Author Archives: peterblowry

VARIOUS ARTISTS                                                                                                                         Groove Jumping!                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD 17388 AH VARIOUS ARTISTS                                                                                                                               Still Groove Jumping!                                                                                                                           Bear Family BCD 17391 AH Aptly described as “Rockin’ R&B Tracks from RCA’s Groove Label”, these CDs are reboots of two LPs that came out on … Continue reading →

EUGENE “HIDEAWAY” BRIDGES                                                                                           Roots and Vines                                                                                                                         Armadillo 00034 Glory Glory/Farewell, My Darling/My Baby Loves Me/Good Old Days/Hold on/They Call the Wind Mariah/Rise Above It/I Will Still Be in Love With You/A Thing Called Love/Under my Roof/17 Miles to Go/How Long … Continue reading →

BIG MAMA THORNTON: The Life and Music.                                                                    Michael Spörke                                                                                                                          McFarland (2014) Jefferson, NC. (188 pp) What a great idea for a book! And it begins well for the first thirty-some pages and then falls into a bit of a hole. … Continue reading →

PHIL WIGGINS & DOM TURNER                                                                                               Owing the Devil a Days Work                                                                                                           No label/no release # OK, folks, it’s recent LB cover guy Phil recorded with Turner in Sydney, Australia last October: They are old friends and will be playing the … Continue reading →

Encyclopedia of the Blues. 2 volumes. Edited by Edward Komara.                             (New York: Routledge, 2006.                                                                                                                 Pp lxii (x2 [sic]) + 1208; introduction, photographs, musical notation, bibliographies, discographies, indices. ISBN 0-415-92699-8                                                                 US$295.00 (cloth). This is a set of books that I have … Continue reading →