Living Blues #264 Top 10 Reviews

81vKcBupxZL._SX522_JIMMY “DUCK” HOLMES 
Cypress Grove    
Easy Eye Sound – EES-011

The album format of having a veteran bluesman collaborate with rock star acolytes was established during the 1960s blues revival.

Living Blues #263 Top 10 Reviews

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Ann Arbor Blues Festival 1969—Vols. 1 & 2
Third Man Records – TMR 239/240

Times they were a’ changing back in 1969—the first Vietnam draft lottery,

Living Blues #262 Top 10 Reviews

MavisStaplesMAVIS STAPLES 

We Get By
ANTI- – 87670-2

When it comes to African American roots music—for that matter, any American roots music at all—the Staples name is royalty.