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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 61:09

As happens occasionally, the next hour of The Roadhouse focuses on the feeling. Monster Mike Welch and Mike Ledbetter, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Jai Malano, Lynwood Slim & Kid Ramos, and The Juke Joint Rockers & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith made the final cut along with a load of other great blues artists. Sometimes it's worthwhile to just follow that feeling - the feeling that this will be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 812th Roadhouse.

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Roadhouse 812

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 61:09

As happens occasionally, the next hour of The Roadhouse focuses on the feeling. Monster Mike Welch and Mike Ledbetter, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Jai Malano, Lynwood Slim & Kid Ramos, and The Juke Joint Rockers & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith made the final cut along with a load of other great blues artists. Sometimes it's worthwhile to just follow that feeling - the feeling that this will be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 812th Roadhouse.

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Scott Sharrard - Souther Roots Licks & Creative Approaches Guitar Lessons, Performance & Interview

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 77:35

Scott Sharrard talks about his Souther Roots Licks & Creative Approaches guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Scott:Scott Sharrard is best known as lead guitarist and bandleader to the late Gregg Allman. But his personal artistic journey – which includes singing, songwriting, producing and arranging – began long before he first teamed up with the rock icon.It’s a mission that resumes with “Saving Grace,” Sharrard’s fifth [or sixth?] album -- and his first since Allman’s death.“Gregg had a pure passion and heart,” Sharrard says of his friend, “especially when it came to being a musician. That authenticity and dedication is a daily inspiration, and I will always carry that with me onstage and in the studio.”“Saving Grace,” with the blues at its core, bears a distinctly southern spirit, seamlessly assimilating the sounds of American roots music that Sharrard has long embraced. Sessions took place in Memphis and at the historic FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Half the album employs the Hi Rhythm Section, the other The Swampers of Muscle Shoals.“These guys are legends and heroes of ours who have played on so many life-changing records,” Sharrard says. “This record was steeped in the best the South has to offer. We cut the rhythm section and lead vocals all live on the floor, direct to tape. Old school. We let the songs and the band speak. We also had some of the best barbecue and soul food you could ever imagine, and a lot of laughs and good times with our heroes. How can you lose?”‘All those cats schooled me…’Sharrard’s travels to the heart of the American South began in his native Milwaukee. He was born December 28, 1976 – the day his hero Freddie King died – and was a club fixture in Brewtown long before he could legally take a drink.“Milwaukee at that time was an oasis for a whole group of musical masters,” Sharrard recalls. “Mel Rhyne, Buddy Miles, Hubert Sumlin, Luther Allison, Clyde Stubblefield… They were our local bar bands! All those cats schooled me in different ways, backstage, on gigs and at jams.”Sharrard was 15 when his father took him to a local blues joint called the Up and Under Pub. There he sat in with singer/guitarist (and local one-named legend) Stokes, who would become his mentor. Another was powerhouse “Chitlin’ Circuit” singer and guitarist Willie Higgins.Sharrard soon graduated to occasional dates in Chicago, with tutelage coming via jams alongside two fabled Muddy Waters sidemen, drummer Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and pianist Pinetop Perkins.Big Apple, not Big EasyThen came a chance 1996 move to New York City. The 20-year-old Sharrard, eager to bolt Milwaukee, had his mind on New Orleans. But his friend Sean Dixon, with whom he had a band called The Chesterfields, had found a rent-controlled apartment in the East Village.“That settled it,” Sharrard remembers with a laugh. “I became a New York City resident for the first time. My next-door neighbor was Allen Ginsberg, who was already one of my literary heroes at that time. I used to eat at Mee’s Chinese restaurant sitting across from Allen. It was our corner restaurant with a cheap dinner special. He’d always order the ginger fish and write! … It was like a dream, really. All those giant buildings spreading into infinity. It was so overwhelming.”Sharrard had been in the Big Apple but a year when he met iconic Atlantic Records executive Ahmet Ertegun, who mentored The Chesterfields and gave the young guitar-slinger some sage advice.“Ahmet told me that you must do it all – and well – if you want to survive as a musician,” Sharrard remembers. “He told me to get it all together: writing, singing, producing, playing, arranging. He convinced me to work twice as hard because around 2000 he saw the end of the music business as we knew it. He felt no one was around to support artists like back in the heyday of the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies.”The Chesterfields cut three albums and toured nationally before Sharrard began to chart his own course. A series of releases followed, including “Dawnbreaker” (2005), “Analog/Monolog” (2008) and “Ante Up” (2009).Ertegun wasn’t the only legend with Sharrard on his radar back then: The young guitarist also forged a relationship with Levon Helm – performing with The Band drummer about a dozen times, including his final gig just before his death in April of 2012.Sharrard remains close with Helm’s daughter, Amy, and a host of other artists on the Woodstock scene.Preparation meets opportunityIt was through Amy’s then-husband, multi-instrumentalist Jay Collins – already a member of Allman’s band – that Sharrard embarked on the collaboration of a lifetime. In the fall of 2008, Sharrard began a nearly decade-long run with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.“I grew up on the music of the Allman Brothers,” says Sharrard. “I consider first hearing them to be the ‘Big Bang’ moment for me as a pre-teen. I’ve always been chasing what I like to call ‘Real Rock and Roll,’ a blend of blues, jazz, soul, country and folk – with the central goal being to create an original sound of your own. In that respect, working with Gregg just solidified everything I’ve believed since I was a kid.”Sharrard joined the Gregg Allman Band as a touring guitarist and later became Musical Director.The fruitful partnership ended with the 69-year-old Allman’s death on May 27, 2017. But not before Allman covered Sharrard’s “Love Like Kerosene” on 2015’s “Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA,” and again on Allman’s eighth and final solo album, the posthumous, GRAMMY-nominated “Southern Blood” (Rounder Records, 2017).Another “Southern Blood” track, the unforgettable farewell “My Only True Friend” – co-written by Sharrard and Allman – earned a GRAMMY nomination for Americana Song of the Year.Sharrard’s deep respect for Allman factored heavily into the 2018 release date for “Saving Grace.” Tracking was completed in December of 2016. But Sharrard – knowing Allman’s health was failing and that “Southern Blood” would be his last hurrah – chose to delay its unveiling.He’s now begun a new chapter with an album he consciously wanted to summarize the last 20 years of his work – and one that showcases the totality of his artistry: as guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and bandleader.In short, he says, it’s rock n’ roll rooted in everything else.“I basically have a rock ’n’ roll band,” Sharrard explains. “When I was growing up, I loved bands like Little Feat, Led Zeppelin and the Allmans. They would explore so many styles and experiment. That’s something I have always tried to embrace, and that’s how I want to present my music today. This is what I tried to do with Gregg. Now I’m continuing that as a solo artist.”Scott has recently joined the legendary band Little Feat as a guitarist/vocalist. He will be releasing his 6th solo album in Spring 2020.

