Living Blues #235, January/February 2015
WHAT'S INSIDE:
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Vasti Jackson
I Make Music for All the People
By Melanie Young | Page 8South Mississippi–based Vasti Jackson is a true blues Renaissance man. The guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, actor, educator, bandleader and producer has had his hands in multiple facets of music since he was a teenager. Now in his mid-50s, Jackson is one of the top bluesmen from Mississippi.
W.C. Clark
Godfather of Austin Blues
By Scott M. Bock | Page 20You don’t get tagged with the moniker “Godfather of Austin Blues” easily. You have to earn a name of respect like that, and W.C. Clark has earned it. A mentor to waves of younger players who have come out of Austin, including Lou Ann Barton, Angela Strehli, Jimmie Vaughan and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Clark has had a profound impact on the blues.
Mickey Rogers
Carrying On
By Margo Cooper | Page 28Guitarist Mickey Rogers had his upbringing in two sides of the blues: the hardscrabble life of the Mississippi Delta and the mean streets of Chicago. Rogers spent most of his years as a sideman with dozens of bluesmen but is now focusing on his solo career.
Joseph “Smokey” Holman
Soul Salvation
By Steve Sharp | Page 36Sixty-one-year-old Smokey Holman was raised in the church but was engrossed by the Motown vocal sounds of the 1960s and ’70s. After decades of working a day job, Holman is now the frontman for the award-winning, Milwaukee-based band Tweed Funk.
RECORD REVIEWS
New Releases | Page 42
Swamp Dogg, Magic Slim, Shuggie Otis and Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King.Reissues | Page 66
Junior Wells, RPM Records, Paul Butterfield’s Better Days and Little Milton.DEPARTMENTS
- Editorial — Page 2
- Blues News — Page 4
- Book Reviews — Page 62
- Obituaries — Little Joe Washington, Mickey Champion, Curley Bridges, Rudy Richard, and others. Page 74
- Living Blues Radio Chart: Top 50 Releases for 2014 — Page 79
- Radio Charts — Page 80
PHOTO CREDITS
Cover Photo: Gene Tomko
Contents Photo: Kim Welsh
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