Grateful Dead & Bo Didley - I'm A Man (Academy Of Music, NY, 1972) youtube.com/watch?v=tn8-...

The 1st rock 'n' roll record? An unusually fast blues record? Slice it into the category of your choosing, it's a great record no matter what, recorded 87 years ago today by Pete Johnson & Big Joe Turner: youtu.be/-cNW2dZMyWE?...

Bo Diddley was born December 28, 1928 in Mississippi. One of the best ever. *Pictured: “Gunslinger” album & me in 2011. youtu.be/ijjPEmej-eg?...

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1961. youtu.be/LUKtemhIJ_4?...

Freddie King - Key To The Highway (1971) Freddie King : Vocals, Guitar Leon Russell : Piano Don Preston : Guitar Jon Gallie : Organ Donald "Duck" Dunn : Bass Chuck Blackwell : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=EI_F...

Crying Sam Collins - Devil In The Lion's Den youtu.be/hmYABMg6Rig?... 1927 single for Gennett records

Jimmy Rogers with Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters - Gold Tailed Bird youtu.be/Nok1givmsvk?si=m2t9FeGt05sjFx2O

Blues legend Freddie King (b. 1934/Gilmer, TX) died this date: December 28, 1976. youtu.be/16AnGcB7MHA?...

Blues bass man Bob Stroger born December 27, 1930 at Hayti, Missouri. Worked w/Eddie King, Otis Rush, Pinetop Perkins & Willie Smith, many more. A few solo recordings. Pictured here (left) in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 2011. youtu.be/9HXDz3CSEyk?...

Louisiana Red - Anti-Nuclear Blues (1983) Louisiana Red : Vocals, Guitar youtube.com/watch?v=TtwI...

J.B Hutto & His Hawks With Sunnyland Slim - Speak My Mind (1967) J.B. Hutto : Vocals, Guitar Sunnyland Slim : Organ Lee Jackson : Guitar Junior Pettis : Bass Frank Kirkland : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=9xHh...

And here is the other Kilborn family of acts Christmas song-- Dig3 "Christmas Coming." Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0DK...

Howlin' Wolf - What'd I Say (Boston, 1973) Howlin' Wolf : Vocals, Guitar Hubert Sumlim : Guitar Detroit Jr. : Piano Andrew "Shake 'Em" McMahon : Bass Eddie Shaw : Tenor Sax S.P. Leary : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=GL25...

Black Ace - Christmas Time Blues(Beggin' Santa Claus) youtu.be/5VTfO1Lifnk?... 1937 single for Decca records

Muddy Waters Blues Band Featuring Dizzy Gillespie - So Long (Newport Jazz Festival, 1965) Muddy Waters : Vocals, Guitar Otis Spann : Piano James Cotton : Harmonica S.P. Leary : Drums Dizzy Gillespie : Trumpet youtube.com/watch?v=XQpD...

Sammy Lawhorn - Mean Old World youtu.be/8nvpfc52YmA?si=1ZeZjtEoMb-tmJ_3

What a great suit! Albert King (d. Dec. 21, 1992” on Midnight Special: youtu.be/WydRZHhVb00?...

Blues guitar great Son Seals died December 20, 2004. Born 1942 at Osceola, Arkansas. Albums pictured below, the “Live” & “Son Seals Blues Band” are classics. youtu.be/AWomWlbDVk8?...

Johnny Winter - Help Me youtu.be/tZwzuK7oYbo?... From his 1969 album The Progressive Blues Experiment

Earl Hooker - Two Bugs and a Roach (1969) Earl Hooker : Vocals, Guitar Fred Roulette : Steel Guitar Joe Willie Perkins : Piano Geno Skaggs : Bass Fred Williams : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=D-wi...

Blues musician Floyd Jones died Dec. 19, 1989, Chicago. Born 1917 at Marianna, Arkansas. Jones' song "On the Road Again" was a top 10 hit for Canned Heat in the late 1960s. “Stockyard Blues” here: youtu.be/4Y7OeLxOUWs?...

BOTD, 1918: Professor Longhair (d. 1980). Heard here putting his stamp on a Hank Williams classic. #1001CoverSongs Song # 63: youtu.be/BQwZEbPSEM8?...

Blues guitar great Lonnie Brooks (d. 2017) born December 18, 1933 in Louisiana. 1. (left) in 2010 at Memphis with me & Latimore. 2. His 1969 debut album (as “Guitar Jr.”) youtu.be/I8jlKKGGNNQ?...

Hound Dog Taylor - It Hurts Me Too (1971) Hound Dog Taylor : Vocals, Guitar Brewer Phillips : Guitar Ted Harvey : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=v8DT...

