Howlin’ Wolf housed a hemispheric bash titled “Northern Lights on a Southern Night” given by five sets of parents in honor of their daughters: Karen and Derek Gardes for Katie Paige ...

Mr. Barge, who also acted in bit roles in films such as "The Fugitive" and "Under Siege," played sax until he was 92, said ...

Nevertheless, stage names only ever represented a missed opportunity for Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. A life-long blues obsessive, Richards spent his adolescence under the spell of ...

Below are my picks for the 10 underrated Led Zeppelin songs. For this list, we’re sticking to one song each from the band’s ...

WHEN two savvy Southerners hooked up with two West Midlands wild men, it was a case of light the blue touch paper and stand ...

A s he took his seat at the organ behind Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in the summer of 1965, Barry Goldberg wasn't sure what would happen. "At the beginning, it was just ...

As the story goes, Goldberg was still a teenager when he shared the stage with such Chicago blues legends as Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, and Howlin’ Wolf. Goldberg was also still a high schooler ...

The blues artists talked ... to braggadocio bluesmen like Muddy Waters (“Hoochie Coochie Man”) and Howlin’ Wolf (“Smoke Stack Lightnin’”) will recognize the genre’s occasional ...

The power of the MC5 and the Sex Pistols, the soul of Howlin’ Wolf and Hank Williams ... they developed their signature blend of rock, folk, and blues amidst numerous lineup changes until ...