Living Blues #292 September/October 2024

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Tony Coleman

A True Bluesman

By William Wirtz

Tony “TC” Coleman has drummed behind the best of the best in the blues—Otis Clay, Johnnie Taylor, Bobby “Blue” Bland, and for 35 years, B.B. King. Coleman tells us of his long journey in the blues.

Tee Dee Young

Icon of the Lexington Blues Scene

By Jim Trageser

There is one man who keeps the blues alive in Lexington, Kentucky, and that’s Tee Dee Young. Young has spent his life making music, and for the last 40 years he has been the proprietor of Tee Dee’s Club, the city’s top blues joint.

Carlton Washington

Bluesman from the Beginning

By Mike Stephenson

Detroit guitarist Carlton Washington has devoted his life to playing the blues. Absorbing the sounds of the Motor City, Washington has evolved into a top call player and has backed Thornetta Davis for nearly a decade.

Linwood Taylor

Finding His Own Lane in the Blues

By Christopher Klug

One of the original “40 under 40” players from LB’s 25th anniversary issue in 1995, Linwood Taylor is still out there making music his own special way. 

Let It Roll!

Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble – Epic Records, Los Angeles, November 22–24, 1982

By Jas Obrecht

Stevie Ray Vaughan had a meteoric but brief career. It was just seven years from the recording of his first record, Texas Flood, to his death in 1990. His music was powerful, heartfelt, and pure. We take a look at the recording session that launched it all.

Record Reviews

• New Releases: Jontavious Willis, Shemekia Copeland, and Zac Harmon
• Reissues: John Lee Hooker, the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and Muddy Waters

Editorial 

Blues News

Breaking Out with Ping Rose

LB Talks to Kim Wilson

Book Reviews

Obituaries

Radio Charts

Cover photo by Marilyn Stringer: Tony Coleman,
Waterfront Blues Festival, Portland, Oregon, July 3, 2023.