February 1992

Blues News

Blues News February 1992
Congratulations to blues Grammy nominees: TRADITIONAL BLUES: Charles Brown, All My Life; Johnnie Johnson, Johnnie B. Bad; B.B. King, Live at… – Kat Stratton

Rockin' Dopsie Rules
It's Friday night at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The pressed-tin walls of the Victorian-era dime store are being… – Rick Coleman

NewsBeat February 1992
THE DAYS THE MUSIC DIED… A pair of longtime musical greats with strong ties to the Crescent City—“Champion" Jack Dupree and… – Keith Spera

Rockin' Dopsie Rules
It's Friday night at the Maple Leaf Bar in New Orleans. The pressed-tin walls of the Victorian-era dime store are being… – Rick Coleman

Innocence and Guilt
"Forget all your troubles Forget all your cares And go downtown, downtown." —"Downtown," Petula Clark, 1964 Well, things have certainly changed… – David Jones

Guns N' Roses, LSU Assembly Center, January 3, 1992; Mississippi Coast Coliseum, January 4, 1992
On a good night, Guns N' Roses is arguably the best rock band in the world. GNR's Stonesian hard rock is… – Keith Spera

Dale's Back, and He's Ready to Plug Away
I could feel that ol' Mardi Gras Mambo madness percolatin' as soon as I got back to New Orleans...it should be… – Dale Ashmun

Paul Richell, Blues on a Holiday (Tone-Cool Records)
Finger-poppin', straight-ahead blues...no frills, just thrills. Richell plays National Steel and electric, and makes you feel like you're right on the… – Ready Teddy
Vernon Garrett, Crossfire (Ichiban Records)
A true blues and soul legend, Garrett had big hits like "Shine It On," "At the Crossroads," "Turn Back the Hands… – Ready Teddy
James Montgomery Band, The Oven Is On (Tone-Cool Records)
I first heard of the James Montgomery Band through Phil Walden's Capricorn record label, the label that introduced us to such… – Ready Teddy
Meat Puppets, Forbidden Places (London Records)
This is the Meat Puppets' first major label album, and the first since the collapse of the band's indie label, SST.… – Peter Schmuhl
Will and the Bushmen, Blunderbuss (Core/SBK)
Burning and melting skeletons, mechanized gears creating a tidal wave, blurry fast-moving figures exploding in bright light, and a whirring vortex… – Peter Schmuhl
Nirvana, Nevermind (DGC)
Seattle, Washington's Nirvana burst onto the music scene in a big way with this, its major-label debut. You might have been… – Mike Perry