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P-G online editor Jim White blogs about the blues and related music.

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Doin' the lord's work for the devil's music

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Willie Dixon

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"There ain't been no peace in the barnyard,
Since my little red rooster been gone."
-- Willie Dixon

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The Wheeling Heritage Music BluesFest ... or the part I saw

The Wheeling (that's wild and wonderful West Virginia) Heritage Music BluesFest has been getting great blues lineups the last few years, and I finally got a chance to spend a little time there on Saturday. It's a three-day event, and was able...

Published Sun, Aug 08 2008 10:45 PM by Jim White

Filed under: beer, honeyboy dog, watermelon slim, wheel man, ana popovic, heritage bluesfest, barbara blue, bill homans, mannish boy, finis tasby, nick moss, bobby jones, blue bella, amaretto, honeyboy, bourbon, soul music
Watermelon Slim: "No Paid Holidays"

There are plenty of blues nicknames in the world, and plenty of blues wannabees who adopt them -- "magic," "lightnin'," "slim" -- you know them well. But if your name is Watermelon Slim, you can be pretty sure no one...

Published Mon, Jun 06 2008 1:00 AM by Jim White

Filed under: blues, jim white, bluenotes, guitar, watermelon slim, no paid holidays, blues awards, wheel man, slide guitar