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Eddy Clearwater poses for a studio portrait in 1975, holding a Fender Telecaster guitar, in the United States.
Ten of the Greatest Chicago Blues Songs Return to the source of inspiration with these Windy City blues guitar classics
Howlin' Wolf (1910 - 1976) performs at the Cafe Au Go Go in New York City, 6th December 1967.
Watch Howlin’ Wolf’s Electrifying “Smokestack Lightning” Performance Featuring Hubert Sumlin on Guitar The biggest, baddest voice of the Chicago blues scene, Wolf was a far-reaching inspiration
Hubert Sumlin (left) and Howlin' Wolf perform onstage
Why Howlin’ Wolf's Landmark 'Rockin’ Chair Album' Remains One of the Greatest Blues Records of All Time Featuring Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, and a host of other legendary musicians, this 1962 Chess compilation is a reminder of what real blues is all about.

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Rory Gallagher, 1973

Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues

By Rod Brakes, Stefan Grossman published 14 June 22

This archive gem could be the best free guitar lesson you’ve ever had.

A group of young men outside the Eel Pie Island Hotel London, 28th August 1960. The Hotel, on Eel Pie Island in the River Thames at Twickenham, is the venue for a jazz club popular with teenagers.

“The Anteroom of Paradise, Or Is It Hell?” Watch this Incredible Mini Doc on London’s Mysterious Rock ‘n’ Roll Island

By Rod Brakes published 19 May 22

Video Home of the Rolling Stones and a playground for budding guitar heroes, Eel Pie Island was a musical hub of the '60s.

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