On August 11, Music Maker’s longtime partner artist and original Inkspot, Eddie Tigner turns 90. In a recent discussion with Eddie we asked him about how his house was doing. When we got down to it, there was a significant list of concerns that need to be addressed: safety railings for the bathroom, a wiring issue has left several rooms without working […]

Blue & Lonesome by Alabama Slim   Alabama Slim plays Deep Blues. Originally from Vance, AL but Slim has lived in New Orleans since the late 60s. Standing tall at around 6’7″ and always wearing a pinstripe suit, Slim’s guitar style is influenced by his slender build. Sparse lead guitar on top of a walking bass line sets the […]

The Music Maker Blues Revue featuring Robert Finley, Alabama Slim, Robert Lee Coleman, Albert White, Nashid Abdul-Khalliq will be heading to Belgium to play the Swing Wespelaar Music Festival on August 21st. This will be new partner artist Robert Finley’s first time abroad with the Music Maker Blues Revue and he is thrilled to be part of […]

Blues Sweet Blues by Pat Sky Last week we introduced new Music Maker Recipient artist, Pat Sky. So this week we are Diggin’ on his classic “traveling” song, Many A Mile. Many A Mile was covered in many of the most prominent folk clubs during the 60s and 70s, and if you listen to the […]

Albert White began playing guitar in the late ‘50s with his legendary uncle, Piano Red, and his group “Dr. Feelgood & the Interns. Since then, Albert has performed with Joe Tex, The Tams, Ray Charles and many such artists during his 50 year tenure as a Blues and R&B musician. Albert still devotes himself to […]