Blues & Rhythm Magazine

GABRIEL BROWN: Great new research by Chris Smith on the classic East Coast bluesman

JIMMY WITHERSPOON INTERVIEW: Another interview from Neil Slaven’s Lost & Found Files of his unpublished interviews from the 1990s

GOOD READIN’ TONIGHT: Ray Templeton’s feature on the book you need for the complete blues library – this issue – ‘South Louisiana Part 2.’

THE GEMS: More rare Chicago Soul and R&B by Robert Pruter

CASH BOX CLASSICS: Simon Evans looks at what was in Cash Box magazine in 1948

WALTER DAVIS: Howard Rye reviews Guido van Rijn’s new book on the St. Louis Blues legend

COUNTRY JIM BLEDSOE: Great new research and research from the Specialty vaults John M. Shaw

PLUS: Chris’ Curiosities, The Blues Discography 3rd edition corrections/updates; Mike Stephenson’s Young Bluebloods; Howard Grimes, Sam Lay, Philip Paul, Morty Craft, jimmy Johnson, Syl Johnson, Milage Gilbert, Deep Blues DVD, R&B Instrumentals, Larry McCray, Shakey Jake, Billy Boy Arnold and much more.

THE LEROY KIRKLAND STORY: By Opal Louis Nations – the story behind one of the backroom wizards of the rhythm & blues scene of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

CLAUDE CLOUD & SAM ‘THE MAN’ TAYLOR’S MGM RECORDINGS: Dave Penny’s discography and rare albums produced by Leroy Kirkland with Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor and Claude Cloud (Leroy Kirkland himself!).

NEW YORK BLUES REVISTED: Larry Simon tells the story behind the interviews in his new book on New York R&B.

GOOD READIN’ TONIGHT: Ray Templeton’s on the books you need for the complete blues library – this issue – ‘South Louisiana Part 1.

JOHNNY WINTER & BLUE HORIZON: Tony Burke & Norman Darwen tell the story of how Johnny Winter almost joined the UK blues label Blue Horizon in 1968.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS: Chris Smith’s regular feature on blues lyrics

PLUS: D Vine Spiritual Recordings photo archive; Larry Lampkin; The Blues Discography 3rd edition corrections/updates; Mike Stephenson’s Young Bluebloods; Shar Baby, Darryl Stolper, Bruce Bromberg, Ronnie Spector, Fred Parris; Texas Blues, Scat Man Crothers, Paul Gayten, Hollywood Flames, Arv Garrison and much more.