Boogie Woogie Flu

by Ariella Stok I want to say a few words to all you young girls out there . Yeah, you’re too much! First you try casting your spell on a g...

John Lennon would've been seventy today, but you probably already know that. It's a major media event around the world. He's bee...

by Pete Simonelli Now this here’s the first piece I learned how to play when I was a little boy: it’s called the "Big Fat Mama with the...

Download: "Thriving On A Riff" mp3 By Charlie Parker and the Be-Bop Boys, 1945. available on The Complete Savoy and Dial ...

"This mature tragic awareness is what distinguishes Lester in the fifties from Lester in the thirties, a...

"He ain't dead, he's just asleep" - Bob Dylan Aside from the usual harassment that comes to my inbox daily from publ...

Goodbye El Goodo By Robert Gordon Alex stuck his finger down his throat and gagged, showing me that’s how much he hated Memphis. We l...

A few years back, I was talking to a friend of mine about Neil Young's guitar playing, and he said: "You've gotta be really ...

It's snowing in New York today. It's lovely and picturesque, but I wish I was in New Orleans. Today is Fat Tuesday, and it's tim...

I've done a Valentine's Day post every year here at the BWF, and seriously considered taking this one off. Partially, because I...

There's a big, beautiful, Wolf Moon in the sky tonight. ******************* Download: "Howlin' at the Moon" mp3 by Hank W...

January 8th means two things around here. It's the anniversary of the Boogie Woogie Flu and it's the day on which the baby Elvis ...

Download: "You Midnight Ramblers" mp3 by Rev. J. M. Gates, 1929. available on Rev. J.M. Gates...