THE BLUES MAGAZINE
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December 2014 • Issue 18
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Dr Feelgood
Feelgoods biographer Zoë Howe and Wilko, Sparko and The Big Figure tell the story of Down By The Jetty. Plus, Will Birch’s guide to pub rock.
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Ones To Watch
See in 2015 with our pick of the new artists that are going to make this another memorable year for blues fans.
Blackberry Smoke
The Atlanta-based Southern rock band’s creative engine Charlie Starr on the road to new album Holding All The Roses.
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The Healing Blues Project
We meet the characters involved in a new initiative to give homeless people a voice through the power of the blues.
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The Hoax
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Forty years on, how four tough kids from Canvey cut the definitive British rhythm and blues record.
Bassist Robin Davey on the making of Recession Blues: A Tribute To B.B. King and his plans for Well Hung Heart.
Albert Collins
Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer takes us behind the scenes of the cutting of Collins’ ‘78 classic Ice Pickin’.
Gov’t Mule
Head honcho Warren Haynes on the band’s Pink Floyd tribute album.
Aaron Keylock
Why school’s out for one of the brightest young things in British blues.
camerapress, ross halfin, rob monk
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December 2014 • Issue 18
Regulars
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Testify
All the latest news from our thriving world of blues, including a new campaign to find ‘The Future Of The Blues’ and a heads-up on JJ Grey & Mofro’s forthcoming album. You’ll also read interviews with new faces such as Kill It Kid, Matt Woosey and The Bloodhounds, alongside returning favourites including Dana Gillespie, Shawn Amos, Howlin’ Bill, The Budos Band and Ray Thomas of The Moody Blues.
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Call & Response
Mexico-born guitar supremo Carlos Santana gives us the lowdown on his latest autobiography – LSD, Miles Davis, the art of seduction and all.
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Under The Influence
Horace Panter, bass player with The Specials and pop art painter picks his top blues tracks and tells us how Memphis and Chicago inspired his unique artwork.
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Cuttin’ Heads
One classic song. Two great versions. Which one is best? This time around, veteran journalist, author and blues expert Charles Shaar Murray makes the call on Motown legend Marvin Gaye’s original version of Trouble Man and Chicago blues royalty Buddy Guy’s cover.
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First Time I Met The Blues
Much-loved guitarist Larry Miller reveals the musicians, records and gigs that got him hung up on blues and shares tales of hanging with Rory Gallagher and secretly strumming Johnny Winter’s Firebird.
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Reviews All the CDs and DVDs you need to feed your blues obsession, reviewed by our team of aficionados.
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albums
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reissues
lives
don hunstein, Will ireland
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the healing blues
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Words: Jamie Hailstone
Proving that music still has the power to deliver a message, The Healing Blues Project gives the homeless a platform to tell their story.
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“I had a total idea about what
Dr. Feelgood was and what it should be,
I was absolutely obsessed.” As Dr Feelgood’s debut album Down By The Jetty turns 40, The Blues Magazine speaks to the surviving Feelgoods - Wilko, Sparko, The Big Figure and manager Chris ‘Whitey’ Fenwick – about the making of this seminal record. Words: Zoë Howe
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