Monday, 06 January 2020 15:31
A Voice to be Heard -The Blues Shouters
Blues shouters were blues singers, usually men, capable of singing unamplified with a band. Their voice projected fervour and energy and got audiences to their feet, driven by the power of the music.
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Thursday, 19 January 2017 14:11
The Ram Jam Club
It wasn't just the record business that thrived in the sixties, the live music scene was lively, to say the least, and not just in Central London.
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Monday, 07 March 2016 14:38
A Brief History of Manfred Mann
The band formed in 1963, after Manfred Mann met Mike Hugg at a Bultin’s Holiday Camp in Clacton (UK).
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016 15:47
Blues Legends Part 1 - The Little Walter Story
Little Walter was born Marion Walter Jacobs in Marksville, Louisiana on the 1st of May 1930.
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Sunday, 10 January 2016 15:46
A Potted History of Chess (& Checker) Records on ZANI
Leonard (1917-1969) and Phil Chess (1921- ) were two young Jewish immigrants from Poland. In the late 20s they started in the liquor business and soon owned a night club and several bars in Chicago's Southside.
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Sunday, 24 March 2013 16:11
The Action In The Lap Of The Mods Reviewed
I've been long excited about The Action's "In The Lap Of The Mods" book like it was the second coming. The Action, along with The Small Faces, The Kinks and David Bowie are my favourite 60's artists. From their first single as The Boys all the way down to the material cut before they became Mighty Baby (released in the 80's on a mini LP "Speak Louder Than") and even lead singer Reg King's 1971 solo LP I'm all on board as a one man American cheering section. I'm still, 18 years later, slowly wrapping my head around Mighty Baby.
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:49
Fleetwood Mac - The Perfect Pop Partnership
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:41
Canned Heat - On The Great Sixties Band
The band formed in 1965 in Northbridge, California by Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson (bottleneck guitar) and Bob “The Bear” Hite (vocals). The boys were blues fanatics and started a jug band with drummer Frank Cook and they would appear at the odd gig around LA. The boys were dedicated to reviving the Blues and to that extent would compare favourably to John Mayell in the UK. With the addition of Henry Vestine (lead guitar and formerly of the Mothers of Invention) and Brotman Canned Heat were finally formed. Their name came from a Tommy Johnson song entitled "Canned Heat Blues" recorded in 1928.
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Monday, 19 December 2011 20:35
Reggie King - The Ultimate Action Man RIP
Like any other young mod in the early 80’s, I became mesmerised by The Action the moment I’d heard their version of The Marvellettes’ I’ll Keep Holding On at the first gigs and clubs I attended, and listened to older mods speaking in hushed tones about this seemingly mythical group from Kentish Town. Getting the album The Ultimate Action seemed a necessity and from the moment it hit my turntable it very rarely left. Having a recommendation from Paul Weller on the back no doubt helped shift a few copies but the music within those grooves would have left no-one in doubt as to how good they were. I wanted to hear more and searched desperately for any snippet, picture or record by them.
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Sunday, 18 December 2011 13:05
Sam Moore The Soul Man
As Georges Bizet, the famous French composer once wrote, "music, what a splendid art. And what a sad profession." Bizet did not live long enough to see his operatic masterpiece ‘Carmen’ become a major success. The statement certainly rings true for Bizet, who died from angina, aged just 36.
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Tales of Aggro
