This month s Bluesology column covers Kenny "Blues Boy" Wayne resurrecting the tour that Willie Dixon and Memphis Slim played together; Diunna Greenleaf as the last of the red-hot mamas; Lew Jetton & 61 South running the hoodoo down after 30 years of dive bars and Koko Mojo doing it again for the 19th time with its "Southern Bred Louisiana Rhythm n Blues Rockers."
Willie Dixon, The Shakespeare of Blues; son-of-a-legend Bernard Allison; Reddog has friends in high places; Sugaray Rayford finds the Soul within Blues; Utah s J-Red Cooley is the coolest guy in the state; and a new Popa Chubby is cause for celebration.
Grant Dermody & Frank Fotusky s "Piedmont" style of blues. "Go Away and Hit That Jive" is a fab pre-1963 comp. Bob Stroger, 92, is alive with a young band of Brazilians. North Carolina Legend Sam Moss is dead but his tapes have finally been found! Bob Corritore jams with Honeyboy Edwards.
Willie Jackson is "All In The Blues." Tas Cru goes "Quasi-Acoustic." Kid Andersen produces Chickenbone Slim and Tinsley Ellis, on his 20th album, is better than ever!