Results for Junior WellsOne of the more noted Chicago blues singers and harmonica players, Junior Wells began playing harmonica as a child. When he was just sixteen, he auditioned for Muddy Waters and in 1952 joined Waters' band. It was with Waters that Wells cut his first solo hit, "Hoodoo Man." His other best-known hit was "Messin' with the Kid." In 1966 Wells teamed up with guitarist Buddy Guy, a long-running touring and recording partnership that ended in the nineties.“more
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by Max Mobley•June 10, 2009•
"At that point in my life, I was 27, and I asked Frank Zappa, 'Should I now learn to read music?' and he said 'no' and I took his word for it."
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by James Greene, Jr.•May 26, 2009•
"Look, I think C.J. was a great Ramone, but busting out of the gate with him on vox is both disorienting and confusing."
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by Michael Harkin and Daniel N. Alvarez•April 22, 2009•
The fact that Max Tundra and Junior Boys are touring together seemed pretty peculiar at first, as these artists come at electro-pop from vastly different angles, enough so that it could’ve made for a jarring bill. Their performances at Bimbo’s in San Francisco last Thursday, however, made clear that this was, indeed, a pretty rad pairing—their respective flavors of electro are, in each case, homebrewed and eccentric, yet tightly produced and with striking results.
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by Dan Weiss•April 14, 2009•
"A good six of the eight new songs can make it home by themselves, portioning healthy funk over another five years of emaciated synths."
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by Mark Asch•February 11, 2009•
Joe Strummer’s father was a diplomat; Joe was born in Turkey and before being sent to a boarding school with its own crest, he lived in Egypt, Mexico, and elsewhere. He was a rich white kid among people who were neither, and spent the rest of his life trying to make up for it. The Clash covered Stax instrumentals, rockabilly rave-ups, rollicking blues laments.
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9/13/2008
Just catching up to many posts over the last many months. Thanks for all the information about Bloomfield, my guitar...
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8/27/2008
2008 Jus` Blues Music Awards Is A Wrap
Latimore, Lil` Ray Neal, Preston Shannon, Kenny Neal, Joe Campbell
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5/2/2008
GoodAfternoon VaultKeepers, I would like to THANK YOU a million times for the Buddy Guy/Junior Wells Band shows!They...
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1/6/2007
Oldhippy,
Head up my…? With my old back I’d never be able to get my
head anywhere near my ass. There’s...
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12/8/2006
I can remember that my brother and I sat up in the balcony, about five rows up. There were some people with about a...
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