Looking around a few months ago, I found this review of “King King” from the University of Houston Daily Cougar Online archives, Dec. 3, 1992. I really like the exuberance and imagery in this review. As a bonus: A Jeff Healey review! BLOSSOMING BANDS BESTOW PLEASING PLATTERS by Manuel Esparza Daily Cougar Staff How doContinue reading “‘Blast furnace blues’: Dec. 3, 1992, ‘King King’ review”
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“Automatic” lyrics
“Automatic” (Willie Love), from “King King” Know you got to have that automatic car Take you so fast and take you so far Come down to lovin’ I bet you didn’t know If you got no money, boy, you still can go
“I Wish You Would” lyrics
“I Wish You Would” (Billy Boy Arnold), from “King King” Early in the morning ’bout the break of day That’s when my baby went away Cryin’ and pleadin’ ain’t doing no good Come back baby I wish you would
Live in Bloomington, 1992
Just a few months after first hearing The Red Devils in 1992, I was thrilled to learn the band would be performing just down the street, at Jake’s Nightclub in Bloomington, Indiana. The show — originally Sept. 28 — was rescheduled for Oct. 13, one week ahead of my 21st birthday. A press pass fromContinue reading “Live in Bloomington, 1992”
“I’m Ready” lyrics
“I’m Ready” (lyrics: Willie Dixon; music: James Moore), from “King King” I’m ready, ready as anybody can be I’m ready, ready as anybody can be I’m ready for you, I hope that you’re ready for me
“Goin’ to the Church” lyrics
“Goin’ to the Church” (Lester Butler), from “King King” I’m goin’ to the church Fall on my knees and pray I’m goin’ to the church Fall on my knees and pray Got a bad old man People I just can’t stay People I just can’t stay People I just can’t stay People I can’t stay
DVD review: Red Devils at Moulin 1993
By the 1993 Moulin Blues Festival, the Red Devils had been touring for several months on end, and the wear and tear can be seen — but not heard — in the three bonus tracks on the DVD. While the band looks beat up, they are as tight a musical unit as one could hopeContinue reading “DVD review: Red Devils at Moulin 1993”
DVD review: Photos show Butler’s private side
Besides the stellar concert, the DVD “Live at Moulin Blues Ospel 1998 — Lester’s Legendary Last Gig” boasts a photo gallery totalling about 80 pictures, many of which are never-before-seen personal images of Butler and his family. Over a music bed of 13’s “Pray for Me” and “Way Down South,” the images on the DVDContinue reading “DVD review: Photos show Butler’s private side”
DVD review: Lester Butler at his best
It’s very easy in hindsight to project added significance to the DVD “Live at Moulin Blues Ospel 1998 — Lester’s Legendary Last Gig.” Every song choice, every note, every glance can take on a different meaning knowing that Butler would be dead just a week later. The reality is he probably considered it just anotherContinue reading “DVD review: Lester Butler at his best”
The Greatest Music Never Sold
There’s a relatively new book out on the market that it seems not many people know about, or at least not many of the people who hang out here, and that needs to change. Journalist Dan LeRoy, who has written for the likes of the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Newsweek, among others, tookContinue reading “The Greatest Music Never Sold”
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