Review by Back To The Roots Howlin’ Wolf’ & His Wolf Gang played one of the last concerts before Wolf passed away in 1976 at the 1815 Club on Chicago’s West Side in 1975. This long player also features great studio recordings by his Wolf Gang bandmates. The sixteen songs were recorded between 1975 and […]
Soon on Wolf Records The Story of Clarence: In the 1990s, after a long hiatus from recording, Louisiana swamp blues veteran Clarence Edwards was rediscovered and began to garner some recognition just before his untimely demise. As one of 14 siblings, Edwards was born March 25, 1933, in Lindsay, LA. After his family moved to […]
The first steps of John Primers solo career on Wolf Records International In 1986 Wolf Records International recorded its first CD with Magic Slim & The Teardrops in Chicago. During the Session Wolf Records recorded also the first Songs by John Primer, who got famous as a Sideman of the legends Muddy Waters and Magic […]
Number On The Top Howlin Wolf & His Wolf Gang WITR 89.7 FM; ON THE AIRWAVES SINCE 1989! live streaming: http://witr.rit.edu http://witr.rit.edu/ With Your Host : Gary Reinhard Bad Dog Blues Playlist : JULY 31, 2022 (airplay for the month) 32 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623 or for product service direct to; 1613 Rochester […]
Jim O’Neal is known as co-founder of the Living Blues Magazine in 1970 and of Rooster Blues Records. He also was the co-writer of the book “The Voice of the Blues” and helped all world wide companies if they need help with the blues business (addresses and phone numbers of musicians, blues festivals,…). He also […]
By Bluesnews.de Henry GrayShake A Hand(Wolf Records, 54:52) Jewel Case | booklet (6 pages) The tension is almost tangible: the title track strugglesnoticeably to restraint, to then freed from in the second partto snap the leash. As furious as swamp blues pianoLegendary Henry Gray in the R&B standard “Shake A Hand” throws andpurposefully plays with […]
Back In Stock One of the greatest blues musician in the greatest New Orleans area is J. Monque’d.J. Monque’d comes from the school of the musicians, who say that If you are going to play the blues, you have to got to live the blues. The live of J. Monque’d is the story of powerty, […]
Mamies, Milwaukee, 18th March Brenda Taylor and The Earth Shakers appeared at Mamie’s – Milwaukee’s premiere blues venue with her top-notch band who performed three, hour long sets of hard driving, gritty, raw, West Side Chicago Blues to a small, but enthusiastic audience. Brenda is the oldest daughter of the Chicago legend Eddie ‘Playboy’ Taylor […]
Shake a Hand by Henry Gray (Wolf Records) HENRY GRAY Great Piano Blues by theLouisiana & Chicago LegendLouisiana SwampBlues Vol. 8Wolf – CD120.634 Published by https://livingblues.com/When Henry Gray died in early 2020 at age 95, the blues world lost one of its last direct links to the transformative early years of postwar Chicago blues of […]
HENRY GRAY: Shake A HandWolf 120.634 (54:29) Shake A Hand/ How Long/ Sweet Home Chicago/ All In MySleep/ Down Home Blues/ It Hurts Me Too/ l’m A LuckyMan/ Sinners Prayer/ How Can You Do It?/ Little RedRooster/ Boogie In The Dark/ Tutti Frutti/ Everybody’sFishing/ What l’d Say/ Howling For My Darling/ My GirlJosephine/ Good Bye […]
FEAT. Howlin Wolf ,Eddie Shaw, Detroit Jr. and Hubert Sumlin New Album Coming Soon (Click Here To Pre-Order) Memories of hearing Howlin Wolf at the New 1815 Club are so strong that no one couldever forget what a privilege it was to be able hear such an iconic bluesman up close in aWest Side club […]
Jimmy produced the great CD Turn My Life Around by Big Golden Wheeler – Wolf Records Licensed this great CD from him! He played also a great guitar solo on the title blue guitar
Following Wolf Records Artists are nominated Band of the Year: Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials “Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials are the hottest purveyors of bottleneck boogie to come outof Chicago since Hound Dog Taylor.”– The Chicago Sun-Times Instrumentalist – Harmonica: Billy Branch In the ’70s, harmonica man Billy Branch was one of […]
