Blues In Britain » Recommended http://www.bluesinbritain.org independent magazine writing about the best in British blues music Wed, 16 May 2012 19:54:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Listen: Ben Waters – Boogie 4 Stu http://www.bluesinbritain.org/listen-ben-waters-boogie-4-stu/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/listen-ben-waters-boogie-4-stu/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:20:08 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/?p=1384 Here’s a track from a new album from respected UK boogie pianist Ben Waters, who teamed up with a cornucopia of like-minded souls to make Boogie 4 Stu, a lovely tribute to the Rolling Stones’ former road manager and piano player Ian Stewart, who passed away nigh on 25 years ago.

Our highlight is an amiable, loping version of Bob Dylan’s Watching The River Flow – made with the Stones, piloted by Bill Wyman on bass, and featuring a yowling lead vocal from, of course, Sir Michael Philip himself.

Jools Holland and PJ Harvey also guest on the record. It’s mixed by Glyn Johns, the cover art is a sensitive portrait of Stu by Sir Peter Blake, and it aims to raise funds for the British Heart Foundation.

What’s not to like?

Give it a spin right here. Check out the full album at Amazon UK or Amazon US.

By Keith Shackleton

]]> http://www.bluesinbritain.org/listen-ben-waters-boogie-4-stu/feed/ 0 Jeremy Spencer http://www.bluesinbritain.org/jeremy-spencer/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/jeremy-spencer/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:47:46 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/?p=643 A wonderful old clip (turn up your volume, it’s not the best sound) of Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, with our Issue 90 cover star Jeremy Spencer singing and sliding..

Danny Kirwan (g), John McVie (b) and Mick Fleetwood (d), completing the line-up, of course.

]]> http://www.bluesinbritain.org/jeremy-spencer/feed/ 11 Paul Jones http://www.bluesinbritain.org/paul-jones/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/paul-jones/#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:20:03 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/?p=569 Here’s a classic Top Of The Pops clip of our cover star Paul Jones, fighting off the girls whilst trying desperately to be serious and mime to Manfred Mann’s ‘Come Tomorrow’!

]]> http://www.bluesinbritain.org/paul-jones/feed/ 0 P.P. Arnold http://www.bluesinbritain.org/pp-arnold/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/pp-arnold/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:06:09 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/?p=534 Our Issue 86 cover star with her Northern Soul classic ‘Everything’s Gonna Be Alright’ from Pat’s sojourn on Immediate Records in the late 60s, where she also recorded the massive hit ‘The First Cut Is The Deepest’, several Steve Marriot/Ronnie Lane compositions, and more. Wonderful.

]]> http://www.bluesinbritain.org/pp-arnold/feed/ 0 Cover Star James Hunter http://www.bluesinbritain.org/issue-82-cover-star/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/issue-82-cover-star/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:22:01 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/blog/?p=241 See what all the fuss is about – here’s Issue 82 cover star James Hunter on YouTube.. first up, the band talk about the new album, and additionally, a live version of ‘The Hard Way’.

]]> http://www.bluesinbritain.org/issue-82-cover-star/feed/ 0 Peter Green http://www.bluesinbritain.org/peter-green/ http://www.bluesinbritain.org/peter-green/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:50:45 +0000 BiB webmaster http://www.bluesinbritain.org/blog/?p=123 Check out this video of Peter Green & Fleetwood Mac, in advance of a forthcoming 4CD anthology of his work.. the Playboy Club?

More details of the anthology here and here.

“He has the sweetest tone I ever heard; he was the only one who gave me the cold sweats.” – B.B. King

“With all due respect to the other great British blues artists, Peter Green is THE man. End of.” – Noel Gallagher

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