That time Alvin Youngblood Hart told me about covering Black Oak Arkansas and playing with the Allman Brothers

By Steve Newton Back in May of 2000 I interviewed American bluesman Alvin Youngblood Hart while he was touring behind his third album, the Jim Dickinson-produced Start With the Soul. That disc saw Hart rocking out more than on his previous releases, one of which, Territory, won a DownBeat magazine award for best blues album … Continue reading That time Alvin Youngblood Hart told me about covering Black Oak Arkansas and playing with the Allman Brothers

Alvin Youngblood Hart loves Southern rock, was an Allman Brother for a night

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 25, 2000 By Steve Newton Until now, Alvin Youngblood Hart has been best-known as an acoustic folk-blues performer. His first two albums—1996’s Big Mama’s Door and 1998’s Territory—showed him carrying a traditional torch similar to that of blues revivalists Taj Mahal and Guy Davis. So it comes as quite a surprise … Continue reading Alvin Youngblood Hart loves Southern rock, was an Allman Brother for a night