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| BRINSLEY SCHWARZ CONTRACT TO PLAY AT SALFORD TECH |
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| DATE OF GIG, 27th OCTOBER 1972 - MY BIRTHDAY. I'D LOVE TO BE 26 AGAIN! |
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
BRINSLEY SCHWARZ at SALFORD TECH SU - 1972
BRRM BEAT
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| no, not the legendary paper BRUMBEAT, but a special issue brought out for the Birmingham Super Prix street race held in the late 1980's |
BLUES CONCERT AT BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL
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| BUDDY GUY, JUNIOR WELLS & GATEMOUTH BROWN at BIRMINGHAM TOWN HALL |
Sunday, 22 August 2010
REVEREND GARY DAVIS at HENRY'S BLUESHOUSE 1971
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| REVEREND GARY DAVIS at HENRY'S, BIRMINGHAM, 1971 Reverend Gary Davis was born in 1896 in Laurens County, South Carolina. Blind from an early age, he grew up as a guitar prodigy in a musical culture, absorbing a wide variety of styles. In his teens he played in a string band with the legendary Blind Willie Walker that performed the blues, ragtime, jazz, country, and dance tunes popular at the time. In 1935, Davis recorded 14 brilliant gospel tunes in New York City for ARC (American Record Corporation), only to disappear from the scene, disenchanted with the recording business. For the rest of the 1930s and 1940s, he survived on the edges by playing wherever he could, traveling with the tobacco industry around the Raleigh/Durham area with other musicians, many of whom were also blind. Wherever there were refreshments or a little cash flowing, the musicians would be there trying to pick up some change. During this time Davis befriended Blind Boy Fuller, teaching him many songs as well as his standard-tuning style. During the 1940s, Davis moved to New York City, where he lived until his death in 1972. (www.erniehawkins.com) |
MORE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS GIG, ONE OF THE REVERENDS LAST, WILL BE POSTED LATER
EXCLUSIVE BLUES CARTOONS AVAILABLE AT THE CARTOONSTORE
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
BE BOP DELUXE - EARLY BROCHURE
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| BE BOP DELUXE BROCHURE, EARLY 70's |
Be-Bop Deluxe was founded in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, by Bill Nelson in 1972. They never played bebop music, but instead came out of the blues-based British rock scene of the late 1960s. At first they were compared to the more successful David Bowie, but Nelson never tried to copy Bowie, and appears to have disliked comparisons or being pigeon-holed. This artistic restlessness eventually led him to disband Be-Bop Deluxe altogether and pursue less commercial paths of expression. (Wikipedia)
EMILE FORD SIGNATURE
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| ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA? THIS SHOWS HOW OLD I AM - ONE OF THE GREATS OF THE LATE 50'S, EARLY 60'S WITH A NICE SIGNED ALBUM THE CARTOONSTORE |
Thursday, 12 August 2010
GEEZER BUTLER - BLACK SABBATH
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| GEEZER - BLACK SABBATH |
I don't have many photographs from the Sabbath early days, but this is a nice snapshot of Geezer from around 1970
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
TAKING THE BISCUIT
King Biscuit Boy has played with artists like Muddy Waters, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, and his fans include Keith Richards and Paul McCartney
Biscuit was the first Bluesman brought over by Big Bear after I joined the company. Amazing harp and great capacity for alcohol.
KING BISCUIT BOY - FIRST UK TOUR
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| RICHARD NEWELL AKA KING BISCUIT BOY |
Richard Newell grew up in Canada listening to the blues. He learned to play the harmonica as a teenager and joined the Barons in 1961, releasing a single called "Bottleneck." In 1966, Newell left the band (then renamed Son Richard and the Chessmen) to join the Midknights, but then began playing with Ronnie Hawkins, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he joined Crowbar and released Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970. He recorded solo material sporadically throughout the '70s and '80s (including 1982's Mouth of Steel and Richard Newell A.K.A. King Biscuit Boy in 1988). Poor health due to alcoholism stunted his career through the 90's and on January 5, 2003 Newell succumbed to the disease at his home in Hamilton, Ontario.
http://www.kingbiscuitboy.com/
NORMAN HOOD CARTOONS
Monday, 9 August 2010
DOCTOR ROSS - GREAT ONE-MAN-BAND
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| DOCTOR ROSS - THE HARMONICA BOSS |
Isaiah "Doc" Ross was a throwback to a bygone era; a true one-man band, he played harmonica, acoustic guitar, bass drum and high-hat simultaneously, creating a mighty racket harking back to the itinerant country-blues players wandering the Delta region during the earlier years of the 20th century. He toured and recorded for Big Bear in the early 70's, and was accompanied on this album by the great Bob Hall.
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| STICKER FOR TWO BB ALBUMS, EARLY 1970's |
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