Roger Hurricane Wilson is just overwhelmed by the transformative power of the blues For Wilson the first blues he heard came from British bands such as John Mayall the Yardbirds and the Animals He began playing guitar at age nine in Keansburg NJ wher…

One of the foremost electric blues harpists of the modern era Sugar Blue was born James Whiting in New York City in 1950 The son of a singerdancer who regularly performed at the legendary Apollo Theater he was given his first harmonica at the age of …

New Jersey-born blues-rocker Walter Trout spent decades as an ace sideman playing guitar behind the likes of John Lee Hooker Big Mama Thornton and Joe Tex In 1981 he was also tapped to replace the late Bob Hite in Canned Heat remaining with the vener…

Washington DC-based blues rocker Tom Principato made his solo debut in 1986 with Smokin the first in a series of independent releases that also included 1988s I Know What Youre Thinking 1990s In Orbit and the live Blazing Telecasters and 1992s Tip of…