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Seven BEST Roots, Blues & Boogie On the Net!

Tracy Ready — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:45:20 +0000

I have been doing a lot of blues, boogie and roots music surfing online lately. Below are links to seven excellent sites I have discovered for insight on the MUSIC.

The list is not “scientific”, “all encompassing”, “definitive” or any of those fanciful terms, just spots I like for the music I love. If you are a fan of blues music and its history, I’ll bet you’ll enjoy them as well.

What’s your favorite? Any others you would like me to know about? Hope so! Comment below if you please… Thanks!

Willie Dixon courtesy The Willie Dixon Fan Club

Music News: I Live the Life I Love – Trace Relations Band

Tracy Ready — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:55:24 +0000

“I see you watching me like a hawk. I don’t mind about the things you talk. But if you touch me something’s got to give. I live the life I love and I love the life I live.” ~ Willie Dixon

Granddad to the Blues: Willie Dixon

Tracy Ready — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:17:15 +0000

As a kid, I was into music. I was fortunate to grow up listening to a musical stew brewed up by my older brothers and their friends whose taste was, let’s say, “diverse”.
The Beatles, Cream, Harry Chapin, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, and Little Feat shared a room sometimes with Count Basie and his Orchestra, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and BB King. Out back on the patio? Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, ZZ Top, Charlie Daniels Band and the Edgar Winter Group.

Willie Dixon courtesy of The Willie Dixon Fan Club

What does this have to do with Willie Dixon?
All of it. As I got older, I dug deeper into the history of the blues and discovered roots to all the music I was already into, burrowed deep in the psyche of the bands I loved. Time and time again, I was led to the music of Willie Dixon.
Keep going! 6 videos featuring the music of Willie Dixon>>>
First, it happened listening to The Allman Brothers Band recording of “Hoochie Coochie Man”. I used to play the grooves out of the Allman’s “Beginnings” double album (their first 2 albums put in one set). I loved the track but noticed it wasn’t written by them. It was written by Willie Dixon.

Music Fix: Freddie King “Have You Ever Loved A Woman”

Tracy Ready — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:32:29 +0000

The great Freddie King who hailed from Dallas, Texas and tore up stages all over the world with his blistering brand of electric blues. Often imitated, never duplicated - Freddie King! FREDDIE KING GREAT LIVE PERFORMANCE VIDEO 1973

South Texas Soul Documentary Features Legendary Texas Musician Augie Meyers

Tracy Ready — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:40:58 +0000

South Texas Soul: The San Antonio Sound – Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm and the history and influence of South Texas on popular music of today. Documentary filmmaker Tracy Ready examines the influence of German, Polish and Irish immigrants in South Texas on popular music styles including Country, Tejano, Blues and Rock and Roll, from a unique perspective.

Music Fix: Late, Great Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown

Tracy Ready — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:15:26 +0000

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was born April 18, 1924 in Vinton, Louisiana and died September 10, 2005 in Orange, Texas. While known primarily as a "bluesman", he hated such titles. He was a master musician who defied being pigeonholed in any genre. His live shows ranged the gamut of American music. Jazz, rock, blues, cajun and bluegrass came soaring out of this man, who grinned through it all.

"I play American and World music, Texas style." - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown

>>READ ON >> Check out four videos from Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown >>

Missin’ Miss Marcy Mondays, Goodbye Pearl

Tracy Ready — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 15:24:26 +0000

Goodbye to Pearl, a great blues club in Dallas, Texas whose owners are shutting the doors after four years of providing top notch blues and jazz acts a great venue to play downtown. Victims of an economy in which many can't afford to drive downtown, pay for parking and attend shows, the closing of Pearl is a tragic loss to the musical soul of Dallas. >READ ON > See 2 videos from Miss Marcy & her Texas Sugardaddys >>

Music Fix: Larry Carlton “Night Sweats”

Tracy Ready — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:39:38 +0000

Larry Carlton, guitarist deluxe ~ He's a "musician's musician", able to play with fluidity and grace in a wide variety of styles and formats. I'm particularly partial to his more electric jazz, rock and blues fusion bands but he's also made his name in "smooth jazz" as an acoustic player. My favorites are ones like this.. NIGHT SWEATS.

Attention: Texas Music History Freaks, Fans and Aficionados!

Tracy Ready — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:29:13 +0000

Dallas Public Library’s second Texas Music Conference will explore the issues involved in collecting, preserving, and documenting Texas music history. Writers, archivists, scholars, collectors, librarians, and filmmakers will discuss methods, questions, resources, obstacles, and discoveries they have encountered in the course of their involvement with this history.

Miss Marcy & her Texas SugarDaddys CD Release at Pearl!

Tracy Ready — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:50:26 +0000

The stars are aligning in the muggy North Texas heat this week. Miss Marcy and her Texas Sugardaddies, a group of some of my favorite Dallas players are releasing new CD with a show at my favorite blues club in the world (and believe me I've been to a bunch) - PEARL in Dallas, Texas. Friday night June 11, 2010 This will be a flat out Texas music blast as Miss Marcy takes the stage in her baudy, in your face, struttin' diva vocal best, flanked by some of the finest blues and jazz players in the region - Her normal "SugarDaddys" are Mike Beall, Bass and Dave Burris, Guitar. They will be joined for this special show by Cheryl Arena, Harmonica, Freddie Jones, Trumpet and Drummer / Producer Ian Falgout, who also all appear on the debut CD, available for sale at the show.