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1994 Stories by Bob Weinberg

• Sweet and Sour

  published September 21, 1994

  Sugar Blue is not one to dwell on the past. Practically raised in Harlem's famed Apollo Theater -- his mother was a singer and dancer there -- he... More >>

• Walker Blues

  published August 16, 1994

  Little Nicky Yarling says Phillip Walker is one of the best acts she has ever seen. Quite an endorsement from the juke-joint-jumpin'est frontwoman... More >>

• Romancing the Bean

  published August 3, 1994

  Don't speak to me. Don't even look at me. For sure, don't smile. Not before that first dose of caffeine is more than halfway down my gullet and... More >>

• Marshall Law

  published July 20, 1994

  Maria Marshall made lasagna for Tony Bennett. Maria Marshall ate baked Alaska with Jimmy Rushing. Maria Marshall took a hundred bucks off Zoot... More >>

• Blues Collar

  published July 6, 1994

  Big Boss Man, can't you hear me when I call Well, you ain't so big You just tall, that's all Prolific blues bard Jimmy Reed... More >>

• Hammond Be Free

  published April 27, 1994

  Perched on a stool center stage at the Stephen Talkhouse in February, John Hammond was busy conjuring up the ghosts of Robert Johnson and Son... More >>

• Tenor of the Times

  published April 13, 1994

  Bean, Ben, and Prez. It's almost a mantra for anyone who loves tenor sax (that is, tenor sax before 'Trane, Newk, and 'Nette bent the horn around... More >>

• Rotations

  published April 6, 1994

  Ted Hawkins The Next Hundred Years (DGC) Every so often you hear a performer for the first time and the experience actually... More >>

• Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

  published April 6, 1994

  "If there is a sound that says 'Chicago Blues' to the world," Alligator Record's founder Bruce Iglauer once said, "it's the sound of a harmonica... More >>

• Ryder's Storm

  published March 30, 1994

  Rock and roll is supposed to sound like Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. Rock and roll was born to be wild, loud, angry, aggressive,... More >>

• Between a Rock and a Blue Place

  published March 16, 1994

  It must have been odd for middle-age black men like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Sonny Boy Williamson to suddenly find themselves revered... More >>

• Evans and Odds

  published March 2, 1994

  By Bob Weinberg Jazz and blues. Blues and jazz. These bastard sons of the same mother have become so intertwined they're often taken for one... More >>

• Buddy Makes Book

  published February 9, 1994

  "I had a job but I got laid off," Buddy belted, answering his vocals with a stinging Strat riff. "I had a heart but it got too soft," the crowd... More >>

• Take the Muddy and Run

  published February 2, 1994

  It hit him hard, the passing of a good friend. "I'm dead on my feet right now," says blues guitarist-singer-songwriter Bob Margolin in a weary... More >>

• Coping with the Blues

  published January 19, 1994

  Do these things really happen? Johnny Clyde swears it's true. He was about fifteen, gawking at an electric guitar in the window of a music shop in... More >>

• Ramsey Jamsy

  published January 12, 1994

  "You Better Get It in Your Soul." Bassman Charlie Mingus's song title could be considered the watchword of jazz in the Sixties, especially for... More >>