ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 20, 2000 By Steve Newton Since barging onto the North American music scene in 1986 with the double-platinum Strong Persuader album, Robert Cray has proven himself a formidable purveyor of guitar-drenched blues and soul. And with five Grammy Awards to his credit—including one for his latest CD, Take Your Shoes Off—the … Continue reading Robert Cray on playing with Albert Collins, Chuck Berry, Muddy Waters, and Stevie Ray at his final gig
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Stellar blues guitarist Deborah Coleman was wowed by the grooves of Hooker, Waters, and Wolf
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JULY 20, 2000 By Steve Newton There are a helluva lot of lead guitarists in the world, and a tidy portion of them are blues pickers. Increasingly, that category includes females, from veteran slide specialist Bonnie Raitt to 14-year-old blues-rock sensation Shannon Curfman. But for some reason there aren’t many black female … Continue reading Stellar blues guitarist Deborah Coleman was wowed by the grooves of Hooker, Waters, and Wolf