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Kid Andersen - Blues Licks Guitar Lessons, Performance, & Interview

Chicago Jazz Audio Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 69:01

Kid Andersen talks about his blues licks guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Kid:Chris “Kid” Andersen was born in Telemark, Norway in 1980. A blues fan since childhood, Andersen fell in love with the music of Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Junior Watson, and the Kings (B.B., Albert and Freddie). By the time he was 18, he was backing all the American blues stars who came through Norway, including Homesick James, Nappy Brown and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. He moved to California at age 21, eventually earning himself a green card as an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability.”Andersen released four solo albums before joining blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite’s band in 2004, a gig that lasted until he joined Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. Kid Andersen is known as the guitarist for Rick Estrin & The Nightcats with 3 BMA Nominations for Guitarist of the Year. The virtuoso also is the man behind Greaseland Studios, THE hub for authentic Blues Music in the Bay Area. Kid is bringing some of his favorite collaborators to Biscuits and Blues.

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076 Chicago Music Revealed with Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 49:14

Kenny Smith was unquestionably born into blues royalty. He grew up in the same house where Muddy Waters once lived in Chicago, the home of the blues. Throughout his childhood, Kenny was surrounded by Muddy and his friends, which included his own father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (1936-2011). These same blues icons helped mold him into the person and drummer he is today and later in life asked him to provide his famous backbeat on some of the largest and most respected stages and recordings in the world. Kenny has played thousands of live performances to date and has earned the right to wear that royal blues crown. His father, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, played drums for the Muddy Waters’ Band in the early 1960’s and then again from 1968 through 1980 and was featured on all of Muddy’s Grammy winning albums. Kenny “Beedy Eyes” Smith, one of the best known living blues drummers today, learned 99% of what he knows about drumming from his father and was also inspired by acclaimed drummers: Odie Payne, Fred Below, Earl Phillips, Louie Bellson, S.P. Leary, Francis Clay and Art Blakey, Sonny Payne, Clifton James and many others who paved the way. And with those experiences Kenny has revitalized and created new interpretations of the blues drummers as he pushes blues drumming to new innovative and tradition styles.

