin receiving money from around the world
within days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the
large amount of mail you will receive. If you wish to stay anonymous,
you can invent a name to use, as long as the postman will deliver it.
JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT. Now, each of the 5
persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each
with my name at # 5 and only 5 persons respond to each of the
original 5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200
MINIMUM posts with my name at # 3 and only receive 5 replies each, I
will make an additional $625.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each
of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM 200 letters with my name at # 2
and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125!!!
Those 3,125 persons will all deliver this message to 200 newsgroups
with my name at # 1 and if still 5 persons per 200 newsgroups react I
will receive $15,625! With an original investment of only $6.00!
AMAZING! When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the
latest posting in the newsgroups, and send out another $6.00to names
on the list, putting your name at # 6 again. And start posting again.
THE THING TO REMEMBER IS: Do you realize that thousands of people all
over the world are joining the internet and reading these articles
everyday? Just like you are now!! So, can you afford $6.00 and see if
it really works?? I think so... People have said, "what if the plan
is played out and no one sends youthe money? So what! What are the
chances of that happening when there are tons of new honest users and
new honest people who are joining the internet and newsgroups
everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to
50,000 new users, everyday with thousands of those joining the actual
internet. Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will really
work!

Thanks for the information.
Louis Abbatepaolo
photographer
631.864.2494
LNC15@...
http://www.geocities.com/louis_11725/images/index.html

Good interview.Thanks for sending it. I had seen John Mayall at the iMac Theater
in Huntington NY. Great showmanship!
Louis Abbatepaolo
photographer
631.864.2494
LNC15@...
http://www.geocities.com/louis_11725/images/index.html

Thanks for the information. Any Blues of that caliber on Long Island NY?
Louis Abbatepaolo
photographer
631.864.2494
LNC15@...
http://www.geocities.com/louis_11725/images/index.html

ok ok well well well

Trainreck   has completed the recording for the cd due out in late February.

In fact I'm on my way to pick up my copy from the "Loft Studios" as soon as i
gets done here with ya'll.

we's (K.M. & I)gonna stick it in the dodge and take it for a test drive before
we give Kenny Kay (producer/engineer) the final thumbs up on it.  As soon as
thats done we'll get it to the presses.     It will take about one month more to
get all the cover art in place and make it all legal.  After thats its all
yourin'

Keep movin'

Washboard Jackson  http://www.mp3.com/Trainreck



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Thanks for the news
Louis Abbatepaolo
photographer
631.864.2494
LNC15@...
http://www.geocities.com/louis_11725/images/index.html

On this day January 21, 1936 New Orleans Blues, Piedmont Blues and
Swamp Blues guitarist and vocalist Snooks Eaglin(Ford Eaglin Jr.) was
born in New Orleans, LA.

On this 21st day 1999, Electric West Coast and Urban Blues pianist and
vocalist Charles Brown dies.

On this 21st day 1942, Modern Electric Blues harmonica player,
harpist, guitarists and vocalists Butler Twins(Clarence and Curtis
Bulter) was born in Florence, AL.

On this 21st day 1992, Acoustic Chicago Blues, East Coast Blues and
Electric Swamp Blues drummer, guitarist, pianist and vocalist Champion
Jack Dupree dies in Hanover, Germany.

On this 21st day 1963, ModernElectric Blues and Chicago Blues bassist
and vocalist Kenneth Kinsey was born in Gary, IN.

On this 21st day 1936, Piano Blues and Jazz-Blues pianist and
keyboardist Erwin Helfer was born in Chicago, IL.

On this 21st day 1948, Chicago Blues and Modern Electric Blues
vocalist Zora Young was born in West Point, MS

On this day January 22, 1908 Harmonica Blues guitarist, harmonica
player and vocalist Hammie Nixon(Hammie Nickerson) was born in
Brownsville, TX.

On this 22nd day 1895, Classic Female Blues vocalist Eva Taylor
was born in St. Louis, MO.

On this 22nd day 1982, Modern Electric Chicago Blues harmonica player
and vocalist Big Leon Brooks dies in Chicago, IL.

On this 22nd day 1944, Memphis Blues and Country Blues producer,
keyboardist, drummer, guitarist, liner notes writer and vocalist Dr.
David Evans was born in Boston, MA.

On this 22nd day 1908, Jazz and East Coast Blues clarinet and
saxophonist Teddy McRae was born in Philadelphia, PA.

