A music blog written by Rich Brown
Miles Dewey Davis III was a musician who let nothing stand in his way. The late 1950’s were an especially fertile time in his recording career. For the first half of the decade, Miles was under recording contract with Prestige records. His reputation grew, as well as his ambition. Prestige was sometimes known as the... Continue Reading →
The slack-stringed, wailing, electric guitar riff that opens “Dust My Broom” is a sound that will forever immortalize Elmore James. Although this tune was first recorded by the legendary Robert Johnson, it was the version by James that became an R&B hit in 1952. Guitar players have spent hours and hours copying that sound, but... Continue Reading →
When the Beatles first came to America they told everyone they wanted to see Muddy Waters; one reporter asked: "Muddy Waters … Where’s that?" Paul McCartney laughed and said, "Don’t you know who your own famous people are here?" McKinley Morganfield was born in April of 1913. The world knows him a little better by... Continue Reading →
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