Legendary Blasters & Red Devils drummer Bill Bateman shares his drum-building secrets (and great gig stories) in rare magazine interview
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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.
Bukowski, drug busts and blues: Inside Lester Butler’s ‘lost year’ (1995)
In 1995, Lester Butler found himself picking up gigs and living with a “family” of bohemian creatives in Sherman Oaks. Rob Neighbors takes us inside.
Paul Size fuels solo debut with unearthed blues and old friends
He doesn’t sing. Plays a lot of rhythm guitar. Let’s the band shine. But Paul Size is in control on his debut solo CD and download, “Can’t Lose Playing The Blues.”
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