Junior Wells News

Clint Broussard is a local boy who was born with the music of the Gulf Coast in his chromosomes.

Amos Blackmore was born this day in 1934 in Memphis, Tennessee...better known as Junior Wells , and to his fans as the "Godfather of the Blues," Wells was able to grab an audience by the ears and take them on a musical roller-coaster ride with his unique spin on the classic Chicago blues sound.

Today is the birthday of one of my blues musician heros, Junior Wells. According to Wikipedia; Junior Wells , born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., was a blues vocalist and harmonica player based in Chicago, who was famous for playing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, The Rolling Stones and Van Morrison.

Tooted as 'the John Mayall of New England' by 'Woofa Goofa Mama Toofa' himself Peter Wolf, James Montgomery is a blistering blues master who plays a mean harmonica and knows how to 'bring it on home.' Learning the blues from legendary 'Chessmates' James Cotton, John Lee Hooker and Junior Wells, Montgomery is a torchbearer in the traditional blues ...

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He's married to a gorgeous Boston woman who happens to be one of the finest blues/soul musicians around.

VINELAND -- Peter Tork feels everything is right with the world when the blues rock the house.

This week's edition of Friday Blues Blogging: Junior Wells and Buddy Guy performing "Hoodoo Man Blues." Here they are from 1985: Probably one of my favorite blues albums of all time, Hoodoo Man Blues contains some of the best harp/guitar music on the planet.

Chicago blues guitarist Keith Scott continues his latest foray into Montana tonight and Saturday at Izaak's in Craig.

Saturday afternoon at the Monterey Jazz Festival has a certain reputation - a good one, in case you were wondering.

Usually on Saturday, I post a blues music video. This Saturday Evening Blues streak dates back nearly two years, to November 17, 2007, when I posted Hoodoo Man Blues by Junior Wells and Buddy Guy.

BLUES: Ax man Albert Castiglia has been all over the place, geographically speaking.

Europe's hottest blues-rock guitarist may well be Ana Popovic, a young blueswoman born in the former Yugoslavia, but currently based in The Netherlands.

Two acts come to mind when John Nemeth 's salty 2009 Blind Pig LP Love Me Tonight hits the speakers: Slim Harpo and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

Junior Wells and John Belushi must have been grinning up from wherever they are now - mumbling and slurring with cocaine-and-Tanqueray-addled approval at "Doc" Holliday's riffing over the keyboard - a faux Hammond B-3 setting - while belting into the mike, "Call it what you like, I call it messin' with the kid!" Tropical heat clamped down THEATRX ...

Most schooled music fans know James Montgomery and J. Geils as the names at the forefront of their respective bands since the '70s. The two longtime friends get down with the blues for the next show in the 2009 Summer Music Series at 8 p.m. Saturday at Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Road .

On June 9th, 1989, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells performed a memorable set of acoustic blues at the Front Porch stage during the Chicago Blues Festival.