BASICALLY IVE ALWAYS LOVED BLUES MUSIC AND NEWCASTLE. KNOWN MORE ABOUT BLUES THAN ANYONE I KNOW FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. IVE MET ALL THE GREATS... HOPKINS, JOHNSON, JAMES, LEWIS, HOOKER, KING, WATERS....ALL LOVELY FELLAS AND GIANTS OF THE BLUES WITHOUT DOUBT. KEEP BLUES LIVE, BIG GARY SPENSAR.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

Episode 3

Thats right yee lot its Blues Basket number 3. LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE.

In this episode we'll be looking back at the hard livin' Chicago bluesmen who sadly passed on before they were 50. 3 titans of the Chicago scene who just cannot be knocked Im sure youll agree.

Little Walter - Elmore James - 'Baby Face' LeRoy Foster

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KEEP BLUES LIVE

Big Gary Spensar

Tuesday 1 February 2011

Episode 2

Blues Basket number 2 is here and let me tell you it is a red hot one. LISTEN TO THE SHOW.


This week Im taking you back to the source and getting stuck knee deep in Memphis blues. Specifically bluesmen born in Memphis, Tennesse, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Furry Lewis- Mississippi Fred McDowell- Memphis Slim

Youll need to go a long way before you can touch that line up let me tell you.

KEEP BLUES LIVE

Big Gary Spensar
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