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kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band
@kilbornalley.bsky.social
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Started as 18 year olds playing Chicago electric blues, 25 years later your musical friends. BMA nominations '07, '08, '11; BLUES BLAST Awards '09, '10; addnl BLUES BLAST nominations '08, '09, '10, '12, '17 (2), '22; BLUES CRITICS READERS runnerup '08.
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Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 8h
with apologies to @terrybuckalew.bsky.social for saying Saturday is Friday. GO TO THIS SHOW ON SATURDAY THE 11TH OF OCTOBER IN INDIANAPOLIS. (And stopping asking us what "slippery noodle" means.)
kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 10h
Also, we hear this act will appear on Friday 11 October at the SLIPPERY NOODLE, the oldest tavern in Indianapolis!

Get yourself out there.
kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 14h
Austin Community Tavern, Steger (S. Chi.) IL
Thursday Oct 9
Lee Kanehira with Andy Duncanson & Gerry Hundt!
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kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 8h
Except 11 OCTOBER is SATURDAY-- so go to this on SATURDAY in beeyootiful downtown Indianapolis!
kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 10h
Also, we hear this act will appear on Friday 11 October at the SLIPPERY NOODLE, the oldest tavern in Indianapolis!

Get yourself out there.
kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 14h
Austin Community Tavern, Steger (S. Chi.) IL
Thursday Oct 9
Lee Kanehira with Andy Duncanson & Gerry Hundt!
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social
jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 19h
youtube.com/watch?v=MK9G... Albert Collins AC Reed Live
ALBERT COLLINS with A.C. REED : Montreal 1983
YouTube video by YEBISU_VIDEO
youtube.com
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kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 9h
Saw one of these flying right down the median of I74 Saturday , heading southeast.
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Tom Kelly @tkellyphd.bsky.social · 9h
Mature bald eagle sitting in old nest. 10-07-2025, Burns Park North Little Rock Arkansas, USA. #Birds
Bald Eagle Bald eagle Bald Eagle Bald eagle
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kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 9h
www.wbgo.org/music/2025-1...
Andrew Duncanson: Hitting His Stride
WBGO's Dave Popkin chats with blues singer-songwriter and guitarist Andrew Duncanson
www.wbgo.org
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theblueslist.bsky.social
The Blues List @theblueslist.bsky.social · 7d
Georgia Cotton Pickers(Curley Weaver, Buddy Moss & Barbecue Bob) - I'm On My Way Down Home

youtu.be/I240nwoXSxY?...

1931 single for Columbia records
I'm On My Way Down Home
YouTube video by The Georgia Cotton Pickers - Topic
youtu.be
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 6d
Blues musician George “Harmonica” Smith died October 2, 1983.
Born at Helena, Arkansas.
Worked with Big Mama Thornton, Muddy Waters and others.

youtu.be/YLlnqtP9jqQ?...
Albums 1.ARKANSAS TRAP 2. “Boogie’n with Geotge” George "Harmonica" Smith Born: April 22, 1924, Helena, Arkansas Died: October 2, 1983, Los Angeles Instruments: Harmonica Smith spent two brief stints (1954 and 1966/67) in the Muddy Waters band. He worked as a leader and sideman, in Chicago and Kansas City before moving to California in the fifties. On his own, Smith recorded for RPM, J&M, Sotoplay, Mercury, Blues Way, Vanguard, and other labels. He worked as a sideman on recordings by Otis Spann, Jack Dupree, Mama Thornton, and Eddie Taylor. Smith continued to tour internationally until his death from heart disease. He spent his later years working with young musicians. One was particularly impacted by Smith; Rod Piazza has written a tribute song for the Helena native.
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Mugarra @mugarra5.bsky.social · 5d
Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson - Lonesome In My Bedroom (Rochester, NY, at WCMF radio Station, 1974)

Luther Johnson : Vocals, Guitar
Frisco : Rythm Guitar
Tony Cagnita : Harmonica
Carter : Bass
Jamie Newell : Drums

youtube.com/watch?v=IZbr...
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Daniel @daniel3162.bsky.social · 3d
James Cotton - Dealin' With The Devil

youtu.be/LBgsfzdV1qg?si=TChaBa5uLy43de7J
Dealin' With The Devil
YouTube video by James Cotton - Topic
youtu.be
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theblueslist.bsky.social
The Blues List @theblueslist.bsky.social · 2d
Ramblin' Thomas - No Job Blues

youtu.be/ZuwXr_ClLmE?...

