Both the company and the blues master might be alive today.
The song, "La Luna," is sung in Spanish by, of all people, Taj Mahal, the African-American blues master.
Pops Staples: Don't Lose This The blues master's last set of recordings, released years after his death and featuring his daughter Mavis on backing vocal duties.
Well, I always loved the band Cream, so I knew their hit CROSSROADS (actually a cover and written by blues master Robert Johnson) as the answer to the penny-dropping hint at 62 Across: CROSSROADS!
But that is the essence of John Mayall, as it was the way of the blues master who influenced him more than any other – JB Lenoir: "You sing about your life, and your time", Mayall says.
The inclusion of 'Found Love', 'Little Rain' and 'Ain't That Lovin' You Baby?' on this soundtrack of obscure gems casts a brief but timely light on an underrated blues master.
HILL COUNTRY 30 W. 26th St. (212-255-4544) — Nov. 17: Despite being dubbed the inheritors of the Texas sound by the Lone Star legend Doug Sahm (no small feat in Austin, a city brimming with aspirants), the Gourds have a sensibility decidedly different from that of the late honky-tonk and blues master.
You might go straight from it to the nearby video viewing room to watch and hear performers in action, from the blues master Lightnin' Hopkins, to the comedian Richard Pryor, to the extraordinary free-jazz performer-composer-artist Jaki Byard, from whom the show borrows its title.
Despite being dubbed the inheritors of the Texas sound by the Lone Star legend Doug Sahm (no small feat in Austin, a city brimming with talent), the Gourds have a sensibility that's decidedly different from that of the late honky-tonk and blues master.
