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The Mighty Flood by Alabama Slim & Little Freddie KingThis is easily one of the deepest tracks in the Music Maker catalog. Close your eyes and Alabama Slim‘s low raspy voice, silky smooth guitar style and a heavy bass line immediate transports you to a smoke filled bar on St. Claude where they are grilling oysters […]

The Beginning Of The Music Maker Story by Guitar Gabriel As Music Maker heads into it’s 25th Anniversary this year it seems like a good time to reflect on our founding artist, Guitar Gabriel. Music Maker founder Tim Duffy’s was a student Traditional American music from a really young age, but it was under the […]

Things haven’t been easy for Ironing Board Sam over the past couple of years. After partnering with Music Maker, Sam’s career got a phenomenal rebirth and he started playing shows all over the world and releasing records again. Sadly, in late 2015 right before the release of his album Super Spirit, Sam suffered a major […]

Labor of Love by Taj MahalThere must be thousands of versions of this grisly narrative. One could even argue that Stagger Lee is one of the most widely adopted blues songs in mainstream music. With his encyclopedic knowledge of traditional music, Taj tackles the classic tune with a completely fresh approach. Using artful finger-style picking […]