Guess whose father-in-law was the original King of the Blues Guitar?
Updated July 28 2019.
Updated July 28 2019.
An unbelievable true story crying out to be told. Below is a rough cut of my latest historical documentary, Battle for San Francisco. It’s a true story seemingly whitewashed from history. While not about my usual historic blues or rock, the soundtrack does include an early blues from Lonnie Johnson with Eddie Lang, plus seasoned…
UPDATED November 23 2017 The difference between rock ‘n’ roll and rock & roll (or rock and roll)? For a long time now, it’s been fashionable to describe great rock music as rock & roll. But have you ever wondered when this second era of rock & roll began? And have you noticed the general…
“Honored to be quoted at the end of this article.” John Scott G, Los Angeles, USA, 29 July 2014. https://plus.google.com/+JohnScottG/posts UPDATED August 26, 2021. The Zombies’ Odessey and Oracle album sleeve Have you ever noticed the sleeve of the classic “Odessey and Oracle” album by the Zombies contains a spelling mistake? As a former copywriter (and…
Updated 27 May 2016 Remembering AC/DC’s London concert at Wembley last July. Angus Young in action at Wembley last year. Jim Dyson/Getty Images Two of my most popular posts when I wrote this article last year were about veteran Australian-British band AC/DC. (This was as rated by Google Blogger, but I am now at paulmerryblues.com, which doesn’t have…
This Inner Sleeve album-sleeve, written around 1972, recently turned up. UPDATED January 27 2017 Bob Marley & Johnny Nash: memories from 44 years ago Some time ago, a lady in England tweeted me and asked if I was the author of The Inner Sleeve, a printed record sleeve that promoted CBS and Epic bands and artists. The Inner Sleeve was the…