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Delta Legends - Blues Buskers John B. Shepherd, Jeremy Burnett, and Hairy Larry For bookings Email [email protected] Links Delta Boogie Delta Boogie Facebook Delta Boogie Network Delta Boogie Radio Delta Boogie Tumblr Delta Musicians 21st Century Jazz Composers Bebop Beatniks Guitar Showdown Hairy Larry's Merry Pranksters HairyLarryLand Hairy Larry and Delta Legends on archive.org KASU KGPL LMAJazz NJHB Something Blue Free Electronic Press Kits template from ReverbNation.com Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner Learn how to place music on itunes at ReverbNation.com Delta Legends - All Over Again Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner Hairy Larry - Lil Sonny Boy Hisself Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner John Shepherd and Happy Hour - Too Blue

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This Little Light of Mine - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

1960

Radiant gospel joy with every strum

This is one of those recordings that can't help but lift the mood.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe's luminous guitar tone dances alongside her expressive vocals, creating a performance overflowing with warmth and joyful conviction.

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Mississippi Sheiks - I am the Devil

“Video I made with music from the early 30’s. A band called Mississippi Sheiks. Cartoon by Robert Crumb.”

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Howlin’ Wolf with interviewer Michael Erlewine backstage at the 1969 Ann Arbor Blues Festival.

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James Son Thomas - Artesia, Mississippi Picnic 1980

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Clark Terry Big Band - Rock Skippin' - 1974 Clark Terry - Trumpet, Flugelhorn. Saxes & Woodwinds - Chris Woods, Arnie Lawrence, Jimmy Heath, Ernie Wilkins, Bobby Johanson. Trumpets - Richard Williams, Stan Shafran, Oscar Gamby, Vince DiMartino. Trombones - Sonny Constanzo, Richard Boone, Jimmy Wilkins, Jack Jeffers (bass & tuba). Horace Parlan - Piano. Eddie Jones - Bass. Grady Tate - Drums.

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Stones In My Passway - Robert Johnson

1937

A spellbinding blues classic

Hypnotic slide guitar and an eerie atmosphere that never lets go.

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Mississippi Fred McDowell

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Kind Treatment Blues - Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe

1931

A beautifully fragile blues cut

Love this haunting little gem where tenderness and hardship seem to drift side by side.

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Elmore James

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Jack & Johnny Cash

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Little by Little - Junior Wells

1960

Blues with a dangerous sway

Junior Wells keeps things loose and simmering here, but there’s tension lurking beneath every note.

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Steve Cropper

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Mama, Mama Talk To Your Daughter - Magic Sam

1968

Pure Chicago electricty

Magic Sam took the Delta blues and ran it through a transformer.

The result? Total sonic lightning.

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Levon Helm playing a Gibson F4 mandolin.

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Joe Bonamassa pulled together a 40-artist tribute to B.B. King. George Benson was there when B.B. first heard him play. Bonamassa was opening for him at 12. The stories alone that they share with me are worth it.

Joe Bonamassa and George Benson on B.B. King's Blues Summit 100, Blues vs Jazz, and Life on the Road: Podcast

Guitar greats Joe Bonamassa and George Benson discuss their new tribute collection B.B. King's Blues Summit 100 on the Kyle Meredith With po