Musical Ramblings

Junior from the Vault

Delmark has announced the release of a 1975 live recording of Junior Wells at Theresa's Lounge under the title Live at Theresa's 1975. The news on Delmark's website is unclear, however, and the date of release therefore unknown (it says Late April, which sounds a little absurd for something announced in August, so either it was April past, and it's late, or...

Anyway, I'm waiting for this with great eagerness, since Junior's Delmark releases (Hoodoo Man Blues, Southside Blues Jam and On Tap) are amongst my favourite. Let's hope this isn't just vaporware !

Additional : I have been in contact with Delmark and they not only confirm the release but announce a tentative release date of mid-october !

Free Derek Trucks concert available on NPR

A 50 minute concert and interview of the Derek Trucks Band is available on NPR's website. It's streaming, and smoking ! A great chance to discover that amazing band if you don't know it yet. It features most of the genres the DTB frequents, including downhome blues, soul and jazz-rock with a special mention for the amazing version of Mahjoun>Greensleeves. In order to listen to it, just click here and follow the instructions.

Quizz : Win a Harmonica CD

I have decided to give away some of the many harmonica CDs I receive for review (or other harmonica CDs I acquired over the years), and in order to decide who I give them away to, I will from now on organise regular quizzes. I'm aiming for about one a month to begin with. I will ship a CD anywhere in the world to the winner of each quizz.

In order to participate, you need to send me an email with all your personal details (especially postal address) at the contact address listed on the page. You also need, of course, to answer the questions below, namely, to identify the four tracks provided. What I want from you is, in order of priority

1. the name of the harmonica player
2. the name of the artist and song the excerpt comes from
3. the name of the album and year of first release

For this first quizz, I will leave my readers until August 31st to answer. Answers will be classified by the above criteria first and assuming I have all correct answers or equivalent incorrect answers on two entries, I'll then sort out answers by date received.

The winner of this first quizz will receive a choice of one of the three following CDs :

• Peter Madcat Ruth's Live in Rio
• The Mentones' Nowhere Calling (with Bill Barret)
• Blues Traveler's What You and I Have Been Through (Live)

So, here are the excerpts :

• Excerpt Number One : Download Q1EX1.mp3
• Excerpt Number Two : Download Q1EX2.mp3
• Excerpt Number Three : Download Q1EX3.mp3
• Excerpt Number Four : Download Q1EX4.mp3

Good Luck to you all !

Should you have any question on the proceedings, please insert them as comments, so that others can also benefot from my answers !