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Red Devils ‘up-and-coming’ at 1993 Mississippi Valley Blues Fest
“Headed straight for the ceiling,” Lester Butler and The Red Devils look forward to a 1993 festival gig at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival.
Gene Taylor: The unheard music of ‘King King’
An appreciation of “special guest” Gene Taylor’s contribution to a legendary blues recording. #KingKingXXX
The Red Devils rock London’s Tower Records, 1993
Listen as The Red Devils play a live set at Tower Records in Piccadilly Circus, London, on July 16, 1993.
Happy birthday ‘King King’!
Happy 30th birthday to The Red Devils’ “King King,” July 28, 1992. #KingKingXXX
Lester Butler & 13 reviews, collected
Reviews for 1997’s “13 featuring Lester Butler” were collected at the time by Jasper Heikens for the Lester Butler Tribute Site. These long-lost reviews provide a snapshot of a moment in time when Butler was still breaking ground, “the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion meets Little Walter.”
Butler and Size share a laugh at Moulin 1998
Check out these two candid backstage photos of Lester Butler and Paul Size at the Moulin Blues Festival on May 2, 1998.
Intveld on Butler: ‘Taking something beyond where it’s been before’
Lester Butler and 13 were supposed to play their first gig at the Dixie Belle Restaurant in Downey on June 27, 1998. Butler never made it, but a tribute show was held for him that night. (An article that day noted Smokey Hormel, Steven Hodges and John Bazz all playing.) The man who promoted the show, EdContinue reading “Intveld on Butler: ‘Taking something beyond where it’s been before’”
The two surprising early Memphis heroes behind “King King” openers
Joe Hill Louis and Willie Nix may not be famous pillars of Sun Records, but their songs were proto-versions of “Automatic” and “Goin’ to the Church,” respectively, some 40 years earlier. A deep dive into the Memphis influence on “King King.” #KingKingXXX
No Fightin’ launches Threadless T-shirt site (summer sale on now)
Pick from three original designs to represent your favorite band and your favorite website.
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