“My idea was … a raw, hard-edge blues unit,” Kid Ramos tells nofightin.com about 1997’s mythical supergroup Snake Snake, fronted by Lester Butler.
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ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, 1949-2021
Dusty Hill, the man who held down bass guitar duties and lent his unmistakable vocals to hits such as “Tush,” “Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers” and “Heard It on the X,” died Wednesday, July 28, 2021. He was 72. He had been off the road for a short while, with ZZ’s guitar tech Elwood FrancisContinue reading “ZZ Top’s Dusty Hill, 1949-2021”
Bateman drums: Old school, new ideas from Blasters legend
Legendary Blasters & Red Devils drummer Bill Bateman shares his drum-building secrets (and great gig stories) in rare magazine interview
Groanin’ Lester Butler onstage in 1996
If you lived around LA in 1996, there were plenty of chances to catch “Groanin’ Lester Butler” snoozing the blues at Jack’s Sugar Shack, Blue Cafe, the House of Blues, and many other haunts.
Listen: Red Devils climb ‘Mountain Stage’ for live radio show (1992)
Listen: #TheRedDevils on @MountainStage live Oct. 4, 1992. Four rare radio recordings of the band in top form @wvpublic
Incident in Room 410: How The Red Devils were banned from Days Inn, 1992
They destroyed their rooms, and they checked out late. How The Red Devils found themselves banned after a disastrous stay at Days Inn in 1992.
10 years of Red Devils & Lester Butler gig posters
A collection of posters and fliers from The Red Devils, Lester Butler and 13, circa 1988-98, on nofightin.com.
James Harman R.I.P., and Gene Taylor tribute in Austin
A final farewell to James Harman, and a musical tribute to Gene Taylor.
‘Footprints on the moon’: Paul Size looks back at The Red Devils
The Red Devils guitarist knows that the band he was in three decades ago will always be a part of his life. “There’s too many extraordinary things that went down that it’s not going to go away,” Paul Size tells nofightin.com.
1993 tour contracts show work behind Holland tour
14 gigs, 9 sellouts, 8,500 fans … the contracts behind The Red Devils’ 1993 tour of Holland.
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