77 Lebensjahre und kein bisschen leiser oder müde geworden Seit 1964 ist der heimische Bluespionier auf den Brettern, die die Welt bedeuten. Sein Motto “Spiele nie um des Beifalls willen das falsche Lied” begleitete ihn durch die Jahrzehnte und ein stählernes Rückgrat bewahrte ihn vorm zeitgeistigen Verbiegen. Mit seinen treuen Mitstreitern Charlie Lloyd, Harry Hudson […]
The highlight of my trip to Chicago was the concert on 28.01.22 at Buddy Guy´s Legend with Wolf Artist John Primer and The Real Deal Bluesband and Buddy Guy himself! It was the best what Chicago could offer with traditional Blues Music! Another great concert was on 29.01.2022 at Blue Chicago with Demetria Taylor and […]
Blues Blast Magazine Album Review Brenda Taylor is the eldest daughter of the late Vera and Eddie Taylor; Vera was a singer and Eddie, of course, was Jimmy Reed’s guitar player for many years. Brenda has performed in Chicago and at the Chicago Blues Festival, but this is her first album under her own name. […]
Critic By Blues & Rhythm BRENDA TAYLOR & HER CHICAGO BLUES BAND: Buggy Ride Wolf CD120841 (48:14) Sweet Home Chicago! I Found Out/ Mama Talk To Your Son/ Better Look Out For Me! I’m Good! Help Me/ I’m Movin’ On! All Your Love! Baby, What You Want Me To Do/ I Feel So Bad! Smooth […]
By STEPHEN HARRISON The Taylor family from Chicago have the blues coursing through their veins from the fillies. Eddie and Vera Taylor are the parents of Brenda Taylor. Both of them had a distinguished career in the blues, most notably Eddie, who in his past was a guitarist with Muddy Waters, HowIin’WoIf, and Jimmy Reed […]
Soon On wolfrec.com Henry Gray was born Jan.19/1925 in Kenner/LAHe started playing piano at the age of 8. At the age of 16 he started to play professionally at a club in Louisiana.He joined the army at the age of 18.He played Piano at the troops and after 3 years he went home to Louisiana. […]
We Gonna Move written by bluesnews.de 4 of 5 Stars External influences have always had a significant impact the blues off. Looking at the CD ‘We Gonna Move (ToThe Outskirts Of The Town) ‘, with 24 songs by the singer and Guitarist Casey Bill Weldon, is among other things the world economist economic crisis, which […]
Casey Bill Weldon – We Gonna Move Review by lahoradelblues.com This is the case of this album that collects twenty-one songs coming from Casey Bill Weldon. One of the best lap steel guitar players of Pre-war blues period and an excellent singer too. He has not to be confused with Will Weldon who for a […]
The cats at Wolf Records in Austria have been tirelessly releasing just about every bit of music that’s come their way, with the latest album consisting of 1990 to 2010 recordings by American band King Bees. What’s distinctive about this collection, King Bees Featuring The Greatest Blues Stars, is that the 11 cuts feature the […]
Soon On Wolf Records, the new Album of Brenda Taylor Brenda Taylor, daughter of Chicago Blues Legend Eddie ´Big Toron Playboy` Taylor and Vera Taylor. Eddie coached Brenda the blues and after his death 1985 her mother Vera kept the family legacy functioning. After Vera´s death 1999, Brenda started to olay with her brothers and […]
written by Fra published in Concerto (www.concerto.at) The King Bees are Penny “Queen Bee” Zamagni, bass and partly vocals, and Rob “Hound Dog” Baskerville. King Bees are two blues enthusiasts who decided in 1985 not only to hear the blues canned but also to actively seek them out. So they went out and found a […]
Jörg Danielsen Review written by Fra published in the Concerto Magazine (www.concerto.at) Jörg Danielsen, guitar, vocals, composition, turned to the blues at a very early age and was already at the age of 16 with his father in the legendary Bluesman club. The Viennese, who was born in 1982, entered the scene entirely at the […]
