Phil Guy
Just One Of The Guys
By Justin O’Brien
The often-overshadowed brother of blues guitar legend Buddy Guy finally gets his due. Our extensive LB interview covers the fifty-year career of that other brother Guy, from his roots in Louisiana and coming up under Raful Neal, to his early years in Chicago working with brother Buddy and later Junior Wells, through his extensive solo career.

Travis Haddix
Delivers The Blues
By David Whiteis
Cleveland-based Travis Haddix has been delivering his own style of blues for over thirty years. A mailman, a father, a fisherman, Haddix has also managed to carve out his own personal style of blues.

Chicago Bob Nelson
Everybody Be Out Boogieing In The Backyard
By Scott Bock
Louisiana born Robert Lee Nelson, AKA. Chicago Bob Nelson, has traveled the backroads of the blues learning to blow harp under the masters like Lazy Lester, Junior Wells, and James Cotton. After many years in Chicago and Atlanta, Nelson is now Boston based and blowing up a storm.

Breaking Out - Doc Blakey
By Preston Lauterbach

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