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Kenny Wayne Shepherd Interview

The Slacker Morning Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 6:05

There are few artists whose names are synonymous with one instrument and how it's played in service to an entire genre. Utter the phrase "young blues rock guitarist" within earshot of anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the modern musical vanguard and the first name they are most likely to respond with will be Kenny Wayne Shepherd. The Louisiana born axeman and songsmith has sold millions of albums while throwing singles into the Top 10, shining a light on the rich blues of the past and forging ahead with his own modern twist on a classic sound he has embodied since his teens. In a 20-year recording career that began when he was just 16, Shepherd has established himself as an immensely popular recording artist, a consistently in-demand live act and an influential force in a worldwide resurgence of interest in the blues. From television performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (amongst others) to features in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Maxim Magazine, Blender, Spin, USA Today and more, his musical career has been nothing short of phenomenal. At 16 years old, he signed his first record deal and burst onto the national scene with the release of his 1995 debut album Ledbetter Heights, which produced the radio hits "Deja Voodoo," "Born with a Broken Heart" and "Shame, Shame, Shame." His relentless touring and success on rock radio helped to drive the album to Platinum sales status. His 1998 sophomore effort Trouble Is… also went Platinum, yielding such radio hits as "Blue on Black," "True Lies" and "Somehow, Somewhere, Someway." 1999's Live On spawned the radio hits "In 2 Deep", "Shotgun Blues" and "Last Goodbye." 2004's The Place You're In was a blistering rock record and was followed up by 2007's ambitious 10 Days Out: Blues from the Backroads, for which Shepherd and his band traveled throughout the American South to record with such vintage blues greats as B.B. King, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins and David "Honeyboy" Edwards on their home turf. 2010 saw the release of Shepherd's long-awaited first live album, Live! In Chicago, recorded at Chicago's House of Blues during the all-star Legends tour and featuring guest appearances by such blues legends as Hubert Sumlin and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. The live disc debuted at #1 on Billboard's Blues chart, as did 2011's How I Go. In 2013, Shepherd further expanded his musical horizons by teaming with veteran rockers Stephen Stills and Barry Goldberg to form THE RIDES, whose first album Can't Get Enough helped to expand Shepherd's audience as well as his musical resume. 2014 saw the release of Goin' Home, Shepherd's sixth # 1 debut on the Billboard Blues charts. Goin' Home features several talented friends who shared Shepherd's enthusiasm for the project's back-to-basics ethos. Those guests include fellow guitar icons Joe Walsh, Warren Haynes, Keb' Mo' and Robert Randolph, longtime friend Ringo Starr, Fabulous Thunderbirds frontman Kim Wilson, the Rebirth Brass Band and co-producer Blade's father, Pastor Brady Blade Sr., who lends a bracing dose of preaching to Shepherd's version of Bo Diddley's' "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover." In the months since its release, Shepherd and his band have toured the world extensively blazing a fresh trail for the historical American art form in the 21st Century.

