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Eric Clapton/Buddy Guy All Over TVin New Mobile Ad
Blues fans across the U.S. are being treated to 30-seconds of Slowhand in a new ad for a limited edition smartphone.
Now this is the kind of advertising we'll never surf away from...
72 year-old legend Etta James was hospitalized last week in Southern California to battle sepsis, a serious inflammatory response to infection.
James was transferred to the hospital after first checking into a treatment center to battle dependence on painkillers. She is expected to recover.
Derek Trucks Band Wins Grammy Award
Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Buckwheat Zydeco Also Win Grammy Awards
The Derek Trucks Band won the Grammy Award for the Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards Sunday on Los Angeles.
Derek edged out other nominees, including spouse Susan Tedeschi, Robert Cray, Ruthie Foster, and Mavis Staples.
The Best Traditional Blues Album went to legend Ramblin' Jack Elliott, over fellow nominees Mick Fleetwood, Duke Robillard, John Hammond, and a Chicago blues album featuring Billy Boy Arnold, Lurrie Bell, Billy Branch and John Primer.
Buckwheat Zydeco's Lay Your Burden Down won in the Zydeco/Cajun category.
Little Walter: The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) won for the Best Historical Album.
Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune Single Out This Week; Album Arrives March 9
Star Studded Tour To Follow
The long awaited official release of the lost archive track Valleys of Neptune by Jimi Hendrix is scheduled for February 9.
The single, which will be available commercially, will then be followed by an album of 12 previously unreleased Hendrix recordings. The album, also called Valleys of Neptune, will be released in March 9. It features renditions of Stone Free, Fire, Red House, and a nearly 7-minute cover of Sunshine of Your Love.
Experience Hendrix Tour 2010 Announced
The 2010 Experience Hendrix Tour kicks off with a star-studded lineup March 4 in Santa Barbara, California.
Celebrating the music of Jimi Hendrix will be Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Doyle Branhall II, and Living Colour. Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi, and David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) will play select dates. More info here.
Weekly Contests
Over on the Contests page, we are giving away copies of Ronny Sessum's Funk'n Blues Man. There is also a chance to pick up the new Jimi Hendrix album Valleys of Neptune before the release next month.
Super Chikan and Spoonful of Blues
"Hello Mississippi" Chikadelic
Bluestown Records
Two sister cities, separated by the Atlantic, have joined to create a unique new blues album. Super Chikan, the unofficial mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and a Delta blues artist famous for his homemade guitars (fashioned from gas cans, ceiling fans, and whatever else he finds lying around) flew to Nottodden, Norway, where he met Forseberg’s Spoonful of Blues, a Norwegian band devoted to juke joint music.
The album Chikadelic is one of the most feel-good, toe-tapping, booty shaking blues records I have heard in a while.
This week on the Radio Hour, we are checking out the new Mississippi Sheiks Tribute album. Some of our favorite artists performing some classic music, so tune in!
Four great House of Blues Radio Hour Encore Presentations are ready for you on the stream. Last week's Chris Smither show is there for those of you who missed it. And there is also the Grammys, the International Blues Challenge, and Al Bell. Get comfortable and get listening!
More on our radio and video streams can be found here.
Blues of the Month CD for February: Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the Mississippi Sheiks
February's Blues of the Month Club CD is a star-studded effort from Canada's Black Hen Music.
John Hammond, Bruce Cockburn, North Mississippi Allstars, Jim Byrnes, Geoff Muldaur and many more pay tribute to the Chatmon family -- who performed country blues as The Mississippi Sheiks in the 1930s. It's a great listen.
As a member of the Blues of the Month Club, you can get a signed photo from Elwood and a BluesMobile.com t-shirt, then a handpicked CD every month. Available now in 6-month or 12-month packages. Makes a great gift. Hint.
Elvin Bishop Releases Benefit CD for Little Smokey Smothers
Elvin Bishop has funded the release of Chicago Blue Buddies, a CD that benefits one of his mentors, Little Smokey Smothers.
Smothers played with a who's who of Chicago blues greats including Howlin' Wolf, Buddy Guy, James Cotton and Junior Wells. Diabetes is catching up with Smothers, resulting in the recent amputation of both legs.
Bishop is repaying his good friend and mentor by creating the CD, which features live and studio recordings from Chicago, San Francisco, and Clarksdale, Mississippi. Only 1000 copies were pressed, and all proceeds directly benefit Smokey. Pick up a copy here.
We've Improved The Blues of the Month Club: Reduced Price and More
We've re-vamped the Blues of the Month Club. Now there are two reduced-priced options, but still plenty of goodies.
Here's the basic deal: There's an annual version, where you'll get a handpicked new blues release every month. Plus, you'll get a signed photo of yours truly and the snazzy new 2010 T-Shirt, in heather gray.
Or you can pick up a six-month membership and still get the signed photo. Here's a bonus for both membership versions: The first 20 new sign-ups or renewals will start off with a bonus CD -- BB King: Live at theBBC. January's CD, by the way, is The Essential Coco Montoya.
