Author: Alan Ashworth

Nice serene contribution from Meg and Laura’s 2012 album Until You Find Your Green.

Reader Stephen Richards jogged my memory about Neuwirth, who died in May this year aged 82. Bob Dylan played this song live several times but here Neuwirth, who wrote it, … Continue readingBob Neuwirth: Alabama Dark

Recorded this year, one of the final performances by Wilko, who died last week.

So sad to hear about Wilko, who died in his sleep this week at his home in Westcliff-on-Sea. He was 75.

More blues from the TTs, this time their take on the Allman Brothers classic more than half a century after it was written. What do you think of the little … Continue readingTedeschi Trucks: Whipping Post

Yesterday we had Susan Tedeschi and her husband Derek Trucks playing alongside B B King in 2011. Here they are in Boston six years later with their own band, performing … Continue readingTedeschi Trucks Band: I Pity The Fool

Amazingly, Riley B King was 86 when he recorded this in 2011, live at the Royal Albert Hall with Slash, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Ronnie Wood and Mick Hucknall. Hope … Continue readingB B King: The Thrill is Gone

Believe it or not, these guys are all Brits and this was recorded in the Bristol church The Mount Without. From their debut album Love Lost in Blood, released last … Continue readingJules Reason and the Fire: Church of the Blues