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White Mountain Boogie Woogie Woogie

The ride up to Thornton, NH, home of The White Mountain Boogie & Blues Festival, couldn’t have be easier, no traffic and it didn’t take long to see those BIG mountains in the Presidental range, gorgeous. Nice easy highway ride from Boston, Maine, Ohio, wherever! The campers had been there starting on Thursday night, extending…

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Jim Chilson & The Ten Foot Polecats

Call it what you want – deep-Mississippi-Hillbilly-Country-Roots-down-and-dirty-in-your-face-Punk Blues – it all fits for the Ten Foot Polecats… by Art Simas This trio of talented musicians, who take their inspiration from Junior Kimbrough, Robert Burnside, the North Mississippi All Stars, John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, don’t care what you call them – just enjoy it….

This was a CD pre-release show at The Bull Run in Shriley, MA.  A veritable who's who of blues in Boston -- what a great show!
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Michelle Willson Profile

Being the Bandleader Definitely Has Headaches and Heartache by Art Simas   Published in The Blues Audience #216 December/January 2016 If you look up Michelle Willson’s biography in AllMusic.com, it is consists of a total of 89 words. Obviously, no one ever spoke to Michelle because she has a lot to say about being in…

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Not the last HURRAH

“Well… the only thing is…we never had any FUN!” she said with a wink and a nod.           By Art Simas Many of us love music it is an extremely important element in our lives. We can be categorized as either as an admirer of a genre, or as a lyrical creator, guided by an instrument….

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