The Red Devils were a house band from L.A. featuring front man Lester Butler. They had much success after their debut album King King (1992), but the stress of their U.S. and European tours took its toll, and Butler’s drug habit didn’t help. They split up in 1994; Butler died of an overdose four years later at the age of 38.
Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King played together for decades until Kubek passed away in 2015 at age 58. Both Kubek and King have impressive resumes filled with blues cred.
From Tupelo, Mississippi, siblings Ryan, Kyle and Taya Perry are The Homemade Jamz Blues Band. In 2007, the trio made music history as the youngest blues band to sign a record deal: Ryan was 16, Kyle 14 and Taya 9.
Got a busy day tomorrow. Big plans, y’know, big plans. I don’t know what they are yet, just that tomorrow’s gonna be busy. See you then.
On My Own, The Muffs, (2019) The Muffs were a successful punk band from SoCal, formed by bassist, guitarist and lead singer Kim “Kimba” Shattock in 1991. Shattock suffered from ALS (aka Lou Gehrig’s Disease) for several years, and soon after recording the band’s final album No Holiday, she passed away in 2019 at the age of 56.
Ida Mae is husband/wife team Christopher and Stephanie Jean Turpin, roots rock musicians from Norfolk, UK, who met after joining a soul band while attending Bath Spa University. Now they’re recording in Nashville, Tennessee.
This blues rock indie band formed in 2012 in Reykjavik, Iceland, but KALEO means “the voice” in Hawaiian. three albums and ten years in they’re already touring the world.
Guess that’ll do for now. Have a great weekend, see you back here tomorrow and we’ll resolve the world’s problems. Again.
Nite Owl, Tony Allen and The Champs (1955) Anthony Penia Allon, aka Tony Allen, was born in New Orleans of mixed creole, Indian and black parents. He grew up a few houses down from Fats Domino who inspired him; his musical resume is solid. This original version (by Tony Allen and The Chimes – Specialty Records got the group’s name wrong) was also released as Night Owl.
Night Owl, Bobby Paris (1966) Roberto Pares, aka Bobby Paris, was a blue-eyed soul singer (with brown eyes due to his Puerto Rican heritage). In 1956 Paris sang with The Golden Keys, a neighborhood R&B group, began his recording career in 1960 and eventually became a producer for Capitol Records. His first and biggest hit came in 1966 with his cover of Tony Allen’s Nite Owl, rearranged and mashed up with Tom Jones’ 1965 hit It’s Not Unusual.
30 foot waves are expected at south facing beaches in So. California due to the leftovers of Hurricane Hilary. Live surf cams here and here. San Clemente has a decent one.
[Top image: Screened patio, Orange County North Carolina (ca. 2014) found somewhere on Twitter/X.]
Ghost Hounds are a classic rock ‘n’ blues band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fronted by singer, songwriter (and motivational speaker) Tré Nation.
Lotta stuff went down last week – I got some good news, got rid of a burden, picked up another and so far I’m happy with the trade. Have a great weekend, batten down the hatches if you’re in the southwestern states, and we’ll watch the clouds roll in tomorrow.
Number 9 Train, Tarheel Slim (1958) Allen Rathel Bunn (1923-1977) recorded under various names but was best known as Tarheel Slim. Bunn enjoyed a successful recording career playing an eclectic variety of styles including gospel, R&B, blues, rockabilly, pop & soul. In 1963 he dropped out of the music business , but was “rediscovered” a decade later and resumed recording and performing on acoustic guitar until his death at the age of 53.
Born in New York, blues singer / songwriter Eric Bibb moved to Europe in 1970 and currently resides in Helsinki, Finland, with his Finnish wife Ulrika.
In 2019, Playing For Changefeatured Ringo Starr and The Band’s original member Robbie Robertson, along with musicians across 5 continents.
Outta time, outta gas, gotta go. See you tomorrow.
Chain performed their hit single Black ‘n’ Blue on the NWS9 (Adelaide Australia) program Move (1971). Frontman Matt Taylor sounds a lot like Alex Harvey with a dash of Bon Scott and why they didn’t get more exposure in the US is a mystery.
12BBB aka The 12 Bar Blues Band was the winner of the Dutch Blues Foundation Award for Best Dutch Bluesband 2010.
That’s gonna be it for now, as the Utoobage is currently frozen, or maybe it’s just my browser. No idea why, but be back here tomorrow and we’ll do something different – as usual.
[Update: MS360 decided to jump into action without my permission, dropped a bunch of crap on my toolbar, so I disabled it. Then I found it had corrupted FireFox. A reinstall fixed it.]
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