Music
George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Live in Boston 1982 (Rounder Records)
Along with Texas’ Fabulous Thunderbirds, New England’s J. Geils Band and California’s Mighty Flyers, Delaware’s George Thorogood and the Destroyers were products of the second blues revival. Having not listened […]
Classic Songs of Louisiana: Aaron Neville’s “Tell It Like It Is”
As illogical as it sounds, a million-selling record can actually bankrupt the company that manufactures and distributes it. Such was the fate for the hypnotic “Tell It Like It Is.” […]
Obituary: Solomon Burke (1940-2010)
“There’s a song that I sing, and I believe if everyone would sing it, it would save the whole world.” —Solomon Burke, “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love” The righteous “Bishop” […]
Bobby Charles, See You Later, Alligator (Bear Family Records)
As widely revered an American songwriter as Bobby Charles was, it’s curious that none of his early material has ever been reissued domestically on compact disc. In fact, if memory […]
Otis Redding, Live On Sunset Strip (Stax Records)
The true test of the worthiness of a live album is when the listener says to him or herself, “I wish I’d have been at that show.” This is such […]
Kenny Neal, Hooked On Your Love (Blind Pig Records)
Like the jazz tradition in New Orleans and zydeco music’s in South Louisiana, many of the current blues artists that from Baton Rouge are second, and even third generation musicians. […]
Troy Turner, Whole Lotta Blues (Evidence Records)
The title of this one is somewhat misleading. A better one might well be A Little Bit of Blues and Let’s Rock a While. The former Baton Rouge guitarist recorded […]
Lloyd Price: Adults Only
By virtue of recording the classic R&B “Lawdy Miss Clawdy” in 1952, Kenner’s Lloyd Price is not just a pioneer of rock ’n’ roll, he just might well be the […]
Big Daddy ‘O’, Used Blues (Rabadash Records)
As the title implies here, most of these songs have been around the block more than once. But that’s not to say that they’re all worn out. Big Daddy ‘O’—Owen […]
Janiva Magness, The Devil Is An Angel Too (Alligator Records)
Not many folks in the People’s Republic of South Louisiana have heard of the R&B chanteuse Janiva Magness. Despite a late entry into the field of entertainment, she was deemed […]