On this 22nd day 1927, Rock and Piedmont Blues guitarist and vocalist
Doug Quattlebaum was born in Florence, SC.

On this 22nd day 2001, Sue Foley and B.B King performed together at
the legendary Massey Hall in Toronto.

On this 22nd day 2000, Kenny Wayne Shepherd performed on the
syndicated NPR(National Public Radio) show E-Town.

Copeland, Magic Slim Lead W.C. Handy Nominees

  Sporting five nominations each, Shemekia Copeland and Magic Slim lead
the field for the Blues Foundation's 24th annual W.C. Handy Blues
Awards. Fellow veterans Solomon Burke, W.C. Clark, and Charlie
Musselwhite each earned four nominations.
  Copeland, who is the daughter of legendary blues guitarist Johnny
Copeland, is up for entertainer and traditional blues female artist of
the year, while her Dr. John-produced Alligator album "Talk to
Strangers," is up for blues album of the year and contemporary blues
album of the year. The Shemekia Copeland Band is also up for the blues
band of the year honor.
  Chicago blues traditionalist Magic Slim pulled in nominations for
entertainer, male artist, and guitarist of the year. Along with his
band the Teardrops, he also received mentions in the traditional blues
album category for his Blind Pig album "Blue Magic," and in the blues
band of the year column.
  Bob Dylan received his first W.C. Handy nomination, which came in the
song of the year category for "Stepchild," his contribution to Burke's
Fat Possum album "Don't Give Up on Me. The set, which also features
tracks written by Elvis Costello and Van Morrison, among others, is up
for blues album and soul/blues album of the year.
  The Handy Awards will be held May 22 at the Orpheum Theater in
Memphis. Like in previous years, the Gibson Musical
Instruments-sponsored event will be taped for later broadcast on
public television. The show will kick off the city's Handy Weekend of
events, which include a music festival, a blues film festival, and a
children's festival.

Here the full list of nominees:

Blues entertainer of the year:
B.B. King
Magic Slim
Solomon Burke
Deborah Coleman
Shemekia Copeland

Blues band of the year:
Shemekia Copeland Band
Little Charlie and The Nightcats
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets with Sam Myers
Magic Slim & The Teardrops
Taj Mahal's Phantom Blues Band

Contemporary blues male artist of the year:
Charlie Musselwhite
Joe Louis Walker
Larry Garner
Chris Thomas King
John Mooney

Contemporary blues female artist of the year:
Sue Foley
Deborah Coleman
Marcia Ball
Shemekia Copeland
Susan Tedeschi

Traditional blues male artist of the year:
Snooky Pryor
James Cotton
Magic Slim
R.L. Burnside
Big Jack Johnson

Traditional blues female artist of the year:
Alberta Adams
Ann Rabson
Big Time Sarah
Koko Taylor
Shirley Johnson

Acoustic blues artist of the year:
Otis Taylor
Corey Harris
John Hammond
Alvin "Youngblood" Hart
Cephas & Wiggins

Best new artist debut:
Richard Johnston, "Foot Hill Stomp" (Tornado)
Ana Popovic, "Hush!" (Ruf)
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops, "Got a New Plan" (Blue Bella)
Robert Randolph & the Family Band, "Live at the Wetlands " (Sci Fidelity)
Precious Bryant, "Fool Me Good" (Terminus)

Soul/blues male artist of the year:
Solomon Burke
W.C. Clark
Johnny Rawls
Little Milton Campbell
Mighty Sam McClain

Soul/blues female artist of the year:
E.C. Scott
Etta James
Irma Thomas
Toni Lynn Washington
Denise LaSalle

Blues instrumentalist - guitar:
Joe Louis Walker
Duke Robillard
Roy Rogers
Magic Slim
Anson Funderburgh

Blues instrumentalist - harmonica:
Kim Wilson
Charlie Musselwhite
James Cotton
Rod Piazza
Snooky Pryor

Blues instrumentalist - keyboards:
Pinetop Perkins
Henry Butler
Honey Piazza
Marcia Ball
Dr. John

Blues instrumentalist - bass:
Bill Stuve
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
Johnny B. Gayden
Bill Stroger
Willie Kent

Blues instrumentalist - drums:
Jimi Bott
Chris Layton
Sam Carr
Sam Lay
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith

Blues instrumentalists - horns:
Eddie Shaw
Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff
Memphis Horns
Roomful Of Blues Horns
A.C. Reed