Scott Sharrard - Southern Roots Guitar Lessons, Performances, & Interview

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 86:46

Scott Sharrard discusses his Southern Roots guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Scott: Scott Sharrard is best known as lead guitarist and bandleader to the late Gregg Allman. But his personal artistic journey – which includes singing, songwriting, producing and arranging – began long before he first teamed up with the rock icon.It’s a mission that resumes with “Saving Grace,” Sharrard’s fifth [or sixth?] album -- and his first since Allman’s death.“Gregg had a pure passion and heart,” Sharrard says of his friend, “especially when it came to being a musician. That authenticity and dedication is a daily inspiration, and I will always carry that with me onstage and in the studio.”“Saving Grace,” with the blues at its core, bears a distinctly southern spirit, seamlessly assimilating the sounds of American roots music that Sharrard has long embraced. Sessions took place in Memphis and at the historic FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. Half the album employs the Hi Rhythm Section, the other The Swampers of Muscle Shoals.“These guys are legends and heroes of ours who have played on so many life-changing records,” Sharrard says. “This record was steeped in the best the South has to offer. We cut the rhythm section and lead vocals all live on the floor, direct to tape. Old school. We let the songs and the band speak. We also had some of the best barbecue and soul food you could ever imagine, and a lot of laughs and good times with our heroes. How can you lose?”‘All those cats schooled me…’Sharrard’s travels to the heart of the American South began in his native Milwaukee. He was born December 28, 1976 – the day his hero Freddie King died – and was a club fixture in Brewtown long before he could legally take a drink.“Milwaukee at that time was an oasis for a whole group of musical masters,” Sharrard recalls. “Mel Rhyne, Buddy Miles, Hubert Sumlin, Luther Allison, Clyde Stubblefield… They were our local bar bands! All those cats schooled me in different ways, backstage, on gigs and at jams.”Sharrard was 15 when his father took him to a local blues joint called the Up and Under Pub. There he sat in with singer/guitarist (and local one-named legend) Stokes, who would become his mentor. Another was powerhouse “Chitlin’ Circuit” singer and guitarist Willie Higgins.Sharrard soon graduated to occasional dates in Chicago, with tutelage coming via jams alongside two fabled Muddy Waters sidemen, drummer Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and pianist Pinetop Perkins.Big Apple, not Big EasyThen came a chance 1996 move to New York City. The 20-year-old Sharrard, eager to bolt Milwaukee, had his mind on New Orleans. But his friend Sean Dixon, with whom he had a band called The Chesterfields, had found a rent-controlled apartment in the East Village.“That settled it,” Sharrard remembers with a laugh. “I became a New York City resident for the first time. My next-door neighbor was Allen Ginsberg, who was already one of my literary heroes at that time. I used to eat at Mee’s Chinese restaurant sitting across from Allen. It was our corner restaurant with a cheap dinner special. He’d always order the ginger fish and write! … It was like a dream, really. All those giant buildings spreading into infinity. It was so overwhelming.”Sharrard had been in the Big Apple but a year when he met iconic Atlantic Records executive Ahmet Ertegun, who mentored The Chesterfields and gave the young guitar-slinger some sage advice.“Ahmet told me that you must do it all – and well – if you want to survive as a musician,” Sharrard remembers. “He told me to get it all together: writing, singing, producing, playing, arranging. He convinced me to work twice as hard because around 2000 he saw the end of the music business as we knew it. He felt no one was around to support artists like back in the heyday of the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies.”The Chesterfields cut three albums and toured nationally before Sharrard began to chart his own course. A series of releases followed, including “Dawnbreaker” (2005), “Analog/Monolog” (2008) and “Ante Up” (2009).Ertegun wasn’t the only legend with Sharrard on his radar back then: The young guitarist also forged a relationship with Levon Helm – performing with The Band drummer about a dozen times, including his final gig just before his death in April of 2012.Sharrard remains close with Helm’s daughter, Amy, and a host of other artists on the Woodstock scene.Preparation meets opportunityIt was through Amy’s then-husband, multi-instrumentalist Jay Collins – already a member of Allman’s band – that Sharrard embarked on the collaboration of a lifetime. In the fall of 2008, Sharrard began a nearly decade-long run with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer.“I grew up on the music of the Allman Brothers,” says Sharrard. “I consider first hearing them to be the ‘Big Bang’ moment for me as a pre-teen. I’ve always been chasing what I like to call ‘Real Rock and Roll,’ a blend of blues, jazz, soul, country and folk – with the central goal being to create an original sound of your own. In that respect, working with Gregg just solidified everything I’ve believed since I was a kid.”Sharrard joined the Gregg Allman Band as a touring guitarist and later became Musical Director.The fruitful partnership ended with the 69-year-old Allman’s death on May 27, 2017. But not before Allman covered Sharrard’s “Love Like Kerosene” on 2015’s “Gregg Allman Live: Back to Macon, GA,” and again on Allman’s eighth and final solo album, the posthumous, GRAMMY-nominated “Southern Blood” (Rounder Records, 2017).Another “Southern Blood” track, the unforgettable farewell “My Only True Friend” – co-written by Sharrard and Allman – earned a GRAMMY nomination for Americana Song of the Year.Sharrard’s deep respect for Allman factored heavily into the 2018 release date for “Saving Grace.” Tracking was completed in December of 2016. But Sharrard – knowing Allman’s health was failing and that “Southern Blood” would be his last hurrah – chose to delay its unveiling.He’s now begun a new chapter with an album he consciously wanted to summarize the last 20 years of his work – and one that showcases the totality of his artistry: as guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, arranger and bandleader.In short, he says, it’s rock n’ roll rooted in everything else.“I basically have a rock ’n’ roll band,” Sharrard explains. “When I was growing up, I loved bands like Little Feat, Led Zeppelin and the Allmans. They would explore so many styles and experiment. That’s something I have always tried to embrace, and that’s how I want to present my music today. This is what I tried to do with Gregg. Now I’m continuing that as a solo artist.”Scott has recently joined the legendary band Little Feat as a guitarist/vocalist. He will be releasing his 6th solo album in Spring 2020.

Show 68

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 62:13

Show 68 – Recorded 2-22-20 This podcast provides 12 performances of blues songs performed by 12 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1978 to 2018. The blues artists featured are: Maria Muldaur, John Sabastian, Drink Small, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, Muddy Waters, Luther “Guitar Jr” Johnson, Bob Margolin, Calvin “Fuss” Jones, Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jerry Portnoy, Cora Fluker, Earl Hooker, Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, J W Warren, Elmore James, Mary Lane, Captain Luke, Guitar Gabriel, Algia Mae Hinton, Taj Mahal.

