chicago blues

It may seem strange and unfair to describe guitarist Roy Buchanan (1939-1988) as an underachiever. An uncommon master of the Fender Telecaster, Buchanan bonded gospel, blues and country dialects in a lashing-treble lightning-speed attack, with a melodic concentration that almost sounded like wild-animal singing. But Buchanan — a legendary sideman (he played on Dale Hawkins‘ [...]  

Some musicians become synonymous with their instruments: John Coltrane owns the tenor sax; Eddie Van Halen has his Frankenstrat; and it's hard to picture John Popper, lead singer of Blues Traveler, without a harmonica pressed to his lips.Yet Hohner, one of the world's foremost harmonica manu...  

King, Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Elmore James and singers like Ray Charles, Wilson Pickett and James Brown. By his late 20s, Castro ... Tommy Castro Band served as the house band for three seasons on NBC Television's "Comedy Showcase," airing right ...  

Westchester, NY - Fresh from their sold-out September concert featuring guitarist John Scofield, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra will perform "Sax Masters: The Music of Coltrane, Cannonball, Bird and More" at 8 PM on Sat., Dec. 5 at the Irvington Town Hall Theater, 85 Main Street, Irvington, NY. (Snow date Sun., Dec.6, 7 PM.)...  

Personnel ← Previous revision Revision as of 19:37, 24 October 2009 Line 38: Line 38: *Hugh McKenna - Electric piano *Hugh McKenna - Electric piano *[[Chris Glen]] - Bass guitar *[[Chris Glen]] - Bass guitar - *Eddie McKenna - Drums + *[[Ted McKenna|Eddie McKenna]] - Drums *Phil Kenzie - Tenor saxophone *Phil Kenzie - Tenor saxophone *Big Bud's...  

Current use ← Previous revision Revision as of 01:52, 10 October 2009 Line 76: Line 76: In more recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in the tenor guitar and luthiers such as Joel Eckhaus of Earnest Instruments now commonly adapt or build them. Tenors are now even being manufactured in small numbers again with models offered by Gold Tone Instruments...  

by Zack Roberts The blues is a form of music that can be vocal, instrumental (blues guitar) or both. It utilises the ‘blue’ notes which are accomplished on a ‘minor pentatonic’ scale almost all the time, otherwise recognised as the blues scale. Blues music was deducted from the African-American communities in the U.S. out of work songs, spiritual songs, field hollers, chants, shouts and elementary ballads that rhymed. A lot of facets of...