Blues & Rhythm magazine no. 315 – Christmas 2016: Boogie Woogie Red; UK’s Sun King; Agram Records & more

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A CONVERSATION WITH BOOGIE WOOGIE RED – During the 1970s Mike Rowe met with a number of Detroit bluesmen. In B&R 315 we publish Mike’s lengthy conversation with Boogie Woogie Red in our ‘Mike Rowe’s Detroit Blues’ series.

AGRAM RECORDS  – Ray Templeton looks at Guido van Rijn’s pre-war blues series of albums from the likes of Barbecue Bob; Alice Moore; Scrapper Blackwell; Charley Jordan; Washington Phillips and many others.

PHILLY SOUL & R&B – Tony Watson takes a look at a a new book tracing the history of R&B and Soul in the City of Brotherly Love.

THE SUN KING OF THE UK – Lyle Ferbrache talks to record collector Larry Williams about his unquie collection of Sun recordings including some amazing rarities.

Plus: Chris Smith’s ‘Words, Words, Words’; Chris Bentley’s ‘Curiosities’; Mike Stephenson’s ‘Under The Radar’; Mississippi Festival Reviews; Ted Harvey; Ray ‘Killer’ Allison; Stanley ‘Buckwheat’ Durell; CD and DVD reviews.