From Glencoe to Monterey Pop to oblivion: Michael Bloomfield’s huge talent and unique style changed rock guitar forever, but while Clapton and Hendrix entered the canon, he faded away.
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Muddy Waters drummer Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith never escaped the sideman shadow
Even when Willie “Big Eyes” Smith won a Grammy at the end of his life, he shared it with pianist Pinetop Perkins.
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Deacon Jones cofounded the legendary Baby Huey & the Babysitters—and that was just for starters
Trumpeter and organist Deacon Jones played for Curtis Mayfield, Freddie King, and Carlos Santana, and spent 18 years with John Lee Hooker.
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Mark Morris’s Layla and Majnun gives a modern dance spin to a classic Arabian love story
“The story has been through a lot of different points of view, and I want to unite them.”
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12 O’Clock Track: Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood double-time riffing on ‘Had to Cry Today’
The opening track off of Blind Faith, back when Clapton wasn’t such a tool
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Heartsfield
Country-rockers Heartsfield never succeeded like the Eagles, but you can see them play for less than a zillion dollars.
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Rock of ages: talkin’ bout two generations
The phenomenal and unexpected success of Eric Clapton’s Unplugged record has instigated a muted revolution in the record industry. The music marketplace is currently saturating with a soporific tide of rock and roll at its most laid back. Paul McCartney, Neil Young, and Rod Stewart, among others, have all mothballed their amps, buffed their acoustic […]