Blues & Rhythm magazine no. 316 – February 2017: Muddy Waters; Rabbit Johnson; Jontavious Willis & more

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MUDDY WATERS, THE WESTMONT YEARS –  D. Thomas Moon’s lengthy feature on Muddy’s ‘Westmont Years’, his late 1960s and early 1970s recordings with insights and contributions from Billy Boy Arnold, James Cotton, Willie ‘Big Eyes’ Smith, John Primer, Pinetop Perkins and Eddy Clearwater.

CHICAGO BLUES SESSIONS PART ONE  – Ray Templeton looks Vanguard’s classic ‘Chicago/The Blues/Today’ series, Alligator’s great ‘Living Chicago Blues Series and ‘The New Bluebloods’ album in the first part of a two parter which will also look at 1960s Chicago blues in ‘Meat & Gravy’ and the Ralph Bass Sessions series.

CONVERSATION WITH RABBIT JOHNSON:  The final installment in Mike Rowe’s great Detroit blues interviews, this time Mike interviews guitarist Rabbit Johnson (with Bob Jenkins in the background).

SLIM HARPO – Howard Rye reviews Martin Hawkins’ new new biography of Harpo.

JONTAVIOUS WILLIS – Mike Stephenson interviews the new critically acclaimed country blues artist.

Plus: Chris Smith’s ‘Words, Words, Words’; Chris Bentley’s ‘Curiosities’; Mike Stephenson’s ‘Under The Radar’; Clifford Curry; Billy Miller; Herb Hardesty; Mose Allison; Joe Ligon; Lucerne and Bay-Car Festivals; CD, DVD, book reviews.