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rate this guy highly .......and I reckon he is really underrated and a top class bluesman

He's toured Europe in July ( I missed him !! ...rats !! ...did manage to get to see Taj Mahal though !!)

this is from his San Javier, (Spain) Show this summer
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Talking Of Joanne Shaw Taylor .......17th September for release of "Almost Always Never" Here's a review ..from the internet "Musicocis" site ... http://www.musicosis.co.uk/?p=1755 Joanne Shaw Taylor has been building a massive reputation lately with two dynamite albums already u...

Sad ! ... But what a legacy !

Doesn't need a lot of words

Poster from last SRV Concert .. what a line up ??

Robert Cray has a new CD out soon .....Sept I think "Nothing but Love" and via Facebook he' popping out some teasers of the recording process on various tracks Sounds good to me ...and inetersting to see he plays and sings even when recording ... some fel!la this sounds like "Must Buy...

Hey VB ... Respect !! This is really nice stuff ! :thumbsup: Great rich tone to the lead guitar, nice clean fretting too, ( which, if youy've not played for a while is all credit ! ) and a lovely feeling to the muisc ...and that little Boss Thingummywhatsit has really captured it all brilliantly , a...

Lovely track HBl .... some very "greenie" sounding phases on this track
Delicious !!

Its gonna be a cracker ! ................and it aint bad now !!

Sorry to hear about the dreaded "grots" VB .. hope you're warbling again soon .. :alright: and Hans .. :handshake: No Problem !! I think for me there are two main questions raised by the whole "BotB" thing and Competitions and Winners and all that #1) is .. Are Music competitions...

Look guys .... I didn't say I was a fan ....I posted this as a piece of... What I rather hoped might be intersting , informatative thought provocking Blues news /data This is what cuts it in the USA today ! Like it ..or like it not ! Battle of the Blues is the largest Blues Competition in the US (an...

Well ....after all the heats and semis ... here;'s the winner of the winners for 2012 !! Long may it keep going , its a solid Competition , if you are resident in the USA ...and if you're not !!..................Well its a great source of "Not so Bad" Backing tracks ! Congrats to Mister Bo...

Just shows you what is doable ... with hard work .and dedication ! ......oh ! and a big dollop of talent too !! You can progress from .......... OkKnmwqxNvA "Joey" at 13 !! All the way to #1 in the Gibson list of Modern Blues players http://jbonamassa.com/2012/08/gibsons-top-10-modern-blue...

Have a good hols 12 bar ...........We are wall to wall Olympics over here !! .. so TV schedules seem to invade almost every space .. including Guitar time !

Super piece of work 12 bar - thank you !

Eric Bibbs CD Blues "Ballads & Worksongs " is a compilation of a whole load of traditional Blues Songs ( Public Domain )- super CD too ! Going down the Road Feeling Bad ( sung regulaly by the Grateful Dead and often attibuted to Woody Guthrie- but its Public Domain for sure) John Henry...

Welcome that man !!
Where do yiou hail from ??

I'm UK, Southern part...which means England !

We do drive on the Right side !!
Its happens to be the left ..but its the right side to drive on ! :-)

Great pics VB ..nice place !

Nice one BBP

Nice One BBP
Love the lazy vocals and the interplay on the guitars between you and your buddy is class

Super Song ! ....just wish Restaurants near me were a bit more like this !!

Last night saw the 33rd annual BluesMusic Awards being dished out in the US ...Memphis ...Good place for a Blues Awards night Don't know a lot about these particular awards, They don't seem to feature quite as prominently as Grammys ( But Hey - These are THE Blues Awards !! ) ....Here's a resume of ...

Looks like a good bit of kit VB

Have a happy birthday !!