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Show 68

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2020 62:13

Show 68 – Recorded 2-22-20 This podcast provides 12 performances of blues songs performed by 12 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1978 to 2018. The blues artists featured are: Maria Muldaur, John Sabastian, Drink Small, John Cephas, Phil Wiggins, Muddy Waters, Luther “Guitar Jr” Johnson, Bob Margolin, Calvin “Fuss” Jones, Pinetop Perkins, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Jerry Portnoy, Cora Fluker, Earl Hooker, Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, J W Warren, Elmore James, Mary Lane, Captain Luke, Guitar Gabriel, Algia Mae Hinton, Taj Mahal.

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Show 67

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 61:52

Show 67 – Recorded 2-15-20 This podcast provides 13 performances of blues songs performed by 13 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1937 to 2019. The blues artists featured are: John Primer, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Speckled Red, Paul Butterfield, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Libby Rae Watson, Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, Calvin Fuzz Jones, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Paul Oscher, Robert Johnson, Lucinda Williams, Little Walter, Baby Face LeRoy Foster, Shy Perry, Bill Perry, Jimmy Rogers, Sunnyland Slim, Ernest Lawlers, Ernest Big Crawford and Rory Block.

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Show 67

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 61:52

Show 67 – Recorded 2-15-20 This podcast provides 13 performances of blues songs performed by 13 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1937 to 2019. The blues artists featured are: John Primer, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Big Jack Johnson, Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Speckled Red, Paul Butterfield, Geoff Muldaur, Maria Muldaur, Libby Rae Watson, Muddy Waters, Sammy Lawhorn, Pee Wee Madison, Calvin Fuzz Jones, Willie Big Eyes Smith, Paul Oscher, Robert Johnson, Lucinda Williams, Little Walter, Baby Face LeRoy Foster, Shy Perry, Bill Perry, Jimmy Rogers, Sunnyland Slim, Ernest Lawlers, Ernest Big Crawford and Rory Block.

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2018 Voice Finalist Pryor Baird - Songs about Truths

Beyond Your WHY

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 53:06

Meet Pryor BairdHis WHY is TrustInterviewed by WHY Institute Founder Dr. Gary Sanchez (Better Way)Pryor Baird has powerful yet delicate guitar work, and nimble fingers aren't his only asset.Pryor is very well known for his solid gritty vocals and burning slide guitar melodies. This soul-pro will be sure to get you out of your seats and moving your feet with his sound. His style is a combination of many things - fusing the traditional with the new for a unique sound of his own. He has mastered the art of making each performance tailored to the audience's liking. Pryor Baird is always a mainstage, festival, club favorite.This is a band that can take a blues standard and make it sound brand new. You don’t hardly get this combination of musical talent everyday.These soul-pros will be sure to get you out of your seat and moving your feet with their sound. They play originals, Blues, Roots and Americana with a Chicago swinging groove and a swampy crawl all in one. They have shared the stage with Tommy Castro, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Joe Bonamassa, Paul Thorne, Bob Margolin, Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, just to name a few. The Pryor Baird Band have mastered the art of tailoring each performance to the audience’s liking. They are guaranteed to bring any crowd to its feet. The Pryor Baird Band’s versatility has put them in demand because clients realize that no matter the crowd, the Pryor Baird Band will satisfy and leave them asking for more.From Orcutt, California to Nashville to Hollywood, Pryor Baird’s blues and country sound continues to attract thousands of fans and excitement. Born and raised on the Central Coast, he spent most of his time playing guitar and listening to a variety of music genres. He found success touring the Blues world however Pryor wanted more so he moved to Nashville. Baird was most recently a fan favorite on NBC’s The Voice making it all the way to the semi-finals with the Top 8 contestants. Pryor plans on using his national platform to share his fused country/blues music, and have some fun doing it!You can learn more about Pryor at https://pryorbaird.com/home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kid Andersen - Blues Refinery Guitar Lessons, Q&A, and Performances

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2019 73:12

Kid Andersen discusses his Blues Refinery guitar lessons available on TrueFire, performs, and answers questions. To learn more and watch the video from this live session, please visit truefire.com/live.About Kid Andersen: Chris “Kid” Andersen was born in Telemark, Norway in 1980. A blues fan since childhood, Andersen fell in love with the music of Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Junior Watson, and the Kings (B.B., Albert and Freddie). By the time he was 18, he was backing all the American blues stars who came through Norway, including Homesick James, Nappy Brown and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith. He moved to California at age 21, eventually earning himself a green card as an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability.”Andersen released four solo albums before joining blues harmonica legend Charlie Musselwhite’s band in 2004, a gig that lasted until he joined Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. Kid Andersen is known as the guitarist for Rick Estrin & The Nightcats with 3 BMA Nominations for Guitarist of the Year. The virtuoso also is the man behind Greaseland Studios, THE hub for authentic Blues Music in the Bay Area. Kid is bringing some of his favorite collaborators to Biscuits and Blues.