Blues instrumentalist - other:
Clarence Gatemouth Brown (Fiddle)
Robert Randolph (Pedal Steel)
Othar Turner (Fife)
Howard Armstrong (Mandolin)
Sonny Rhodes (Lap Steel)

Comeback blues album of the year:
Carla Thomas, "Live in Memphis" (Memphis International)
Erwin Helfer, "I'm Not Hungry But I Like To Eat" (Sirens)
Jimmy Cavallo, "The Houserocker!" (Blue Wave)
Jody Williams, "Return of a Legend" (Evidence)

Contemporary blues album of the year:
Shemekia Copeland, "Talking to Strangers" (Alligator)
Otis Taylor, "Respect the Dead" (Northern Blues)
John Mooney, "All I Want" (Blind Pig)
Charlie Musselwhite, "One Night in America" (Telarc)
Joe Louis Walker, "In the Morning" (Telarc)

Traditional blues album of the year:
Magic Slim and the Teardrops, "Blue Magic" (Blind Pig)
James Cotton, "35th Anniversary Jam" (Telarc)
Snooky Pryor, "Snooky Pryor & His Mississippi Wrecking Crew" (Electro-Fi)
Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials, "Heads Up" (Alligator)
Jody Willams, "Return of a Legend" (Evidence)
Willie King and the Liberators, "Living in a New World" (Rooster Blues)

Soul/blues album of the year:
W.C. Clark, "From Austin With Soul" (Alligator)
Solomon Burke, "Don't Give Up on Me" (Fat Possum)
Little Milton, "Guitar Man" (Malaco)
Etta James, "Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues"
(Private Music)
Sly & Jimmy Johnson, "Two Johnsons Are Better Than One" (Evidence)

Acoustic blues album of the year:
Big Jack Johnson, "Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions" (M.C.)
Cephas & Wiggins, "Somebody Told the Truth" (Alligator)
Precious Bryant, "Fool Me Good" (Terminus)
Alvin "Youngblood" Hart, "Down in the Alley" (Memphis International)
Guy Davis, "Give In Kind" (Red House)

Blues album of the year:
Solomon Burke, "Don't Give Up On Me" (Fat Possum)
W.C. Clark, "From Austin With Soul" (Alligator)
Big Jack Johnson, "Memphis Bar-B-Que Sessions" (M.C.)
Shemekia Copeland, "Talking to Strangers" (Alligator)
Charlie Musselwhite, "One Night in America" (Telarc)

Historical blues album of the year:
Albert King, "Born Under a Bad Sign" (Stax)
Alan Lomax Collection, "Land Where the Blues Began" (Rounder)
Magic Sam, "Rockin' Wild in Chicago" (Delmark)
Mighty Joe Young, "Mighty Joe Young (Collection)" (Blind Pig)
The Holmes Brothers, "Righteous!" (Rounder)

Blues song of the year:
"Downhome Sophisticate," C. Harris & M. Henry, composers (from Corey
Harris' Rounder album "Downhome Sophisticate")
"Somebody Let the Devil Out," T. Horowitz, composer (from Popa
Chubby's Blind Pig album "The Good, the Bad, the Chubby")
"Stepchild," B. Dylan, composer (from Solomon Burke's Fat Possum album
"Don't Give Up On Me")
"Let It Rain," W.C. Clark, composer (from W.C. Clark's Alligator album
"From Austin With Soul")
"Terrorized," W. King, composer (from Willie King & the Liberators'
Rooster Blues album "Living in a New World")

-- Barry A. Jeckell, N.Y.

Source: Billboard

On this day January 23, 1944 Modern Electric Blues and Chicago Blues
organist, keyboardist, pianist, and vocalist Sidney James Wingfield
was born in Cedar Rapids, IA.

On this 23rd day 1993, Country Blues guitarist, pianist and vocalist
Georgia Tom Dorsey dies.

On this 23rd day 1972, Jump Blues and New York Blues vocalist Big
Maybelle Smith dies in Cleveland, OH.

On this 23rd day 1954, West Coast Blues acoustic and electric bassist
Ruth Davies was born in Oakland, CA.

On this 23rd day 1911, Gospel-Blues harmonica player and vocalist Rev.
Dan Smith was born in Alabama.

On this 23rd day 1920, Jazz, East Coast Blues and Jump Blues
saxophonist Ray Abrams was born in New York, NY.

On this 23rd day 2001, Guy Forsyth performed at Eccles Theatre, Park
City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival movie premiere of Richard
Lanklaters' new movie, "Waking Life," which he made also a camo in.