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British Blues Rock: There must have been something in the water Music fans around the world were exposed to some of the finest white blues singers that the U.K. ever produced between 1964 and 1970. Author: May 10, 2021 Top British blues singers (L-R): Mike Smith, lead vocalist and keyboard player with The Dave Clark Five, The Animals’ lead singer Eric Burdon and John Mayall. By John "Jay Jay" French I f The Beatles never happened, if the British invasion never occurred, then music fans around the world would more than likely never have been exposed to some of the finest white blues singe...

Don't show me this message again✕ T-Bone Walker found happier work in the blues (Alamy) E lvis Costello told us we were, “Welcome To The Working Week”, and the Easybeats sang about the fellow who turned up for his dead-end job with Friday on his mind. For T-Bone Walker, it was not just the job that had given him the blues: his girl had left him and now he could barely get out of bed. “They call it Stormy Monday but Tuesday’s just as bad”, Walker wails, as he works his way through the worst week of his life. “Wednesday’s worse and Thursday’s also sad”.

Paul Oscher, blues musician in Muddy Waters' band, dies at 74 Oscher died on April 18 at a hospital in Austin, Texas. He was 74. The cause was complications of COVID-19, Nancy Coplin, his former manager, said. by Penelope Green (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- Paul Oscher was 20 when he started playing harmonica for Muddy Waters. It was 1967, and he was a rare sight for the times: a white man playing in a Black blues band of such prominence. He more than held his end up for Waters, the legendary star. Oscher later recalled his old boss saying, “I don’t care what color he is as long as he plays the sou...

Where did Deep Ellum get its name? Curious Texas investigates The neighborhood’s name comes from its vibrant community of residents. The Deep Ellum sign in Dallas photographed on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) Deep Ellum is known for its music and art scenes and eclectic businesses. The neighborhood just east of downtown Dallas had a similar reputation during its beginnings in 1873. A reader wanted to know more about the lively neighborhood’s start and asked Curious Texas, “Where did the name Deep Ellum come from?” ...

At 11am on a Monday, at the corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keeton, it's quiet. UT classes remain predominantly virtual, so a lot fewer students mill about. There's still enough, however, to stop and gawk when a white van emblazoned " Austin Music Awards Winner Wagon" pulls up honking. A bow-tied Kevin Curtin then hops out with a wireless mic to deliver the award for Best Radio Personality to Laurie Gallardo. "I was like, 'Those people are [coming] to kill me!'" laughed the deejay afterward about the windshield tassels and spare tire strapped on top of Curtin's former Houston PD van.