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Show 38

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 62:34

Show 38 – Recorded 6-22-19 This podcast provides 13 performances of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1959 up to the early 2018. These blues artists are: Alabama Shakes, John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Mary Lane, BB King and Etta James, Lowell Fulson, Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Lucinda Williams, Leon Russell, Little Milton

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Show 38

BluesTrain med Hans G. Hansson

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019 62:34

Show 38 – Recorded 6-22-19 This podcast provides 13 performances of blues songs performed by 14 blues artists or groups whose tremendous talent is highlighted here. Performances range from 1959 up to the early 2018. These blues artists are: Alabama Shakes, John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat, Big Joe Williams, Lightnin Hopkins, Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, Mary Lane, BB King and Etta James, Lowell Fulson, Charlie Musselwhite, Muddy Waters, Reverend Gary Davis, Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Lucinda Williams, Leon Russell, Little Milton

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BluesTrain # 11 Gunsmoke Blues - Muddy Waters, Big Mama Thornton and others

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2019 80:40

Dett är istället för det vanliga BluesTrain eftersom doktorn förbjudit mig att prata. Men det är en härlig konsert med:Muddy Waters Band: Muddy Waters: guitar, vocals George "Harmonica" Smith: Harmonica "Pinetop" Perkins: Piano Sammy Lawhorn: guitar Pee Wee Madison: guitar Calvin "Fuzz" Jones: bass Willie "Big Eyes" Smith: drums.

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2018-31

Historias del Blues

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 54:03

En 1978 Muddy Waters contaba 65 años de edad, estaba en la mitad del renacimiento de suy carrera y se encontraba en plenitud de sus condiciones. En diciembre de ese año se presentó en el Westfalenhalle de Dortmund, Alemania, concierto que fue grabado por la televisión alemana dentro del famoso programa Rockpalast. La poderosa presencia de Muddy Waters, su maravillosa voz y su carisma quedaron registrados en audio y video y hoy podemos disfrutarlo en un estuche de dos CD y dos DVD, en el primero de ellos las 13 canciones interpretadas junto con su banda, que contaba con pesos pesados como Pinetop Perkins en el piano, Bob Margolin y Luther “Guitar” Johnson en la guitarra, Calvin “Fuzz” Jones en el bajo, Willie “Big Eyes“ Smith en la batería y Jerry Portnoy en la armónica. El segundo CD y su DVD compañero recogen una presentación de The Muddy Waters Tribute Band realizada en junio de 1996. Aunque estas grabaciones de Muddy Waters hayan sido hechas hace 40 años, se destaca la calidad de audio y el gran trabajo de cámara que captura a la banda divirtiéndose sobre el escenario, algo que a estos músicos siempre les gustó hacer.

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Roadhouse 696

Talking Pictures with Paul Booth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2018 61:23

For the 696th week, I'll mix up new blues and old to go with the mix of new and old listeners. That includes Dave Hole, Carey Bell, Crystal Shawanda, JP Soars, and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. New or old, listener or track - I don't think it really makes a difference because, as always, the hour ahead is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

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Blues America 131 - Nick Moss

Blues America

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2018 58:45

Nick Moss is a formidable Chicago blues guitarist who cut his teeth with Jimmy Dawkins, Jimmy Rogers and Willie Big Eyes Smith before cutting solo records for his own critically acclaimed Blue Bella Records. He started on bass with Barrelhouse Chuck before switching instruments. Recently, he found a natural home with Chicago’s powerhouse record label, Alligator. Releasing premiere album for the label, The High Cost of Low Living with longtime bandmate, Dennis Grueling. Dennis is a harmonica ace from New Jersey who brings commanding vocals and raw harp to the Nick Moss band.

