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12 TOP TEN

Gwyn Ashton’s “what I heard first and what got me INTO the blues” 14 HAPPENIN NEWS Find out news on the scene 64 FESTIVAL FEVER

BOTF, Abertillery, WC Handy, Nottenden, and SXSW. 76 BOOK REVIEWS

Jack Bruce and Improvising Blues Guitar. 78 DVD REVIEWS

Rolling Stones, Ana Popovic, Val Tomato, and Arii Eisinger. 116 GOT LIVE

Solomon Burke, The 3J’s Bowskill/ Bonamassa/Beck, Tommy Castro, Buddy Guy, Matt Schofield, Geoff Achison, Popa Chubby, Paul Jones, Eric Burden, The Holmes Brothers etc.

18 INTERVIEWS

Jeff Beck,Otis Taylor, Eric Bibb Pt2, W T Feaster, Julien Temple (Dr Feelgood, Jimmy Bowskill, Simon McBride, Roadhouse, Marshall Chess, Dale Storr, Anna Popovic.

124 HENDRIX 40 YEARS ON

by Vicky Martin. 126 HEGEMONY OF THE

BLUESbyRichardThomas.. 129 HARVEST JAZZ &

BLUES FESTIVAL CANADA

80 CD REVIEWS BEN POOLE, NAPOLEON WASHINGTON, MARK BUT- CHER, SOLOMON BURKE, DUKE ROBILLARD, STE- PHEN DALE PETIT, JOHN PINAMONTI, 24PESOS, SIMON MCBRIDE, THE RHYTHM CHIEFS, MATT SCHOFIELD, WALTER TROUT, THE UNION, ERJA LYYTINEN, SEAN TAYLOR, LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS, THE SPIKERDRIVERS, WALTER TROUT, SIMON MCBRIDE, GREGG WRIGHT, BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, MUD MORGANFIELD WITH THE DIRTY ACES, RORY ELLIS, DANI WILDE,

THE REVOLUTIONAIRES, THE ESSENTIAL

CYRIL NEVILLE 1994 – 2007.

RONNIE EARL AND THE BROADCASTERS, NINE BELOW ZERO, DINAH WASHINGTON, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, HARPER, PINTETOP PERKINS AND WILLIE “BIG EYES” SMITH, GOV’T MULE. etc.

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Page 18. JEFF BECK

You should check out his “Emotion & Commotion” CD which he released back in March, its unmistakably Jeff Beck. He has been touring UK and Europe, but there are only European dates left on the itinerary.

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