Blues

• Warren Haynes Talks About Tom Petty, Marcus King, Neil Young, and “Naked Guy”

  16-04-2018 19:00
  Warren Haynes is a rock and roll chameleon. Whether he’s playing a solo acoustic tour, jamming with The Allman Brothers or performing a mind-altering, psychedelic set with Gov’t Mule, the front man isn’t afraid of change, crossing all stylistic territories with extraordinary skill, and pure unadulterated passion.
  Chris Dornan and I sat down with the guitar great backstage at Bluesfest Byron Bay to discuss, among many other things, the loss of Tom Petty, and Brian Farmer, his dr
  
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• Blackberry Smoke – Volume with Finesse

  16-04-2018 16:00
  Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top told Blackberry Smoke in 2008, “Stop trying to be so good. Just let the music go where it’s gonna go.”
  Do a blindfold test on the band’s just-released sixth full-length album Find The Light, and you might think most of the cuts are outtakes from Led Zeppelin III. Look at their exhausting tour schedule, and you see they’re playing the storied King Biscuit Blues Festival, but they’re also appearing on separate dates of their current tour
  
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• Book Excerpt: A Selection From Twist Turner Autobiography ‘Blues With a Twist’

  16-04-2018 14:00
  What if you could work with your idols and heroes; and all your favorite musicians? Not only would that be a dream come true, but man oh man would you have some stories to tell!
  For Twist Turner, that’s exactly what fate had in store for him. Over the course of his five-decade career as a drummer, he’s had the opportunity to work with over 40 Grammy Award winners and/or nominees and countless W.C.Handy/BMA winners. Born and raissed in Seattle, Turner left for the daunting rough and
  
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