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Born Under a Bad Sign

Label: Stax Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Born Under a Bad Sign; Crosscut Saw; Kansas City; Oh, Pretty Woman; Down Don’t Bother Me, The Hunter; I Almost Lost My Mind; Personal Manager; Laundromat Blues; As The Years Go Passing By; The Very Thought of You; Born Under a Bad Sign (alternate); Crosscut Saw (alternate); The Hunter (alternate); Personal Manager (alternate); Untitled Instrumental.

Article: Live Review

Buddy Guy at the NYCB Theatre at Westbury

by Mike Perciaccante
October 12, 2013

Buddy Guy with Special Guest Quinn Sullivan NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY October 3, 2013 Legendary Chicago guitarist Buddy Guy has seen and done it all. He is one of the greatest guitarists of his generation. The Louisiana-born, Guy was exposed to the blues at a young ...

Article: Interview

Mike Clark: East Bay Funk

by George Colligan
September 25, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]I remember the first time I heard the classic Herbie Hancock album Thrust (Columbia, 1974). It was on the radio, if you can believe it. The song “Actual Proof" burned into my brain: I had been a fan of Herbie's, especially of ...

Article: Album Review

Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign

Read "Born Under a Bad Sign" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
April 4, 2013

First things first. Left-handed blues guitarist Albert King played a right-handed, right-strung guitar turned upside down. Left-handed blues guitarist Jimi Hendrix played a right-handed, left-strung guitar upside-down.That said..When Albert King came to Memphis and signed with Stax records in 1966, no parties knew exactly what effect King's blues sensibilities would have on ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Burks: Show of Strength

Read "Show of Strength" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 2, 2013

Michael “Iron Man" Burks grew up playing guitar. A quick study, he soon began leading the blues, rhythm and blues and soul house bands that backed O.V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor and other stars as they passed through the R&B circuit near his Arkansas hometown. Then, Burks put his own career aside for two decades to make ...

Article: From the Inside Out

Requiems, Remodels & Remembrances

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 28, 2013

Michael BurksShow of StrengthAlligator Records2012 Michael “Iron Man" Burks grew up playing guitar. A quick study, he soon began leading the blues, rhythm and blues and soul house bands that backed O.V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor and other stars as they passed through the ...

News: Recording

Albert King's Late '60s "Born Under A Bad Sign" To Be Reissued On Stax Records

February 21, 2013

Release teems with King’s best-known songs: “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Crosscut Saw,” “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Laundromat Blues.” Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the MGs, the Memphis Horns and Stax’s songwriters help make it an all-time blues classic. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert King’s ...

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Article: Interview

William Ellis: Music On A Chink Of Light

by Ian Patterson
February 15, 2013

[ Editor's Note: “Music On A Chink Of Light" was originally published on August 4, 2010. This encore presentation coincides with William Ellis's new column One LP. ]Black and white photographs of jazz legends taken by the likes of Herman Leonard, William P. Gottlieb and William Claxton have gained iconic status over the years. ...

Article: Talkin' Blues

Jimmy Herring: Talkin' Blues, Bluegrass and More

by Alan Bryson
November 14, 2012

The spark of bringing together unusual combinations, like a classically trained bluegrass fiddler, a Cameroonian bassist, and a high energy guitarist, could have resulted in a musical culture clash, but for Jimmy Herring the bet paid off. While he might be modest and deferential on a personal level, his latest album is bold and expansive. It ...

Article: Interview

Charlie Hunter: Roots, Hard Work & Inspiration

by Doug Collette
October 8, 2012

A self-proclaimed boutique artist, guitarist Charlie Hunter could not be more proud of his work or the audience that enjoys it. He is ultimately modest about his achievements, such as they are, emphasizing the work he's put in over the years in a variety of formats, honing a craft he honestly and rightly believes represents his ...