Royalties Are Bullshit: A Musician’s Case For Basic Income
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Pontiff Of The Blues: Buddy Guy’s 80th
Watch the free archive of Buddy’s birthday The line to get in slung around the venue’s building, all the way down the block. They came from…
The Life Of B.B. King: An Interactive Timeline
On May 14th, 2015, at 9:40pm, B.B. King passed away and the world became a smaller place. This is Buddy Guy’s statement on the passing of…
The Gal Behind The Guy: An Interview With Annie Lawlor
When you see Buddy Guy perform live, it is easy to imagine that he simply teleported onto the stage, propelled there by his own energy and…
Remembering Phil Guy
Phil Guy was born 76 years ago, on April 28, 1940. He was the fifth child and third son of his sharecropping parents, Sam and Isabelle…
Artist Series: Quinn Sullivan (2016)
Quinn Sullivan joins Legends interviewer Anthony Moser to talk about having a monster year in 2015 and what lies ahead (he also gives us a peek…
Reviews: Landmark Theatre – Syracuse, NY
One very cool thing about Buddy Guy still touring is that he plays at some of the oldest and most beautiful venues in the US. For…
Does Your Drummer Need A Robot Arm?
Cue the John Henry versus the locomotive-like contests. A scientist at Georgia Tech has developed a robotic drumming arm. According to Paul Ridden’s article, GT professor Gil Weinberg designed…
Blues for Martin Luther King Jr.
Two plow mules draw the farm wagon bearing the casket of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. along the funeral procession route in Atlanta, Georgia, April 9,…
Blues from the Streets of ‘The Other America’
BY TERRY MESSMAN J. B. Lenoir was one of the bravest political voices of his era. He sang against poverty, lynching, the Vietnam War, racism and…