Dylan called Mike Bloomfield “the best guitar player I ever heard.” But his intensity and brilliance obscured a deep-seated ...

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Jump blues was a style of music that developed in the 1940s and was an offshoot of the big bands of the day. It was essentially an uptempo swing combining jazz, boogie and blues that was popular in ...

Consistently rated as one of the most important guitarists of all time, Eric Clapton is oft-credited as a major influence on the changing sound of electric blues in the 1960s. And, after switching ...

Joe Hill Louis, B.B. King and Rufus Thomas appear on a new multi-disc compilation of electric blues, Plug It In! Turn It Up! Blues is so much a part of the fabric of American music and American ...

On Saturday night, the Chris Cobb Band is playing Pacifica Performances. Cobb who has fronted his own band since 1988, has toured and recorded with Sista Monica, and has also driven home his legendary ...

Electric blues wizard Johnny Winter died in a Zurich hotel room on Wednesday at the age of 70. The Texas-bred guitarist, who collaborated with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Muddy Waters, was known ...

This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Like many budding guitarists, Tinsley Ellis learned to play on an acoustic before he made the switch to an electric. A half century later, he has come ...