Tag: Bo Diddley
Savoy Brown – Neon & Shadows
With a brand new album City Night out on Quarto Valley, Kim Simmonds brings the vibrant Savoy Brown trio to London for a special gig. Pete and Kim catch up backstage to discuss the new record and related matters…
Read MoreSantana – In Search Of Mona Lisa EP
I really like Carlos’ Santana’s occasional sorties into tangential projects. This release was triggered by his viewing of the famous Mona Lisa painting in The Louvre in Paris.
Read MoreMark Butcher – Now Playing
A long-awaited second album from the singer and guitarist, who often appears in the all-star Boom Band (featuring our pals Matt Taylor and Jon Amor) live performances. Here, Mark is in the company of Smiley Barnard, drums and Andy Lewis bass plus Alex Richards keys and Pete Twyman on guitar and keys.
Read MoreSavoy Brown – City Night
Now a well-established trio, this new set of songs has the crew with nothing to prove bar the quality of the material. A good place to be!
Read MoreJon Paris – A Man For All Seasons
The Johnny Winter Band, Elephants Memory, Link Wray..if anyone could claim to be a true rock-blues journeyman, Jon Paris is that man. Here, Pete and Jon discuss matters past, present and future…
Read MoreRobert Randolph (Robert Randolph And The Family Band) – Steelin’ The Spotlight
It is some sixteen years now that steel guitar ace and singer Robert Randolph met up with Pete the afternoon before he and The Family Band played their London debut at Dingwalls in Camden. Now older and wiser, Randolph does not seem to have lost any of his zest for life – indeed with a brand new album Brighter Days coming out on Mascot, the musician appears ready to rock out once more…
Read MoreMatt Andersen Announces New Album And March 2019 UK Tour
He has a big guitar, that big voice and a big presence…yet can shrink a sizable room into a...
Read MoreKenney Jones (Part One)
If there is a rock music autobiography you MUST read, it’s drummer Kenney Jones’ tome LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL. It’s informative, colourful and authentic as the life of this family man unrolls.
Kenney and I met over tea to talk about his story and the characters he learned from and worked with…
Read MoreMud Morganfield – Fathers And Sons
One of the earliest blues shows your scribe took in, many decades ago was by Muddy Waters, with Otis Spann on piano and Paul Oscher on the harp, in Tolworth at The Toby Jug. My mis-spent youth eh? Now, some fifty years later, here I am talking with one of Muddy’s sons, Mud Morganfield, also known as Muddy Waters Jnr!
Read MoreMari Wilson
A singer’s singer, knowledgeable and melodic BUT with that jazzy feel that enables her to bring a freshness to her material. Just Listen To This had the chance to speak with Mari at her Cornbury Festival appearance. Her answers to our questions give a clue as to how she has sustained a career, thank you Ms Wilson…
Read MoreErja Lyytinen Plus Special Guests, November 2018, The Borderline, London, United Kingdom
On an Autumnal November night I made my way across London to the famous club The Borderline for an evening of blues rock guitar from Erja Lyytinen who was in the country for a short headline UK Tour.
Read MoreBilly F. Gibbons – Big Bad Blues
When recently having the pleasure of reviewing a box set of the second five ZZ Top albums, I was reminded of their organic assimilation of the finest elements of The Blues. The band is able to approach rock and blues music from any direction and pull it off, such is their musical skill and ability to invent but stay melodic.
Read MoreThe Little Red Rooster Blues Band – Lock Up The Liquor
This outfit presents original material in their own style and comprises Kevin McCann on guitar, Dave Holtzman on harp, Jeff Michael bass and drummer Bob Holden.
Read MoreBilly F. Gibbons Announces New Solo Album
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Read MoreElise LeGrow – My Blues Top Ten
When Pete Sargeant met the Canadian songstress in London he suggested a Top Ten Blues piece. So we are pleased to present now Elise’s choices and reasoning…
Read MoreLove – Forever Changes (50th Anniversary Special Edition)
Is it really fifty years that this singular West Coast album has been thrilling us and intriguing us?
Read MoreElise LeGrow – Playing Chess
Intriguing, sharply-honed, impactful…and so is her record. Having met this Canadian songstress in London to talk this release, listening to it makes more and more sense. For this chanteuse has her own twist on personality, looks and music.
Read MoreMac Rebennack – Good Times In New Orleans 1958-62
Mac Rebennack is better known these days as Dr John, that very name bringing back memories of his spooky early morning performance wrapping up the Bath Music Festival…but here he is in earlier times, in the studio embellishing various recordings on keys and on guitar.
Read MoreWilko Johnson – Keep It To Myself (The Best of Wilko Johnson)
I have recently spoken to the guitar man in black we know as Wilko Johnson for a third installment in our series of chats about him, his life, his music – watch this site for the publication of that.
Read MoreGimme Danger – The Story Of The Stooges (Film Soundtrack)
Gimme Danger – The Story Of The Stooges Film Soundtrack (Rhino / Warners) Ah The Stooges! Back In...
Read MoreLol Goodman Band – Just Wanna Say…A Little Bit More
If you handed a bunch of chefs the same bag of ingredients and asked them to produce a dish, they would likely all come back with something different, something of their own…and if you were to hand Lol Goodman and crew a set of instruments and a free hand THIS is what you’d get.
Read MorePopa Chubby – The Catfish
The big man is back with his kerosene guitar licks and powerful voice and for those who love his urban, edgy style it’s great news. For me, he’s like Eric Gales in that he is consistently punchy as a player and deliverer of songs but really hits home on the higher-quality material.
Read MoreCliff Richard – Just… Fabulous Rock’n’Roll
Cliff Richard Just…Fabulous Rock’n’Roll (Sony Music) Richard soon lost his very early tag as the...
Read MoreDave Hanson – Almost Horizontal
Dave Hanson Almost Horizontal (Six String Social Records) “Dave Hanson’s...
Read MoreJoe Bonamassa – Blues of Desperation
Joe Bonamassa Blues of Desperation (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) So the dark-glassed dynamo plus...
Read MoreWalter Trout New Album and November 2015 UK Tour Announcement
Walter Trout New Album and November 2015 UK Tour Announcement Joyful, energized guitar-and-vocal...
Read MoreThe Pretty Things
The Pretty Things On The Record A new Pretty things album?? Yes please – time for JLTT to catch up...
Read MoreThe Pretty Things – A Personal Selection
THE PRETTY THINGS – A Personal Selection Over 51 years, this great British group has recorded some...
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