Living Blues #295 March/April 2025

WHAT'S INSIDE:

Wallace Coleman

Old School Is Good School

By Frank Matheis

Harp player Wallace Coleman had a surprising first job in the blues. He was hired by Robert Lockwood Jr. because of his skills as an accompanist. That job lasted nearly 20 years until Lockwood’s death. Since then, Coleman has fronted his own band and, at the age of 89, continues to present his old school style of blues.

Stoney B 

I’m Not Going to Run Away from the Name Blues

By Jim Trageser

Stoney B, son of Lil’ Howlin Wolf, has backed blues artists like Queen Sylvia, Booba Barnes, and Grandpa Elliott but for the past 20 years has fronted his own band in San Diego.

Jeff Floyd 

Soul of the South

By Christopher Klug

Florida-based southern soul singer Jeff Floyd’s musical roots go back to the funky late 1970s, but it is his 1999 hit I Found Love (On a Lonely Highway) that fans still demand.

Let It Roll! 

T-Bone Walker, Black & White, Los Angeles, September 13, 1947

By Jas Obrecht

One of the most important and influential artists to ever touch a guitar, T-Bone Walker recorded just four songs for the Black & White label on September 13, 1947, but one of them will live on as long as people listen to music—Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad.

Expounding Upon the Myths of Robert Johnson 

By David Evans

David Evans expounds on LB #293’s Debunking Robert Johnson Mythology article.

Record Reviews

• New Releases: Daddy Mack Blues Band, Frank Bey, and Little Freddie King 
• Reissues: Mississippi John Hurt, Otis Spann, and Memphis Minnie 

Editorial 

Blues News 

Breaking Out with Jovin Webb

LB Talks to John Primer 

Book Reviews 

Obituaries 

LB Radio Charts Top 50 Blues Albums of 2024 

Radio Charts