1928 single for Paramount records
No Job Blues
YouTube video by Ramblin' Thomas & The Dallas Blues Singers - Topic
youtu.be
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theblueslist.bsky.social
The Blues List @theblueslist.bsky.social · 20h
Robert Petway - Rockin' Chair Blues

youtu.be/1TLELzahiZQ?...

1941 single for Bluebird records
Rockin Chair Blues
YouTube video by Robert Petway - Topic
youtu.be
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Daniel @daniel3162.bsky.social · 1d
Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson's Blues All-Stars - Stockyard Blues

youtu.be/N4COIyGQN4Y?si=UpHJieythM1x47wU
Stockyard Blues
YouTube video by Barrelhouse Chuck & Kim Wilson's Blues All-Stars - Topic
youtu.be
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Mugarra @mugarra5.bsky.social · 14h
John & Sylvia Embry - Troubles (1979)

Sylvia Embry : Vocals, Bass
John Embry : Guitar
Rier "Iceman" Robinson : Guitar
Woody Williams : Drums

youtube.com/watch?v=lZ7q...
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mugarra5.bsky.social
Mugarra @mugarra5.bsky.social · 19h
Howlin' Wolf - Highway 49 (1971)

Howlin' Wolf : Vocals, Harmonica
Eric Clapton : Guitar
Hubert Sumlin : Rythm Guitar
Steve Winwood : Piano
Bill Wyman : Bass
Charlie Watts : Drums

youtube.com/watch?v=iyyC...
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social
jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 16h
youtube.com/watch?v=4-YL... Big Mama Thornton Summertime
Summertime
YouTube video by Big Mama Thornton - Topic
youtube.com
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 16h
youtube.com/watch?v=d6Rq... Erykah Badu Live
Erykah Badu - On & On (Later Archive 1997)
YouTube video by BBC Music
youtube.com
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 16h
youtube.com/watch?v=-EOG... Jimmy McGriff It feels so nice
It Feels So Nice (Do It Again)
YouTube video by Jimmy McGriff - Topic
youtube.com
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jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social
jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social @jazzandbluesjrny.bsky.social · 16h
youtube.com/watch?v=EuvO... Jimmy Johnson Live
Great soul-blues by Jimmy Johnson (1994)
YouTube video by mercydee
youtube.com
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kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 10h
CALIFORNIA TRAP,
www.youtube.com/channel/UCn0...
California Trap
www.youtube.com
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Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 10h
Also, we hear this act will appear on Friday 11 October at the SLIPPERY NOODLE, the oldest tavern in Indianapolis!

Get yourself out there.
kilbornalley.bsky.social
Kilborn Alley Blues Band @kilbornalley.bsky.social · 14h
Austin Community Tavern, Steger (S. Chi.) IL
Thursday Oct 9
Lee Kanehira with Andy Duncanson & Gerry Hundt!
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hauntedjukebox.bsky.social
Haunted Jukebox, with Rockin’ Rachel Roll @hauntedjukebox.bsky.social · 11h
It will forever be a mystery to me how Ronald Isley managed to sing the lead vocal on This Old Heart Of Mine in time, but maybe he hadn’t had ? shots of vodka first.

The Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)

m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_9M...

#musicsky #nowplaying #nowspinning
The Isley Brothers This Old Heart Of Mine
YouTube video by patricia du prée
m.youtube.com
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KFAI On-Air Playlist @kfai.fm · 10h
Now playing on Views From The Ground: "Mailbox Blues - Single Version" by Slim Harpo
"Mailbox Blues - Single Version" by Slim Harpo
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kfai.fm
KFAI On-Air Playlist @kfai.fm · 10h
Now playing on Views From The Ground: "You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" by Muddy Waters
"You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had" by Muddy Waters
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terrybuckalew.bsky.social
Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 12h
Top 2 blues guitarists from Helena named Robert:
1. Lockwood
2. Nighthawk
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Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 12h
This would be more of a top 20 for blues artists in general (not limited to guitarists).
terrybuckalew.bsky.social
Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 12h
Charlie Patton
Son House
Tommy Johnson
Robert Johnson
Skip James
Memphis Minnie
Bessie Smith
Albert King
BB King
T Bone Walker
Leadbelly
Freddie King
John Lee Hooker
Jimmy Reed
Elmore James
Fred McDowell
Muddy
Wolf
Little Walter
Sonny Boy 2
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