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Who’s Reading “The Dread Line” Now? It’s Blues Singer Tommy Castro!
Who’s reading The Dread Line, the latest in my Edgar Award-winning series of crime novels, now? It’s blues singer, song writer and guitarist Tommy Castro, who’s long been one of my favorites. We’ve … Continue reading
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Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers” Now? It’s Mississippi Bluesman Theodis Ealey!
Theodis Ealey is a blues singer, guitar player and song writer who has performed with the likes of Little Milton, Johnny Clyde Copeland, the Blues Brothers, and the ‘legendary’ Charles Brown. He traces his love of music to a childhood … Continue reading
Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers” Now? It’s Blues Singer and Guitar Player Quinn Sullivan!
Quinn Sullivan first picked up a guitar when he was three years old. He was still a little boy when he showed up with his guitar at a Buddy Guy concert, and Buddy invited him onto the stage to show … Continue reading
Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers” Now? Blues Sax Player Nancy Wright!
Nancy Wright is one of the hottest blues saxophone players we have, and she’s been just that for more than three decades. How good is she? Good enough to have toured with the likes of John Lee Hooker and Lonnie … Continue reading
Gotta Go Gotta Flow
“It was a living self-contained theater.” That’s how Michael Abramson described his years photographing Peppers Hideout, Perv’s House, the High Chaparral, the Patio Lounge, and the Showcase Lounge on Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s. Bump contests and blues. Love … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, blues music, chicago, Gotta Go Gotta flow, Michael Abramson, Patricia Smith, photography, South Side
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Buddy Guy
My wife Patricia Smith and I saw Buddy Guy perform at B.B. King’s club on 42nd Street in Manhattan last night. At 76, our greatest living bluesman looks 20 years younger and is as dynamic as ever. Buddy is a … Continue reading
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Tagged B.B. King, blues, bluesman, buddy guy, Cliff Walk, Patricia Smith, Rogue Island, Slippin' In
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Happy Birthday, Buddy Guy!
Buddy Guy, our greatest living bluesman, turned 75 on July 30. He’s celebrating tomorrow (Aug. 7) at a party at his Chicago club, Legends. Wish I could be there. Buddy is also a favorite of Mulligan, the main character in … Continue reading
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Tagged blues, Bruce DeSilva, buddy guy, Cliff Walk, hardboiled, Legends, Mulligan, mysteries, noir, Rogue Island, thrillers
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Mulligan’s Music: Why the Hero of “Rogue Island” Loves The Tommy Castro Band
Liam Mulligan, the main character in my crime novel, Rogue Island, loves the blues. He spends a lot of time grooving to it while prowling around Providence in his beat-up Ford Bronco. Mulligan is a big fan of Buddy Guy, … Continue reading
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Tagged bb king, blues, Bruce DeSilva, buddy guy, crime fiction, crime novels, mysteries, Providence, Rhode Island, Rogue Island, thrillers, tommy castro, tommy castro band
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Bruce DeSilva's Rogue Island 