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Waters was born McKinley Morganfield in Issaquena County, Mississippi in 1913 (He later told people that he was born in 1915 in Rolling Fork, Mississippi; the reason for this remains unknown). His grandmother Della Grant raised him after his mother died in 1918. His fondness for playing in mud earned him his nickname at an early age. Waters started out on harmonica but by age seventeen he was playing the guitar at parties and "fish fries", emulating two blues artists who were extremely popular in the south, Son House and Robert Johnson. "His thick heavy tone, the dark coloration of his voice and his firm almost stolid manner were all clearly derived from House," wrote Peter Guralnick in Feel Like Going Home, "but the embellishments which he added, the imaginative slide technique and more agile rhythms, were closer to Johnson." In 1940 Waters moved to St
Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory: Blues Triad
by Doug Collette
Posers abound around the contemporary blues universe, but none of these three is among them. On the contrary, Mud Morganfield, Duwayne Burnside and Candice Ivory all transcend cliche in their work, doing the tradition proud in his/her own distinct fashion. As a direct descendant of a blues icon Muddy Waters, Morganfield carries the heaviest load, but ...
Jussi Reijonen: Sayr: Kaiho--Live In Helsinki
by Dan McClenaghan
Finnish-born guitarist Jussi Reijonen says, “For there to be motion, there needs to be stillness as its counterpoint and vice versa, since through their dance, each defines the other." Music unfolds over time. Reijonen has released a pair of albums in 2025: Sayr: Salt | Thirst (Unmusic)--a studio solo set employing a late--1940s Gibson ...
Marc Seales: People & Places
by Jack Bowers
When planning an album, one good idea can make a world of difference. If, for example, a trio is in place but a horn is needed to make it a quartet, asking the incomparable Ernie Watts to fill that chair is always a good idea. That is what Jazz Hall of Fame pianist Marc Seales has ...
Downtown Tacoma Blues And Jazz Festival 2025
by Geoff Anderson
Downtown Tacoma Blues and Jazz Festival Tacoma, Washington August 24, 2025 .Tacoma, Washington held its first annual Downtown Tacoma Blues and Jazz Festival on August 24, 2025, with a first-class lineup of new blues players, veterans and some in between. And it was free. For each band, the leader's name ...
Marc Seales: People & Places
by Edward Blanco
Seattle pianist Marc Seales, an established sideman and retired educator from the University of Washington, maintained a long-time friendship and collaboration with such jazz luminaries as Mark Murphy and guitarist great Larry Coryell, both of whom have since passed, and last, but certainly not least, tenor saxophonist Ernie Watts. Seales reunites with saxman Watts on their ...
Blues From the Top Festival 2025
by Geoff Anderson
Blues From the Top Festival Winter Park, COJune 27-29, 2025 The Town of Winter Park and Grand County have been hosting this summer blues festival for 23 years now. During that time, the festival has grown from a small start-up operation in a field to a three-day festival with national ...
John Hammond Jr.: Bear's Sonic Journals: You're Doin' Fine - Blues at the Boarding House, June 2 & 3, 1973 (3CD)
by Doug Collette
John Hammond Jr. was perhaps the first white musician to gain some measure of recognition for his devotion to the blues. The offspring of the famed Columbia Records mogul never relied on his name or rested on his laurels. On the contrary, the son of the man who signed Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Bruce Springsteen ...
Rory Gallagher: Calling Card
by Ian Patterson
Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher: Calling Card Dearg Films/Strange Music LimitedDirector: Brian Reddin 2024 If street signs named after an artist are any indication of their cultural status then there is no doubting the importance of Rory Gallagher. Streets in at least three cities, including Paris, and a Dublin square, ...
Bassekou Kouyaté At Regional Cultural Centre
by Ian Patterson
Bassekou Kouyaté Earagail Arts Festival Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny, Ireland July 27, 2024 Few West African musicians have done as much as Bassekou Kouyaté to take the ngoni, an ancient West African string instrument, to the wider world. Born in Garana in 1966, Kouyaté first wowed ...
