The Lucerne Blues Festival in Switzerland on Nov. 13 features a special 30th anniversary reunion of “The Return of The Funky Worm” with Johnny Moeller and Paul Size.
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UK welcomed a fractured Red Devils in late 1993
Amid a period of massive change, The Red Devils toured the UK in December 1993, including a show in a former public toilet in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Playlist: King King Original / Outtakes
35 years ago, The Red Devils recorded dozens of songs for “King King.” This playlist celebrates the originals that didn’t make the final cut.
The making of ‘King King’
On July 29, 1991, The Red Devils began recording their debut album “King King,” now a modern blues classic. Here is how “King King” came to be, with untold stories and a rare album outtake.
101: The Red Devils in San Francisco
SoCal might have been homebase for The Red Devils, but the band traveled up the Coast several times in the early ’90s for gigs in the San Francisco area.
In Europe, the end of the end at two 1994 festivals
By the summer of 1994, The Red Devils faced disbandment, performing at their final gigs. Block magazine was there for the end at two very different festival appearances.
Why was Jonny Ray Bartel sitting during The Red Devils’ Allman Brothers tour? The story behind these pics
Newly discovered photos from The Red Devils’ Aug. 23, 1992, opening slot for the Allman Brothers in New Haven, Connecticut, capture the band early in its first U.S. tour.
‘Bloody amazing!’ YouTuber HarriBest reacts to Red Devils
The Red Devils have a new fan in YouTube creator HarriBest, who reacted to “Automatic” and made a special plea to Mick Jagger, too.
The essential sound of Andy Kaulkin in ’13’ album sessions
Before he found Grammy success with Tom Waits, Andy Kaulkin’s piano pulled together Lester Butler’s “13” project.
‘Bad Boys of the Blues’ run the House
The Red Devils were on the bill in the early days of the House of Blues in West Hollywood, opening for Aerosmith at a private event in 1994.
