Otis Rush News

To get a good idea of where Derek Trucks's head is at musically, all you have to do is check out the autographs on his red Gibson SG, the one that dominates his latest CD, Already Free .

Big Road Blues has posted an interesting essay called "The Blues Ain't No Monkey Junk," part of their annual tribute to the legendary Son House : "Patton told Laibley about House and about two other musicians Willie Brown and Louise Johnson, setting the stage for one of the blues most legendary recording sessions.

Listening set then dancing to a unique blend of swinging Jump Blues, Jazz/Funk Blues, and R&B. With Wendy DeWitt, blues piano and boogie woogie; John Boutell, guitar/vocals; John Lull, tenor sax Ray Figueroa, bass; and Luke Piro, drums/vocals. The South City Blues Band is dedicated to the groove - a unique blend of swinging Jump Blues, Jazz/Funk ...

From playing with Thin Lizzy and Pink Floyd, guitarist Snowy White is returning to his blues roots with a new band.

The Little Yough Summer Music Festival committee has completed its schedule for this 13th year of the Friday night outdoor concert series in downtown Oakland.

Midnight Flyer is a weekly, two hour program featuring a wide variety of blues, interviews, biographies and stories about the blues.

Well, there goes the trilogy concept. After a stunning late-career peak with the hat trick of Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times, it seemed that Bob Dylan might finally stumble with the hastily released Together Through Life .

The first two generations of electric Chicago blues are either dead or on the endangered list, but this double-disc set proves the style still has teeth and claws.

With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters and rock & roll ...

A weekly review of "the finest blues you've never heard" - the best independent blues from bands and artists found on the classic boutique blues labels and Garageband.com. Details and past shows available at: ...

Eddie Shaw found himself in the thick of things during the blues resurgence in the 1960s and 1970s.

Blind Pig Records will be revisiting its Vinyl Master Series in January with a pair of the label's best early releases from Chicago blues guitarist Otis Rush and the vastly underrated blues harpist Big Walter ...

Midnight Flyer is a weekly, two hour program featuring a wide variety of blues, interviews, biographies and stories about the blues.