blues singers

Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers with Little Mike – GEnuine Blues Legends

Rhetta Akamatsu blues music, blues singers, Geuine Genuis Blues, Jimmy Rogers, Pinetop Perkins January 4, 2016

Pinetop Perkins and Jimmy Rogers knew and liked each other. They were fishing buddies. They had a lot in common, both having been born in Mississippi and made their way to Chicago, although by different paths. But they had never played together on stage until Little Mike brought them together in the 80’s. It turned […]

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Beverly “Guitar” Watkins shows how it’s done at Darwin’s July 19, 2014

Rhetta Akamatsu Beverly Guitar Watkins, blues guitarists, blues music, blues singers, blues women July 21, 2014

Beverly “Guitar” Watkins looks frail. After all, she is in her 70’s and has been performing for well over 50 years. She has beat cancer twice and has just recovered from a serious illness. But then she takes the stage and this transformation takes place. Beverly Watkins becomes a blues machine. This is why her […]