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In Living Blues #246
December 2016

Dear Friends, I had a great time at the Rawa Blues Festival in Poland last month. Both Toronzo Cannon and Shemekia Copeland tore up the festival. Shemekia ha...

IN LIVING BLUES #169
September 2003

Dear Friends, As the summer rolls on, I’ve been in the Christmas spirit, finishing up production on a collection of holiday blues called Genuine Houserockin...

IN LIVING BLUES #167
January 2003

Dear Friends, Because Living Blues skipped an issue, I’ve got four months of news to cram into this letter. First of all, we’re thrilled to have earned 19 W...

IN LIVING BLUES #166
November 2002

Dear Friends, We’re thrilled by the initial reactions to Shemekia Copeland’s brand new album, Talking To Strangers. In the first week of its release, it wa...

IN LIVING BLUES #158
July 2001

Dear Friends, I’m still recovering from the whirlwind of the W.C. Handy Awards weekend in Memphis (including the annual meeting of the Blues Music Associati...

IN LIVING BLUES #110
JULY 1993

Dear Friends, I’m leaving tomorrow morning for Spain and Israel, working my usual summer jot as Koko Taylor’s roadie, so I’m writing this in a hurry. I’m jus...

IN LIVING BLUES #104
JULY 1992

Dear Friends, Well, as usual, I'm exhausted from a series of long nights in the studio. This time I'm mixing the upcoming release by the roughest, rawest ban...

In Living Blues #199
January 2009

Dear Friends, Welcome to a new year, hopefully a better one than 2008. But I’m concerned that these tough economic times are really hurting the touring blues...