Elmore James News

A blues-rock guitarist who draws his inspiration from Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and Chuck Berry, George Thorogood never earned much respect from blues purists, but he became a popular favorite in the early '80s through repeated exposure on FM radio and the arena rock circuit.

A blues-rock guitarist who draws his inspiration from Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and Chuck Berry, George Thorogood never earned much respect from blues purists, but he became a popular favorite in the early '80s through repeated exposure on FM radio and the arena rock circuit.

The Dirty Dozen George Thorogood & The Destroyers Capitol/EMI Any musician who names his band The Destroyers and was inspired by, among others, Elmore James, Bo Diddley and Howlin' Wolf has got to be loved by anyone who owns a bike.

A blues-rock guitarist who draws his inspiration from Elmore James, Hound Dog Taylor, and Chuck Berry, George Thorogood never earned much respect from blues purists, but he became a popular favorite in the early '80s through repeated exposure on FM radio and the arena rock circuit.

The history of slide guitar goes back to Africa, where musicians playing one-stringed violins used bones or similarly shaped and smooth-surfaced objects to vary the pitch of their string.

Jazz fans didn't let the rain stop them from enjoying the music of the Ray Alburn Band and Kathleen Holman Saturday afternoon.

Mississippi blues icon Jesse Robinson wants you to come to his birthday party. Robinson's Birthday Bash is known for its freewheeling array of local musicians hopping on and off stage, jamming and mingling with the audience.

BLUES band with a difference the Mean Red Spiders will perform at the Square and Compass, near Ashill, tonight .