1) Harmonica Terry Bean & Super Chikan – From Hill Country To Mississippi Delta Blues2018 Hannes and Nicola Folterbauer went on a excursion through Mississippi to meet Harmonica Terry Bean and Super Chikan. The mood was so good, so we started a record session directly at the artists’ home to get a real feeling of […]
Wolf Records’ outstanding new release From Hill Country Blues to Mississippi Delta Man was born in 2018 when Nicola and Hannes Foterbauer traveled to the United States. The duo visited Mississppi with the intent of recording local blues artists. One musician chosen for the project was Pontotoc, Mississippi’s Terry “Harmonica’ Bean. With the help of […]
On Wednesday, October 28, 2020, the pioneer of the domestic blues scene, who lives in Vienna-Landstrasse, received the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria in Palais Niederösterreich in downtown Vienna. He is one of the great musical loners in Austria. An Austrian whose heart beats to the rhythm of the […]
Super Chikan & Terry Harmonica Bean – From Hill Country Blues to Mississippi Delta Blues Wolf Records CD 120.040 15 songs – 63 minutes Guitarist James “Super Chikan” Johnson and multi-instrumentalist Terry “Harmonica” Bean serve up a treat for anyone with a love for North Mississippi blues on this one, trading off on an hour-long […]
The title might suggest fusion, or that we get to hear the two featured artists sing and play together, but while Edwards and Ross toured together – and are heard here playing in Greece on that 1988 tour – on this recording at least, they play separately. Their tracks are arranged (roughly) alternately on the […]
It seems curious now to recall that blues pianist and singer Henry Gray who died on 17th February, was still quite an obscure figure when he made his Luk debut at London’s 100 Club around the end of the 1970s. Although he had toured and recorded in Europe a couple of years previously he was […]
Now Out Jörg Danielsen – Guess Who´s Got The Blues “Guess Who´s Got The Blues”, Jörg plays on this album with his own band. The whole Wolf Records Team is proud to work together with such a great musician! Jörg is a rising star in the Blues World and his concerts are legendary, we recommend […]
The King Bees In 1985 Rob “Hound Dog” Baskerville and Penny “Queen Bee” Zamagni, The King Bees, decided to quit getting their Blues education only from records and to go on a pilgrimage through the US South. Their quest was to find authentic Blues masters and to apprentice under them. They were soon on an […]
Feat Harmonica Terry Bean & Super Chikan, soon on Wolf Records International 2018 Hannes and Nicola Folterbauer went on a excursion through Mississippi to meet Harmonica Terry Bean and Super Chikan. The mood was so good- So we started a record session directly at the artists’ home to get a real feeling of their music. […]
The great Jörg Danielsen is going to release a new album on Wolf Records, “Guess Who´s Got The Blues”, Jörg plays on this album with his own band, at the end of post you`re able to find a short teaser of the album and a video of his concert. The whole Wolf Records Team is […]
JÖRG DANIELSEN – Chicago Blues Straight Outta Buenos Aires Wolf CD 120.985 (53:01) Blues & Rhythm Vienna, Austria-besed singer and guitarist Jörg Danielsen previously recorded for Styx Records and given his location, a release for Wolf makes sense. Less expected perhaps is that it was recorded in Argentina, There is a thriving blues scene there, […]
Congratulations to all winners : HOROJO Trio Ottawa Blues Society Hector Anchondo Blues Society of Omaha JW-Jones HOROJO Trio – Ottawa Blues Society Sweet Thing – Moonshine Society River City Blues Society (VA) Check Out All the winners on https://blues.org/
