Oct 9, 2009 | Nashville Scene
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials at Bourbon Street
The blues has always been as much about joy and resilience as pain and anguish, but that end of the spectrum doesn't get the same amount of exposure or appreciation as tales of woe and frustration.
Storied sliders steal Big Rib blues fest
If I have this right, Lil' Ed Williams' uncle, J.B. Hutto, was a 'slidewilder.' Hound Dog Taylor, another Chicago slide-guitar blues legend who used to play with Hutto, was a little more of a 'slidewinder.' And Williams? 'I just take the slide and, being younger, look at what these guys were doing and I get crazy with it.' That makes Williams, he ...
Lil' Ed will put cap on Handy Fest
No one knew what to expect when Edward Williams made his appearance in the world on April 4, 1955.
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