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2020 Living Blues Festival Guide!
Catching Up with 50 years of Living Blues
For our 50th anniversary we are revisiting 21 of our past cover artists and seeing where life and the blues have led them since we last spoke.
- Bobby Rush – By Mark Coltrain
- Irma Thomas – By Robert H. Cataliotti
- Jimmy Johnson – By David Whiteis
- Robert Cray – By Roger Wood
- Lil’ Ed Williams – By Alex McCarthy
- Shemekia Copeland – By David Whiteis
- Johnny Rawls – By Mark Coltrain
- Walter “Wolfman” Washington – By Robert H. Cataliotti
- Lurrie Bell – By Justin O’Brien
- Robert Randolph – By Alex McCarthy
- Thornetta Davis – By David Whiteis
- Larry Garner – By Gene Tomko
- The Campbell Brothers – By Alex McCarthy
- Jimmy Burns – By Justin O’Brien
- Bettye LaVette – By Robert H. Cataliotti
- John Primer – By Robert H. Cataliotti
- Corey Harris – By Roger Wood
- Roy Roberts – By Mark Coltrain
- Carol Fran – By Gene Tomko
- Willie Cobbs – By Keerthi Chandrashekar
- Michael Hill – By Alex McCarthy
Living Blues
In the Beginning . . .
By Jim O’Neal
The story of the early years of Living Blues as told by co-founding editor Jim O’Neal.
Let It Roll
Barbecue Bob, Columbia Records, Atlanta, April 13, 1928
By Jas Obrecht
On April 13, 1928, in Atlanta, Tidwell Barbecue’s pit chef Robert Hicks, a.k.a. Barbecue Bob, went into the studio for the first time that year to record a series of songs that helped define the sound of Atlanta blues.
Thirty of the Very Best Blues Albums of the 2010s and Thirty You May Have Missed
By Jim DeKoster
People, Places, and Things
By Jim DeKoster
A list of 50 blues songs dealing with particular people, places, and things, both real and mythical.
Fifty Fabulous Sessions
The Pre-war Era
By Jas Obrecht
Record Reviews:
- New Releases: Dom Flemons, John Primer and Bob Corritore, and Frank Bey
- Reissues: Mel Brown, Fats Domino, and Gus Jenkins
Editorial
Blues News
Artist to Artist with Joseph “Mojo” Morganfield
Breaking Out with King Solomon Hicks
Book Reviews
Obituaries
Radio Charts
