SE 3 Ep 18 Classic Album feature - Senor Blues - Taj Mahal
“Señor Blues is one of Taj Mahal's best latter-day albums, a rollicking journey through classic blues styles performed with contemporary energy and flair. There's everything from country-blues to jazzy uptown blues on Señor Blues, and Taj hits all of areas in between, including R&B and soul… he's …
SE 3 Ep 17 - 44th Annual Blues Music Awards Showcase
“The Renasant Convention Center was packed with blues musicians, fans, and music-world luminaries on May 11th, anxious to see who the winners would be at the 44th Annual Blues Music Awards. Besides awarding honors in 25 categories, the BMAs, as is its tradition, featured performances from many nom…
SE 3 Ep 16 - Blues On Broadbeach Artist Feature
With the 22nd Blues On Broadbeach Festival coming up on SE Qlds Gold Coast from May 18 - 21, Shaun's put together an amazing selection of songs from just some of the artists set to feature. Featuring tracks by Kevin Borich, Chris Finnen, Turner Brown Band, Mojo Webb, Minnie Marks, Blues Arcadia, …
SE 3 Ep 15 Albert King Live Focus - Blues At Sunrise
“Everything about Albert King was big. He stood six feet four inches tall and weighed more than two hundred and fifty pounds. One fan who met the great blues guitarist and vocalist later recalled that “his hand was literally twice the size of mine.” He played a big guitar, a triangular Gibson F…
SE 3 Ep 14 Clarence Gatemouth Brown Birthday Album Feature - The Blues Ain't Nothin'
“The essence of my sound is thinking positive and not getting stuck with someone elses sound… As an artist, you have to have your own identity” With the great Clarence Gatemouth Brown celebrating a birthday on April 18, Shaun’s celebrating with a classic album feature from 1972s “The Blues Ain’…
SE 3 Ep 13 - Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers Live Focus Feature
“When Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor sat down on his battered folding chair, slipped his steel slide onto his six-fingered left hand and tore into one of his foot-stomping shuffles, supercharged boogies or a searing slow blues, he had one thing in mind--making people forget their troubles. …
SE 3 Ep 12 Muddy Waters Album Feature - Im Ready
Shaun’s celebrating the birthday of the great Muddy Waters this week with this classic album feature “Im Ready” Featuring an all-star band with the likes of the legendary Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Walter Horton on harmonica, and the masterful Pine Top Perkins on piano, Muddy Waters “I’m Ready is one…
SE 3 Ep 11 Cash Box Kings Album Feature & Interview "Oscars Motel"
"Fearless, full-tilt Chicago blues...fervent vocals and soaring harmonica." –Chicago Tribune "Singer Oscar Wilson and singer-harpist Joe Nosek are are experts in classic Chicago grooves—perfectly evoking Muddy and Little Walter—but they also enchant with original songs both funny and pointed." –…
SE 3 Ep 10 Live Focus - Buddy Guy - Live The Real Deal
“As close as Buddy Guy's ever likely to come to recapturing the long-lost Chess sound. Cut live at his popular Chicago nightspot, Buddy Guy's Legends, with guitarist GE Smiths horn-leavened Saturday Night Live Band and pianist Johnnie Johnson in lush support, Guy revisits his roots on sumptuous rea…
SE 3 Ep 9 Jimmie Vaughan Birthday Feature
“When it comes to the blues today, there are a handful of guiding lights to make sure the music stays true to its powerful source. The sound of pleasure and pain that first sparked musicians to create such a sound is a force that can never be underestimated. The mojo has to be there. For Jimmie Vau…