Johnny Otis, The Johnny Otis Show (Ace)

The Hodges Brothers, Bogue Chitto Flingding (Arhoolie)

Willie Tee, Go On And Cry (Independent)

Love You, Kelly

There’s no taller order for a writer—or anyone else for that matter—than trying to translate into words the loss of a close friend. I’m talking, of course, about Kelly Keller, […]

Deke Dickerson, My Name is Deke (Hightone)/Mr. Entertainment (R&R Inc)

An Interview with ?

It Was 40 Years Ago Today Frogman Henry and the Beatles Came to Play

On September 16, 1963, the Beatles released their third U.S. single, “She Loves You.” The song received a lowly 73 rating on American Bandstand’s Rate-A-Record segment and—like the group’s first […]

Mathilda Jones, There’s Something Inside Me and It’s Called The Blues (Southland)

Barbara Lynn, Blues and Soul Situation (Dialtone)

Music to Mess Your Mind

Every fan of New Orleans garage punk has a dream. Chances are, if you polled this admittedly minuscule—but extremely rabid—group of music fanatics, they’d reveal without hesitation that that dream […]