AL COOK 75th BIRTHDAY JAMBOREE Friday, 28th February 2020 8pm (20h) at the SCHUTZHAUS ZUKUNFT SCHMELZ Verlängerte Guntherstrasse 1150, Vienna Al Cook, undisputed dean and pioneer of the Austrian bluesscene celebrates his 75th birthday at a well known spot, the famous Schutzhaus Schmelz, in Viennas fifteen district. The influencial blues-artist started his musical career in […]
feat Archie Edwards – Doctor Ross This CD is dedicated to Richard Chalk, August 24th 1952 – September 14th 2019, RIP Produced by John Angelatos / Red Rooster Productions and Richard Chalk / Top Cat Records Available here: Amazon: https://amzn.to/2MYXNnZ Itunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/piedmont-blues-meets-mississippi-delta-blues/1492776073 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7cKSn6RK9pGnOJqbzZ3VB5
Here are some interesting cutouts from the latest Jefferson Magazine about some great Wolf-Productions… _____________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Vivian Vance Kelly @ The Living Blues Magazine ______________________________________________________________________________ Vivian Vance Kelly – on Wolf CD Nr. 120840 Larry Taylor – on CD Nr. 120824 & Eddie Taylor to find on CD Nr. 120711 You can find the complete […]
Mr. Richard Franklin Chalk, 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in Dallas, Texas. He founded and ran Topcat Records in Dallas and was a good friend of Wolf Records. Richard helped a lot of musicians with his label and loved playing blues guitar himself. He put out a lot of fantastic music […]
Archie Edwards – Doctor Ross This CD is dedicated to Richard Chalk, August 24th 1952 – September 14th 2019, RIP Produced by John Angelatos / Red Rooster Productions and Richard Chalk / Top Cat Records Licensed from Top Cat Records L.L.C. Dallas, Texas Doctor Ross Doctor Ross (real name Charles Isaiah Ross) was born in […]
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______________________________________________________________________________ 20th December Save the Date: The official CD-Release Party from Vivian Vance Kelly: “Chicago Here I Come”! @ Natural Law Bar – 13404 Olde Western Avenue in Blue Island, Illinois! ______________________________________________________________________________ Wolf-Artists on Stage You can find many songs of the artists on Wolf CD´s: Pat Thomas – CD #120935 Jimmy Holmes – CD […]
The new production of Wolf Records “50 Years Of Como Blues” got the great review of 4 stars – also the new Wolf CD “Straight outta Buenos Aires” from Jörg Danielsen is in the ranking with 3,5 stars!! All to find @ the website of La Hora del Blues! ______________________________________________________________________________ Vivian Vance Kelly stays in […]
JB Hutto was born in South Carolina. His father, Calvin, was a preacher and Joseph and his three brothers and three sisters formed a gospel group, the Golden Crowns, singing in local churches. Calvin Hutto died in 1949, and the family relocated to Chicago. In Chicago, Hutto played with Johnny Ferguson and his Twisters. JB […]
There’s no place like home; there’s no place like home. Such is the case with this cornucopia of in-house visits made around the town of Como, up in the north Mississippi hills—the fabled land where grooves grow as thick as the kudzu. Rather than bringing downhome musicians into antiseptic studios, Hannes Folterbauer continues to bring […]
“Sarcastic, happy, sad, cynical, black-humorous – that’s my blues! “ For almost twenty years Jörg Danielsen’s heart beats for the earthiest of all musical genres. Jörg Danielsen was born in 1982 in Vienna / Austria and grew up near Vienna. At school he made his classmates “scared” with the old music called “blues”. At the […]
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This CD – titled Memphis Blues – has the complete recordings from Robert Rev. Wilkins and Gus Cannon from 1927 to 1935. Rev Wilkins was born 1896 in Hernando, MS., and became an intelligent, conscientious artist. Gus Cannon was also a great musician from the Memphis area and played mostly banjo. Robert Wilkins: Wilkins was […]