Category Archives: Blues

Little Richard………comes to Manchester in 1963

Posted on June 10, 2017 by kindadukish

In 1963 I was fifteen years old and just getting into my stride with pop music. There was little opportunity to listen to pop music as the BBC rigidly controlled the airwaves and looked down on popular music with considerable … Continue reading →

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Paul Butterfield Blues Band play “East-West”

Posted on March 31, 2016 by kindadukish

Back in the 1960s at the height of “Beatle mania” many of the British bands were taking music from the blues and R&B artists in America and Anglicising them with remarkable success. People like Georgie Fame, Graham Bond, John Mayall, … Continue reading →

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The greatest rock band of all time………..

Posted on February 2, 2016 by kindadukish

My musical education started in the earl 1960s with the Rolling Stones, Beatles, Yardbirds and the godfather of British R&B Cyril Davis. I then began to investigate original Blues artists such as Sleepy John Estes, Sony Terry and Brownie Mcghee, … Continue reading →

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Marsden Jazz Festival 2015

Posted on October 11, 2015 by kindadukish

I normally spend a good part of two days wandering around the festival, taking in free concerts and watching the hundreds of people who descend on this small West Yorkshire village once a year for the “International Jazz Festival” Shock, … Continue reading →

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Greatest opening to a rock and roll song………………..?

Posted on July 8, 2015 by kindadukish

I have spent the last 50 years collecting records (of every genre) and the other day I was thinking about what is the best opening to any record that I have either heard or bought? I was thinking of the records … Continue reading →

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B.B.King………….one of the last of the great “Blues men”

Posted on May 15, 2015 by kindadukish

One of the few remaining great blues men has died. The death of B.B.King was announced today and so that legacy of great blues men gets shorter and shorter. Born in 1925 King has had a long and successful career … Continue reading →

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