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Saturday, October 29, 2016

James Cotton - Wasn't My Time to Go (Cotton Mouth Man 2013)

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James Cotton - Saint On Sunday (Cotton Mouth Man 2013)

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Friday, October 28, 2016

The Midnight Hour - Delbert McClinton

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Thursday, October 27, 2016

JAMES COTTON - Blow Wind Blow Wind - Live at Antone's 1987.

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Hillary Trick or Treat


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In My Time of Dyin' - Bob Dylan

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SCOTTISH STAR WARS - Remember If It's Not Scottish It's Crap!

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Friday, October 21, 2016

Bob Dylan (Gotta Serve Somebody) Grammy 1980 Live STEREO

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Delbert McClinton - Blues as Blues Can Get

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Muddy Waters - Jealous Hearted Man

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Delbert McClinton - Come Together - Great Beatles Cover

Come Together is a song written primarily by John Lennon from the Beatles 1969 album, Abbey Road. As for the wacky lyrics, don't try to interpret them. In a 1980 interview John himself said, "It's gobbledygook. Delbert taught John Lennon to play the harmonica.
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Delbert McClinton - Lonestar Blues

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Lucille Spann ~ ''Make You Feel Like A Bigger Man'' 1974 - Lucille was our lead singer when I was in The Sam Lay Blues Band early 70's

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Junior Wells - Why are People Like That?

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Delbert McClinton - Better off With the Blues

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Junior Wells - Better off with the Blues

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Milt Jackson - Sunflower

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Otis Spann - Nobody Knows My Trouble and Cold Cold Feeling Denmark (Live video - 1968) With Muddy Waters

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Zee Blues · Phil Keaggy

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Monday, October 3, 2016

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band ~ ''Double Trouble'' Harmonica Electric Blues 1967

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Saturday, October 1, 2016

Muddy Waters Forty Days and Forty Nights

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The Rolling Stones, Gary Clark Jr. & John Mayer - Going' Down

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I am a great sinner saved by a far greater God,by Grace, a husband, a father, guitar player, writer and shepherd of a local Church
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Brief Music History

I grew up in Northwest Detroit, Michigan, my neighborhood had a whole lot of musicians. My parents bought me an inexpensive electric guitar and I took lessons for about six months. After that it was listen to records and learn by ear.
The first band I played in was called The Garfield Blues Band. I was sitting in the cafeteria at Oakland Community College playing the guitar instead of attending classes, and I was approached by Garfield Angove (lead singer) who me asked if I could play bass, I said yes and he gave me the address where they were auditioning band members. I borrowed a bass and an amplifier and my musical career was launched. From there I joined the James Peterson Blues Band, in Buffalo, New York, featuring "Little Lucky". Lucky was a four year old prodigy who played the Hammond B-3 organ, and had perfect pitch. We opened for James Brown at War Memorial Stadium in Buffalo, I spent a week in NYC Times Square with Willie Dixon doing some recording with Lucky at Columbia studios, the plan was for Lucky to play on The Ed Sullivan show. Later on I joined The Sam Lay Blues Band (sometimes called The Sam Lay Blues Revival) in Chicago, Illinois. Our lead singer, Lucille Span, was the widow of famous Blues piano player Otis Span. Sam played in the original Paul Butterflied Blues Band and backed Bob Dylan when he went electric at Newport. Sam also played on Dylan’s Highway 61 album. (Sam Lay is the greatest Blues shuffle drummer of all time.) We opened for the Muddy Waters Band, for the Johnny Winter Band with Rick Derringer, and for Sha Na Na. After playing with Sam I did a stint with Johnny Little John and then formed a band called Cash Money. We tried to make it in Canada but had to leave the country in a hurry, then ended up in California which was a disaster and I returned to Detroit. The last band I was in before following the call to ministry was called Sky Dive. This is a basic sketch, leaving out all stories. Jesus Christ saved me in the end of 1974 and called me into Christian ministry. I have never quit playing the Blues. Now after many years, I hope to finish my own blues recording.

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