We've heard from more than 60 countries and territories so far. The map below shows some of our recent listeners (scroll over the targets to see cities and countries):
Video of the Week
Eric Clapton and Buddy Guy at Madison Square Garden covering Muddy Waters at the Concert for 9/11...
Complete 2010 Blues Music Award Nominees
Joe Louis Walker leads Blues Muisc Award nominees with 5.
The BMAs will take place May 6, 2010 at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. Also garnering multiple nominations are Tommy Castro, Rick Estrin, and Duke Robillard.
Acoustic Album
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red You Got to Move
Maria Muldaur & her Garden of Joy Good Time Music for Hard Times
Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women Havin' The Last Word
Samuel James For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen
Various Artists Things About Comin' My Way - A Tribute to the music of the Mississippi Sheiks
Acoustic Artist
Annie Raines & Paul Rishell
Doug MacLeod
Guy Davis
Louisiana Red
Samuel James
Album
Duke Robillard's Jumpin’ Blues Revue Stomp! the Blues Tonight
Eddie C. Campbell Tear This World Up
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Candye Kane
Magic Slim
Rick Estrin
Super Chikan
Taj Mahal
Tommy Castro
Band
Duke Robillard's Jumpin' Blues Revue
Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats
The Mannish Boys
Tommy Castro Band
Best New Artist Debut
Greg Nagy Walk That Fine Thin Line
Joanne Shaw Taylor White Sugar
Marquise Knox Man Child
Monkey Junk Tiger in your Tank
The California Honeydrops Soul Tub!
Contemporary Blues Album
Candye Kane Superhero
Joe Louis Walker Between a Rock and the Blues
Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Twisted
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters Living in the Light
Tommy Castro Hard Believer
Contemporary Blues Female Artist
Bettye LaVette
Candye Kane
Janiva Magness
Ruthie Foster
Shemekia Copeland
Contemporary Blues Male Artist
Derek Trucks
Joe Louis Walker
John Nemeth
Michael Burks
Tommy Castro
DVD
Delmark Records It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
Eagle Eye Media Live at Montreux 1993 (B.B. King)
Jo Films& Roadside Productions Hot Flash - The Documentary (Saffire-the Uppity Blues Women)
Mojo Rodeo Records A Night in Woodstock (Paul Rishell & Annie Raines)
Vincent Productions Down to the Crossroads Vol. 1 (George Thorogood & the Destroyers w/ Eddie Shaw)
Historical
Bear Family Records Taking Care of Business (1956-1973) (Freddie King)
Chess Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
Eagle Records Essential Montreux (Gary Moore)
Hip-O Select The Complete Chess Masters (1950-1967) (Little Walter)
Landslide Records Sean's Blues (Sean Costello)
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bill Stuve
Bob Stroger
Larry Taylor
Mookie Brill
Patrick Rynn
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
Jimi Bott
Kenny Smith
Sam Carr
Tony Braunagel
Instrumentalist-Guitar
Derek Trucks
Duke Robillard
Joe Louis Walker
Lurrie Bell
Ronnie Earl
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Billy Branch
Jason Ricci
Kim Wilson
Mark Hummel
Rick Estrin
Instrumentalist-Horn
Al Basile
Big James Montgomery
Deanna Bogart
Eddie Shaw
Keith Crossan
Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
Gerry Hundt (mandolin)
Johnny Sansone (accordion)
Otis Taylor (banjo)
Rich Del Grosso (mandolin)
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player Award
Bruce Katz
David Maxwell
Eden Brent
Henry Butler
Henry Gray
Rock Blues Album
Derek Trucks Band Already Free
Jason Ricci & New Blood Done with the Devil
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat Tijuana Bible
Mike Zito Pearl River
Tinsley Ellis Speak No Evil
Song
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito “Pearl River” (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
James “Super Chikan” Johnson “Fred's Dollar Store” (Chikadelic--Super Chikan)
Joe Louis Walker “I'm Tide” (Between a Rock and the Blues--Joe Louis Walker)
John Hahn & Oliver Wood “Never Going Back to Memphis” (Never Going Back--Shemekia Copeland)
Vyasa Dodson “At Least I'm Not With You” (At Least I'm Not With You--The Insomniacs)
Soul Blues Album
Charles Wilson Troubled Child
Darrell Nulisch Just for You
Johnny Rawls Ace of Spades
Latimore All About the Rhythm and the Blues
Mighty Sam McClain Betcha Didn't Know
Soul Blues Female Artist
Barbara Carr
Denise LaSalle
Irma Thomas
Shirley Brown
Sista Monica Parker
Soul Blues Male Artist
Curtis Salgado
Darrell Nulisch
Jackie Payne
Johnny Rawls
Latimore
Traditional Blues Album
John Primer All Original
Johnnie Bassett The Gentleman is Back
Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint Back to the Black Bayou
Super Chikan Chikadelic
Various Artists Chicago Blues A Living History
Traditional Blues Female Artist
Ann Rabson
Debbie Davies
Fiona Boyes
Shirley Johnson
Zora Young
Traditional Blues Male Artist
Duke Robillard
John Primer
Johnnie Bassett
Louisiana Red
Super Chikan
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