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Paul Rodgers released Paul Rodgers and Friends Live at Montreux in 1994. His "friends" included Queens' Brian May, Journey's Neal Schon, Black Country Communion's Jason Bonham, and Toto's Steve Lukather.

Autumn Cruz acruz@sacbee.com The pros are joined by students during the xxxxx"Blues in the Schools" program at Pioneer High School in Woodland.

DC writes regularly about rock and roll, jazz and the blues, composing reviews of CD's, DVD's, live performances, books and films, as well as conducting interviews.

Sierra Madre's Caf 322 offers a great place to celebrate romance on any night, but Tuesday you can show your love in a foot-stomping way when Rob Rio and The Revolvers fire up the dance floor.

When Paul McCartney asked Laurence Juber to join his band Wings in the late 1970s, there was one thing Juber didn’t mention: When he was a teenager, the walls of his bedroom were covered with Rolling Stones posters.

DAVID ESSIG plays the Tranzac Sunday , the Delta Chelsea Hotel on Tuesday and Winterfolk at the Delta Chelsea .

A helpful LAObserved reader has tipped off the public to some street name changes in Universal City that formerly honored the ridiculously brilliant musicians Patsy Cline , Buddy Holly , and Muddy Waters .

From impromptu performances at local dive bars to encounters with the visiting rock star while he rode his bike around Beaumont to the oft-relayed tale of the day Johnny Winter brought Bob Dylan to Beaumont , Johnny and his brother Edgar have a rock 'n roll history that's entwined with both American and local music legend.

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Alan Lomax's extensive archive of field recordings is being digitized for an online collection that will begin streaming by the end of February.

Joe Louis Walker opened for Muddy Waters and Thelonious Monk, hung out with Jimi Hendrix, Freddie King and Mississippi Fred McDowell, and was a close friend to Mike Bloomfield.

A variety of blues can be found at this weekend's Winter Blues Fest hosted by the Central Iowa Blues Society, yet no other artist on the bill promises to deliver an amalgam of sounds as diverse as trance blues, jazz, R&B, Afro-Cuban and psychedelic rock, as does singer-guitarist Eddie Turner.

With Severn Records reaching for the stars and signing blues powerhouses the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Nighthawks, you'd think that the Maryland-based blues-and-roots label would be content with its good fortune...and you'd be wrong! Proof that good things come in threes, Severn has announced the signing of Larry "Mud" Morganfield, the oldest ... (more)

January 29th, 2012 marks the twentieth anniversary of Willie Dixon 's death. Songs he wrote are relevant and are still played by many artists.

This Nov. 24, 2008 file photo Etta James arrives at the premiere of "Cadillac Records" in Los Angeles.

Steve Furnett, left, and Justin Collins review the layout for the gallery for the exhibit 'The Blues: From the Heart & Soul' at the Lake County Discovery Museum in the Lakewood Forest Preserve near Wauconda.

Blues is at the foundation of all American music. Elvis Presley's first single at Sun Records was Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's blues number from 1946, "That's All Right." Bluesman Muddy Waters was the first person The Beatles wanted to meet when they landed in America.

I've had seeds on my mind lately. Not surprising, given the time of year and the fact that I've... Guitar hero Johnny Winter is already a part of blues-rock history - he's been cranking out the tunes for more than 40 years now - but he went waaaayyyy back into blues-rock history for his new album, appropriately titled 'Roots.' Winter and a slew of ... (more)

Hummel's Blues Harmonica Blowouts keep growing bigger. So, this year he's paying tribute to Marion Walter Jacobs, the man from Louisiana who jolted electric blues harmonica playing with his wild style in the 20th century.

Johnny Winters, iconic rock and bluesman, will hit the stage with his beloved Gibson on Friday at 8 p.m. at The Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley, MA.