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Talking Pictures: Review SIDEMEN: LONG ROAD TO GLORY (NYC 8/18 and LA 8/25)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 9:16

Host Paul Booth reviews.... Opening in New York August 18th (Sunshine Cinemas E. Houston) and Los Angeles August (Laemmle NOHO) 25th Directed by: Scott Rosenbaum Featuring: Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Gregg Allman, Joe Bonamassa, Shemekia Copeland, Warren Haynes, Robby Krieger, Joe Perry, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Johnny Winter Sidemen: Long Road to Glory provides an intimate look into the incredible lives of three of the last Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf sidemen; piano player Pinetop Perkins, drummer Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith and guitarist Hubert Sumlin. These legendary bluesmen, who performed and recorded into their 80's and 90's, played a significant role in shaping modern popular music. The film features some of the last interviews conducted with all three men as well as their final live performances together. These memorable live performances vividly capture these legends with the blues and rock stars they have inspired including, Robby Krieger of The Doors, Elvin Bishop (recent rock ‘n' Roll Hall inductee with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band), and Tim Reynolds of The Dave Matthews Band. Personal insights from artists such as, Bonnie Raitt, Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks, Shemekia Copeland, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Joe Perry, Joe Bonamassa and Johnny Winter offer heartfelt accounts of how these three legendary sidemen helped shape their careers as well as rock ‘n' roll.

Talking Pictures: w/Interview Scott Rosenbaum Director of SIDEMEN: Road to Glory

Talking Pictures with Paul Booth

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 36:17

Host Paul Booth interviews Scott Rosenbaum Director of Sidemen: Long Road to Glory. Opening in New York August 18th and Los Angeles August 25th Directed by: Scott Rosenbaum Narrated by: Marc Maron Featuring: Pinetop Perkins, Hubert Sumlin, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Gregg Allman, Joe Bonamassa, Shemekia Copeland, Warren Haynes, Robby Krieger, Joe Perry, Bonnie Raitt, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Johnny Winter.

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Roadhouse 601

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2016 58:00

I'm feeling great about the hour ahead and so will you. I've got a couple keyboard-focused tracks, a bit of harp, some killer guitar, and vocals strong enough to knock you down. Daddy Mack Blues Band, The Juke Joint Rockers with Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Toronzo Cannon, Little Milton with Gov't Mule, and Annika Chambers lie in wait straight ahead. It's a feel-great hour, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 601st Roadhouse Podcast.

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Blues Syndicate

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2014 65:21

Especial dedicado a la figura del Blues Willie Smith

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Blues Syndicate

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2014 65:21

Especial dedicado a la figura del Blues Willie Smith

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Roadhouse 343

Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2011 59:27

Some of my favorite artists and tracks fill the hour in Roadhouse 343. It's an hour in Chicago with Walter Horton, Koko Taylor, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, J.B. Hutto, Hound Dog Taylor, and a full stage of other artists who helped make Chicago the home of the blues. They're just a slice of that sound, but they're a big enough slice to fuel another hour of the finest blues -- in the 343rd Roadhouse.

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Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast #184 - Double Up #5

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2010 50:37

This week's playlist: • The Cat (5:21) by Johnny Charles from Stratified (2010); available from the Blues Leaf Records page at CD Universe and the iTunes Music Store. Visit JohnnyCharles.com for more information. • Great Big Baby (4:36) and Highway Time (4:19) by Anni Piper, from Chasin Tail (2010); available from the Blues Leaf Records page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit AnniPiper.com for more information. • Just Because (3:55) and Up & In (2:58) by Bob Margolin, from Up & In (1997); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit for more information. • Reform School Girl (3:53) and Reel Rock Party (3:10) by Nick Curran And The Lowlifes, from Reform School Girl (2010); available from and the iTMS. Visit this page at EclectoGroove.com and this MySpace page for more information. • I-94 Blues (5:18) and Fallin' Down (4:24) by the Cash Box Kings, from I-94 Blues (2010); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit both CashBoxKings.com, their Facebook page and MySpace page for more information. • My Baby Blues (2:54) by The Delta Jets, from Bake Sale, Volume Five (2010); available from the Great Northern Blues Society. Visit the band's MySpace, Facebook and ReverbNation pages for more information. Mentioned during this show: Joined At The Hip (iTunes link), the new album by Pinetop Perkins and Willie "Big Eyes" Smith. The music you hear on Murphy's Saloon comes to you courtesy of the artists and their labels. One of the following fine organizations may have provided assistance as an intermediary: IODA PROMONET, AirplayDirect, RadioSubmit.com, the Podsafe Music Network, Download.com or Garageband.com.

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Roadhouse 221

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2009 59:10

We finish the two-show salute to the artists of the Blues Music Awards in Roadhouse 221 with an hour-long look at the 2009 winners. Billy Gibson Band, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Jeff Healey, Marcia Ball, and BUddy Guy lead the class of 2009 - the 2009 Blues Music Awards winners in the 221st Roadhouse Podcast.

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Roadhouse 221

Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2009 59:10

We finish the two-show salute to the artists of the Blues Music Awards in Roadhouse 221 with an hour-long look at the 2009 winners. Billy Gibson Band, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Jeff Healey, Marcia Ball, and BUddy Guy lead the class of 2009 - the 2009 Blues Music Awards winners in the 221st Roadhouse Podcast.

