"Due to life and work getting in the way, it's taken me over a week to finally type up some thoughts about about the record club we held last week. However, it's also given me time to digest a lot of the feedback we got.First off, jds and I want..."

"As I've said before, Eldridge Holmes was one of New Orleans' great soul/R&B vocalists. Period. Had he gotten the opportunity to record as much as the smoother, more formal Johnny Adams did over as many years, he would be at least as well-known and spoken of in the same reverential..."

"NICK DERISO: As Mac Rebbenack, aka Dr. John the Night Tripper, says: He's done "whatever I had to do to get the job did."Over the years, this amounts to a list of jobs including, but not limited to, snot-nosed duck-tailed rocker, record producer, songwriter, way-out psychedelic pop star, reliable recording-session..."

"Photo credit: Chris RamirezNICK DERISO: Rock Roll Hall of Famer Allen Toussaint brought me to James Hunter's "The Hard Way," produced by Liam Watson of the White Stripes and set for June 10 release on Hear Music.But Hunter -- a remarkably soulful presence in the style of Jackie Wilson, Van..."

"The dapper Mr. Charles at Jazzfest 2008(photo by Dan Phillips)Although I missed Rockie Charles' performance at this year's Ponderosa Stomp, I caught him on the first Saturday of Jazzfest, playing in the Blues Tent. Sitting there soaking it in (and prior to actually getting soaked in an afternoon storm), I..."