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The Gospel Blues of B.J. Reagon

B.J. Reagon — Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon — is one of those rare SuperGenius talents that cannot be boxed in by mind or musical genre.  Is she a Blues singer?  Is she a Gospel singer?  Is she a Folk singer?

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Better Blues and the Tritone Devil's Note

We’ve been wondering a lot about The Blues as we form our practice and performance and there is an essence of the music that to speaks to us on a deeper level than any other sort of music. 

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The Amazing Redd Volkaert and His TeleTwang

If you play the guitar, you gotta love Redd Volkaert and his mastery of the Fender Telecaster.  Redd wants to teach you how to play Country Blues in his fantastic and warm and funny DVD, “TeleTwang.”  

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Blues Guitar or Blues Piano?

When you think of the sound of The Blues — is your ear drawn to the music of a guitar or a piano?

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Steven Seagal is Coming to Arrest You

Steven Seagal — yes, THAT Steven Seagal — has his own reality show on A&E called — Lawman — and put away your sniggering, because Steven Seagal is real in the realm of the New Orleans underworld.

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