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Blues music in the Detroit metropolitan area

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Guitarist Jim McCarty shows hard-rocking side on new Cactus CD 'Black Dawn'

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  Jim McCarty is well known as a blues and R&B guitarist, first appearing on the national scene in the mid-1960s as a member of Mitch Ry...
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Monday, July 11, 2016

Guitarist Jim McCarty continues to create new music

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Guitarist Jim McCarty has two new releases debuting this summer. (Photo by Steve Jessmore) Guitarist Jim McCarty has enjoyed a love af...

Guitarist Jim McCarty continues to create new music

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Guitarist Jim McCarty has two new releases debuting this summer. Guitarist Jim McCarty has enjoyed a love affair with his Gibson  Les P...
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Collaboration produces new sounds from Luther Badman Keith

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From the opening horn riff that kicks off “Wow Oui Ole,” the first song on Luther Badman Keith’s new recording “Bluesmen Are Kings,” it is ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Dirty Basement Blues is 'Coming Clean'

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Dirty Basement Blues: Mike Conley, Joe Stanley, Bryan Miller, Pate Zajicek,Frank Grimaldi. Dirty Basement Blues is “Coming Clean.” The...
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Thursday, May 7, 2015

A Tribute to Eddie Burns on Saturday

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When Little Sonny moved to Detroit from Alabama in 1953, he met Eddie “Guitar” Burns. Burns, who died in 2012 at age 84, will be honored ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015

Anti-Freeze Festival has recipe for hot blues

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Here’s a recipe for some hot blues. Start with a national headlining act that has roots that go way back in the blues music world. Add a ...
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Joe Ballor is a musician, who plays harmonica and octave mandolin in the MotorCity Tones band and the acoustic trio Fable, Grable & Bearly Able, and an award-winning journalist. As a writer, he is a member of the Blues Hall of Fame (Blueshalloffame.org).
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