What, has Friday come again already. Let it be so. Here's this week's installment of Friday Blues Blogging, a reunited lineup of Denny Freeman and the Cobras:
Friday Jul 31, 2009
Friday Jun 26, 2009
Wow, I'm really blown away by this Brazilian blues musician, Igor Prado. Here he is working out on some West Coast style swing tune:
More info on his MySpace site.
Friday May 29, 2009
How about some classic Sonny Boy II (Rice Miller), blowing his way through "Your Funeral, My Trial."
Friday May 15, 2009
Another work week come and gone, another edition of Friday Blues Blogging. This time, we have Shawn Pittman performing Magic Sam's "Lookin' Good."
Friday May 01, 2009
It's Friday, the end of the week, and time for another edition of Friday Blues Blogging. This time, sit back and enjoy Buddy Guy work out on First Time I Met the Blues. That's the great Dave Meyers on bass, by the way.
Friday Apr 10, 2009
Friday Blues Blogging, this time, Derek Trucks. There is such a ringing, singing, lyrical aspect to his playing, you can't help but just be awed. Here he is, beginning with some single string action, then switching to slide at the end for a crescendo flurry.
Friday Mar 27, 2009
A return to Friday Blues Blogging, after a many months' sabbatical. Today's edition: Lightning Hopkins doing his version of Baby Please Don't Go. Enjoy.
Friday Jan 23, 2009
As has been noted here on BSC and in the press, Sun had a RIF yesterday. To my friends and esteemed colleagues who are now off to new adventures, I wish you good luck and blessings.
You will be missed on so many levels.
Friday Oct 10, 2008
Ever at the forefront these days of innovative email services, Gmail does it again with its Mail Goggles. Now you can say goodbye to those regrettable emails that caused you nothing but grief, shame, and embarrassment.
Friday May 02, 2008
Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter. Footage of Walter is very rare to come by. But this pairing with Hound Dog is quite nice indeed.
BTW, Hound Dog had six fingers:
Friday Apr 25, 2008
This week's edition of Friday Blues Blogging: Louisiana Red (that's Carey Bell on harp and Jimmy Rogers on second guitar):
More info on Red here.
Friday Apr 18, 2008
I guess this vid has been out there for a while, but this is my first time coming across it.
Today's edition of Friday Blues Blogging: a little something from the oft-overlooked Pee Wee Crayton:
Thursday Apr 10, 2008
The things you learn while at a Comms Summit dinner. John D knows what I'm talking about. I do have the photo proof, but right now, I can't figure out how upload from my camera to a SunRay. You'll just have to wait.
Update:
Here's our Latvian server on the far right.
As JohnD indicates in Comments, there was a lot of stress from our sometimes confusing and out-of-sequenced requests. Nonetheless, no food was dropped in the process and we all left feeling that we had come across a high-scalable and performant server indeed.
Friday Mar 07, 2008
Take a break for some blues. Blind Willie Johnson's "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground." Chilling.
Note: The first pic that comes up is not Blind Willie Johnson, but Blind Willie McTell.
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