John Mayall's Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton is an album that changed the history of music. It helped to set the British Blues boom in motion, which in turn led to the birth of rock music. Indirectly, this led to a major shift in youth culture and created the hippy movement...
It is difficult to think of an album that has had a greater influence on the blues than Robert Johnson's King Of The Delta Blues Singers. In fact, I would argue that it is one of the most significant albums ever recorded. The album had a profound impact on musicians like Keith...
There are very few albums that capture the essence of a musician as accurately as Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour '74. It is an album that brilliantly highlights the musical qualities for which Gallagher is renowned; the blistering guitar playing, raw vocals and relentless onstage energy. But more than that, the album...
Texas Flood, by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble was the album that got me hooked on the blues. Like so many others, I first heard it as a teenager, a couple of years after I started playing the guitar. It was the first time I had ever heard a guitarist...
Over the past couple of weeks, I have listened to a greater variety of blues music than ever before. I have discovered new artists and new albums, which has deepened my understanding and love of the blues. Not only has this helped me to develop as a musician, but it...
Fleetwood Mac are one of the most commercially successful bands of all time. They have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, won countless awards and accolades and until recently have continued to sell out packed arenas and stadia. Their album Rumours alone clocked up over 40 million sales, placing it amongst the top 10 best selling albums ever....
‘I can’t stand him mate – he’s just a total Jimi Hendrix rip off. He has no originality and no licks of his own. His music is so boring to listen to…’ So stated my local barber on a damp and dreary Saturday afternoon in London. Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys were playing...
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