LOS ANGELES BLUES/ Volume 5               We're going back this time to our Los Angeles Blues series with, for this 5th Volume, several excellent but very few known blues artists.             Despite several records under his name, singer and saxophonist Paul Clifton is very poorly documented. We just know he was a member of the Ollie McLollie band and that he was highly praised by his colleagues musicians around Los Angeles during the 1950-60's. He leaves us some very goo ..read more

    TEXAS BLUES Vol. 12               This new opus of our "Texas Blues" series is entirely dedicated to the rich Country blues tradition of this State.             Despite he was rediscovered by Chris Strachwitz in 1967, Manny Nichols (Manuel Nichols) is largely ill documented. He was born on 15th March 1906 at Cuero (Tx) and recorded a handful of tracks at ACA Studios early in 1950, some of them being issued on Imperial but going nowhere. A quite primitive guitar pla ..read more

    JOHNNY "BIG MOOSE" WALKER/ 1955-84                Because he recorded under many names (Big Moose, Bushy Head, Moose John, J.W. Walker and at last Johnny "Big Moose" Walker), in cities as diverse as Saint Louis, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Johnny Mayon Walker was a shadowy figure for a long time.             Born in Stoneville, Ms, near Greenville on 27 June 1927 from a Cherokee mother and a father who was a musical preacher, Johnny learned as a young age guitar, piano, harmoni ..read more

  ALBERT KING/ Early recordings 1953-71  Tandis qu'à partir des années 60, le blues connaissait une très forte éclipse auprès des communautés noires américaines au profit d'autres formes de chanson populaire, Albert King fut un des seuls bluesmen à s'imposer dans les Hit Parades de musique noire, pénétrés de Soul puis de Disco! Ce géant taciturne, tirant sur une éternelle pipe, semblant écraser entre ses mains une guitare Gibson-Flying V, est né Albert Nelson (ou Blevins ou Gilmore) à Indianola (Ms) le 25 avril 1923 et a commencé comme conducteur de tracteur près ed Forest City (Ar ..read more

  JAMES COTTON/ 1953-68     Si James Cotton jouit aujourd'hui à juste titre d'une réputation de légende vivante et figure au Panthéon des grands harmonicistes de blues, cela n'était certainement pas le cas lorsqu'au début des années 60 le petit cercle d'amateurs de blues européens le découvrit.          Cotton n'était alors essentiellement connu qu'en tant que remplaçant de Little Walter au sein de l'orchestre de Muddy Waters, et pas forcément à son avantage!          Né le 1er juillet 1935 à Tunic ..read more

      CAL GREEN/ Blues Guitar Masters Volume 11               Cal Green was born in Dayton, Tx. on June 22nd 1935 but moved at a very early age to Houston. His mother who played spiritual taught him (as well to her elder son Clarence Green) the guitar and how to read music. As a teenager Cal saw his recording idol Gatemouth Brown who encouraged him to go further on guitar. So, Cal decided to make a living with his music.             Quickly, Cal who had become a v ..read more

  ROY MILTON/ The Later Years (1956-69)               Between 1945 and 1953, Roy Milton and his band were extremely popular among the afro-American public. R.M. Blues, Milton's boogie, Rainy day, Best wishes, Confession blues and Them there eyes made it to the top of the national charts. R.M. Blues was even number one on the West Coast for almost all 1946.             Born Roy Bunny Milton in Wynnewood, Ok. on 31st July 1907 in a wealthy family with native American grandpar ..read more

  NEW YORK CITY/ The Blues Yesterday/ Volume 9               Let's start this New York City/ The Blues Yesterday Volume 9 with the very underrated singer and guitarist Dickie Thompson. Although he is mostky known for being the creator of Thirteen Women which would become a classic R&R tune thanks to an expurgated Bill Haley's version, Dickie was much more than that. Born in Jersey City, NJ on 13 December 1917, James Edward Thompson first played ukulele but switched to guitar around 15 years old, largey influenced by some fr ..read more

 MES LIVRES/ MY BOOKS https://grardherzhaft.wordpress.com gerardherzhaft Gérard Herzhaft GERARD HERZHAFT                            Contact/    jukeghh@gmail.com  Gérard Herzhaft, né le 8 novembre 1943 à Meyzieu dans le Rhône, est un romancier, historien, musicien, musicologue et ancien bibliothécaire français. Il a publié une quarantaine d’ouvrages, romans et essais, obtenu trois prix littéraires et a été traduit en anglais, allemand, espagnol, portugais, hongrois, italien, tchèque et roumain ..read more

  ROBERT Jr LOCKWOOD Complete Recordings 1941-81                  Avec la "RobertJohnsonmania" qui a déferlé à partir de 1990, on aurait pu croire que Robert Jr Lockwood, le dernier héritier direct de Johnson, eut été interviewé en détail et largement enregistré. Il n'en a rien été. La presse musicale du monde entier a surtout demandé à Keith Richards et Eric Clapton, qui avaient plus entendu Ted Heath et Tommy Steele dans leur enfance, de témoigner sur Robert Johnson!             &n ..read more