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Soul Full of Gospel Monterey Blues Festival 2003 He might tell you that Gospel is more than just a musical style—it’s a part of life. “I was raised on it,” he once explained to an […]

2003 MOBBAY AWARD WINNER Charlie Musselwhite shouldn’t require much of an introduction. His blues dossier more than speaks for itself. Put simply, he’s played everywhere. From well known showcases like the Fillmore Auditorium in San […]

2005 MOBBAY AWARD WINNER This year’s Monterey Bay Blues Artist of the Year is sort of a local-kid-makes-good kind of story. Chris Cain is a native Californian who grew up in the Alum Rock area […]

Note: This brief tutorial on the blues was supposedly written by my colleague Sterling Johnson in 2000. He may have stolen it though. I have nothing to verify or dispute the source, but it has […]