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Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast #138 - Papa Don McMinn

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2008 53:30

This week's playlist: • Flashback by Bobby Rush, from Blues Man's Ball Vol. 1 (2008); available from LocoBop.com. Visit BobbyRush.net and LocoBop.com for more information. • Trouble In Mind by Rufus Thomas, from Blues Man's Ball Vol. 1 (2008); available from LocoBop.com. Visit this page in Wikipedia for more information. • I'm the Creeper by Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, from Blues from the Heart (2008); available from ElectroFi.com. Visit WillieBigEyesSmith.com and ElectroFi.com for more information. • Bad Year Blues by Albert Castiglia, from These Are The Days (2008); available from Blues Leaf Records and the iTMS. Visit Blues Leaf Records and AlbertCastiglia.com for more information. • Key In The Lock, Last Night Baby And The Night Before and Junior's Place, all by Papa Don McMinn, and all from Home Blues (2008); available from LocoBop.com. Visit DonMcMinn.com for more information. • Trouble In Our Home by Eddie Floyd, from Blues Man's Ball Vol. 1 (2008); available from LocoBop.com and . Visit EddieFloyd.com for more information. • Hold That Train by Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, from Full Tilt (2008); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit for more information. • On My Way Home by The Chicago Thieves, from In The Windy City (2007); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit ChicagoThieves.co.uk for more information. Mentioned during this show: TheLocalTourist.com; to donate to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief, go here. Excellent resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com. (Music on Murphy's Saloon # courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

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Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast #130 - Win An iPod Touch!

Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2008 55:28

This week's playlist: • That's The Way To Do It (B.B. King) by Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, from Nothin' But The Blues Y'All (1999), available from EMusic.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit WillieBigEyesSmith.com for more information. • Don't Go No Further by Kirk Fletcher, from Shades of Blue (2003); available from Delta Groove Productions, CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit this page at the Delta Groove Productions site for more information. • Poor Country Boy by Harold Cagler, from Poor Country Boy (2008); available from the Bogalusa Music Group. Visit this page at the IODA PROMONET site for more information about Poor Country Boy. • I'm A New Man by Jason Ricci & New Blood, from Rocket Number 9 (2007); available from Delta Groove Productions. Visit this page at the Delta Groove Productions site for more information. • Honey Bee, Hoodoo Man Blues and Get Wise, all by Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, and all from ThrillVille (2007); available from the store at their site, Delta Groove Productions and the iTMS. Visit TheMightyFlyers.com and this page at the Delta Groove site for more information. • Reference Tone by Jaimi Faulkner, from BAR, Volume 5 (2008); available from BluesAndRootsPromotions.com. Jaimi's latest release, Back To You (EP), is available from LastRecordStore.com Visit JaimiFaulkner.com for more information. • Another Bloody Day by Albert Castiglia, from These Are The Days (2008); available from Blues Leaf Records. Visit Blues Leaf Records and AlbertCastiglia.com for more information. • Stronghearted Woman by Little Johnny Moore; a free, download-only single obtained from his Download.com page. Visit LittleJohnnyLive.com for more information, and booking. Mentioned during this show: my friend Nate Taiapa's blog:The Blues Room. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #130 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

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Roadhouse 126

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2007 60:15

A crossroads is a place where traffic can be pretty heavy, and where diversity converges. Traffic in The Roadhouse crossroads this week was heavy enough to bring down the database for a few days. The 126th Roadhouse is a real crossroads – a place where musicians from all over the world have converged for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. New music from Mem Shannon, Ana Popovic, Elvin Bishop, and Matt Schofield. Plus some great cuts from Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Earl King and Debbie Davies. Welcome to the crossroads – the 126th Roadhouse Podcast.

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Roadhouse 126

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2007 60:15

A crossroads is a place where traffic can be pretty heavy, and where diversity converges. Traffic in The Roadhouse crossroads this week was heavy enough to bring down the database for a few days. The 126th Roadhouse is a real crossroads – a place where musicians from all over the world have converged for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. New music from Mem Shannon, Ana Popovic, Elvin Bishop, and Matt Schofield. Plus some great cuts from Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Earl King and Debbie Davies. Welcome to the crossroads – the 126th Roadhouse Podcast.

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Roadhouse 099

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2007 59:54

The 99th Roadhouse Podcast digs up some blues gems to fill your hour. Deborah Coleman, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Mitch Kashmar, Frankie Lee, and John Jackson lead us through another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. Be sure to leave your comments on the show at (501) 588-2251 for inclusion in the upcoming 100th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast.

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Roadhouse 099