The tastiest Cyber-sausages on the World Wide Webber!
I'll get some more on here as soon as I get a less interesting life and have time to surf more. - Wheatbread
http://www.lonniemack.com
Check out Lonnie Mack, the first serious bluesrocker, and one of my personal heroes.
http://www.island.net/~blues/earlhkr.htm
Earl Hooker. Wow! One of the baddest slide players to ever make it cry like a baby! Earl was a legend but got little recognition outside of Chicago. I love him.
http://www.island.net/~blues/peeweec.htm
Pee Wee Crayton. I listened to tons of Pee Wee, and one of the first tunes I learned was his BLUES AFTER HOURS. A subtle storyteller on the guitar.
http://www.island.net/~blues/slyw.htm
Sly Williama. Did you ever hear that scary guitar on BOOT HILL and I BELIEVE IN A WOMAN? Well, no one knows exactly who it was, Jimi? Ike Turner? Who cares it is great! Here is the lowdown on him and hose amazing tracks.
http://www.baddogblues.com/nighthawk/
Robert Nighthawk. Hands down the greatest slide player ever. Hawk was the link between Houston Stackhouse and Earl Hooker. Earl mimicked Hawk's style verbatim for much of his recorded work. A master!!! Learn a ton about him on this amazing comprehensive site!
http://www.vibroworld.com/magnatone/index.html
Magnatone Amps. Those incredible sounds on Lonnie Mack and Robert Ward records were done with magnatone amps. Robert Cray swears by them and if I get one I will be in heaven! This is the ultimate authority on the watery beasts.
http://www.ampwares.com/ffg/
Fender Field Guide. This site gives you the lowdown on all the Classic and recent Fender tube amps. Got a funky old Fender and need to check out the specs? Here you go!
http://www.bluesweb.org/index2.phtml
Benelux Blues Scene. This site is a good start if you are looking for gigs in europe. It is chock full of enthusiastic clubs and organizers in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. So pick up that phone and get famous!
http://www.fridhammar.com/scandinavia.html#gigging
Further On Up the Road. Info on the Blues scene in Scandinavia.
Jimmy Tee's Blues Pho-to-gra-phee!
Check out some snaps of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Lonnie Mack and Willie Dixon by Jim Richardson.These are some of my favorites, because I
was standing next to Jim when he shot all of them.
wwww.robertrandolph.net
My latest obsession one of the greatest guitar players out there right now, even though its pedal steel guitar.
www.blues-clubs-worldwide.com
New website -started December 2002 - looking to emulate its highly successful sister site:
www.jazz-clubs-worldwide.com
The
Irish Blues Club
See what's going on at J.J. Smyth's, Dublin,
Ireland, every Tuseday at 9pm. I've been sitting in here every week.
Come down and hear me belt out a couple if you like.
blueslinks
Excellent Blues links page. Learn about Blues from around the world. Link your site and become part of one of the biggest blues resources on the web.
The
SRVrocks.com Mp3 page
Get some of Stevie Ray Vaughan's best live
work in Mp3 format. Updated monthly, It usually has six to eight new
downloads a month.A GREAT ONE!!!!
Harry's
Blues Lyrics
The best resource for finding those forgotten words to
all the blues classics. I couldn't have a band without these guys!
Gruhn
Guitars
This where I go when I feel like dreaming. Have
14,000 bucks you don't know what to do with? Well, look up this page and
buy a foam green Strat from 1964. Now doesn't that feel better?
Kinman
Pickups
The best pickups in the world, noiseless and a sweet
tone. I got 'em in my cheapo Tele and they sound great.For guitar
heads only, but I felt you had to know.
wwww.kwsband.com
Kenny Wayne Shepherd's incredible website
www.banditblues.com
Here the latest independent blues releases including my own
Line6
Amplifiers
Another shameless plug, but i gotta tell you these amps
saved my life! Now you don't have to save thousands to buy that vintage amp.Line6 has revolutionized amplification and allowed a lot of poor guys to sound great too! Thanks a million!
Texas
Flood
Essential info on SRV and a great mailing list. I check
in on them every day.