Houston Baines - Going Home youtu.be/-6sTanhLBUs?... 1952 single for Blues & Rhythm Records

James Cotton : Cotton Crop Blues (1954) James Cotton : Vocals Pat Hare : Guitar Mose Vinson : Piano John Bowers : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=PPBd...

Joe Turner - Stormy Monday (1978) Joe Turner : Vocals Pee Wee Crayton : Guitar Sonny Stitt : Tenor Sax J.D. Nicholson : Piano Charles Norris : Bass Washington Rucker : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=2U-t...

Musician John Weston (d. 2005) was born December 12, 1927 at Marianna, Arkansas. Guitar, harmonica, vocals. Songwriter. 1. CD 2. Autograph 3. At Helena w/Sam Carr & Dave Riley (the Delta Jukes) and me. Early 2000s 4.CD youtu.be/FjFuzclzOWo?...

Sat Dec 12 The Nighthawks Country Store St. George's DE "The Nighthawks perform blues, R&B, soul, & rock. The band is led by master harmonica player Mark Wenner. Tonight's Nighthawks lineup features drummer G. Crockett, talented guitarist Zach Sweeney, & powerful bassist/vocalist Sol Roots"

Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine youtu.be/r1AnTAw0Jas?... 1928 single for Columbia records

The great Willa Mae “Big Mama Thornton” (d. 1984) was born December 11, 1926 in Alabama. First to record “Hound Dog.” Her song “Ball and Chain” was recorded by Janis Joplin. Here’s one we used to play when I jammed with Kelley “Big Red” Taylor. They Call Me Big Mama: youtu.be/hj0KDjE1F1Q?...

Born 99 years ago today: Eddie Jones, better known as Guitar Slim, died 1959. youtu.be/3EzaI3NF5pg?...

Muddy Waters : Garbage Man (Sidney University, 1973) Muddy Waters : Vocals, Guitar Sammy Lawhorn : Guitar James "Pee Wee" Madison : Guitar Pinetop Perkins : Piano Calvin "Fuzz" Jones : Bass Willie "Big Eyes" Smith : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=5GA1...

Reunion Blues Band (Pinetop Perkins, Louis Myers, Mojo Buford, Bob Stroger & Ted Harvey) - I Got My Mojo Working youtu.be/hWqsLGeVIpM?si=_QJCl63aEnSCACST

Blues great Junior Wells (d. 1998) was born December 9, 1934 at Memphis. Raised at West Memphis, Arkansas. youtu.be/47djAb6jVJk

Junior Wells - You Oughta Quit That (1967) youtube.com/watch?v=pQHE...

Tonight, Andrew Duncanson & Take a Ride at Winston's Old Bank, Sidney, Illinois-- 7.30-10p www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGFH...

Possible birthdate* (Dec. 5, 1912) of blues great Sonny Boy Williamson. Died 1965 at Helena, Ark. *several dates have been suggested going back to 1890s. Pictured: Items from my home shrine. youtu.be/K-PhBryFuIM?...

Barbecue Bob - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues youtu.be/vqOArba2qt0?... 1927 single for Columbia records

Musician Larry Davis (d. 1994) born Dec. 4, 1936 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Davis co-wrote & originally recorded the now classic “Texas Flood” in 1958. youtu.be/lPs6Hv3nzLw?...

Steve Cropper, Pop Staples, Albert King - Big Bird (1969) youtube.com/watch?v=SSF5...

youtube.com/watch?v=zowz... Jimmy Reed Baby you don't have to go

Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters Blues Band - Bumble Bee youtu.be/8fQVGH5mW44?... From her 1967 album Big Mama Thornton And The Chicago Blues Band

Blues musician Craig Horton (guitar, vocals) born Nov. 30, 1939 at Conway, Arkansas. Died 2023. Played in Chicago, later based in northern California. -CD -autograph from 2004 youtu.be/Ah1HIfki734

Blues guitar great Robert Nighthawk was born November 30, 1909 at Helena, Arkansas. Died 1967. youtu.be/OBUvaU7OPn4?...

Homesick James & Snooky Pryor - Shake Your Money Maker (1973) Homesick James : Vocals, Guitar Snooky Pryor : Harmonica Bob Hall : Piano Bob Brunning : Bass John Hunt : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=d4r8...

Mississippi bluesman Robert “Bilbo” Walker (b. 1937) died Nov. 29, 2017. *We went to see him in 2006 and he took a break and we filled in! I got to play his guitar, also seen in this video. “Mama, talk to your daughter.” youtu.be/0bfRI0aI650

"Red House" by Jimi Hendrix, born 27 November. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_whI...

Jimi Hendrix - Manish Boy (1969) Jimi Hendrix : Vocals, Guitar Billy Cox : Bass BuddyMiles : Drums youtube.com/watch?v=0t0Q...