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Today’s Music: Junior Kimbrough, Mike Bloomfield

Delta bluesman Junior Kimbrough was born today in 1930 (d. 1998). Guitar master Mike Bloomfield was born in Chicago this day in 1943 (d. 1981).

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Today’s Music: Paul Butterfield, “Born in Chicago” Two-Fer

There was a time in the ‘60s and early ‘70s when every self-respecting young white blues-rock guitarist was required to know two tunes, “Louie, Louie” and “Born in Chicago.” The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was a fairly big name back … Continue reading

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Today’s Music: Freddie King & Eric Clapton “Hideaway”

Freddie King, the less well-known of the Three Kings of the Blues Guitar (the other two being B.B. King and Albert King, and none of them related to one another), recorded his seminal blues hit “Hideaway” (or “Hide Away”) back … Continue reading

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