“I’ve been in Texas / I’ve been on the run / I’m going to Leland, Mississippi, mama / You all know that’s where / I come from / Right down on the Delta, man…” – Leland Mississippi Blues: Composed by Johnny Winter John Dawson Winter III Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 21, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, Johnny Winter, jude kane, music, R&B 2 Comments
“My doctor put me on / Milk, cream and alcohol, alcohol / My doctor wrote me a prescription / For milk, cream and alcohol / My nerves were so bad / I couldn’t rest / I couldn’t sleep at all at night…” – It Serves Me Right to Suffer: Composed by John Lee Hooker “King of the Boogie,” John Lee Hooker Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 14, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, John Lee Hooker, jude kane, music, R&B
“Sure I know I can borrow a smoke / Or sit here all night long and tell a joke / But after all is said and done / Who’s gonna laugh / Who’s gonna laugh / At a broken, a broken heart? / I’ve been drinkin’ again…” – I’ve Been Drinking: Composed by Doris Tauber / Johnny Mercer Jeff Beck Group Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 14, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, Jeff Beck Group, jude kane, music, R&B
“Well I could’ve had, I could’ve had religion / But the poor girl I love / Wouldn’t let me pray / ‘Cuz my woman / Drove my spirit away / She done drove my spirit away / She done drove my spirit away…” – I Could Have Had Religion: Composer unknown Junior Wells, born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr. Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 14, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, Junior Wells, music, R&B
“What would you do if I sang out of tune / Would you stand up and walk out on me? / Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a song / I will try not to sing out of key…” – With a Little Help from My Friends: Composed by John Lennon / Paul McCartney John Robert “Joe” Cocker Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 2, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, Joe Cocker, jude kane, music, R&B
“Let the world go by / Like the clouds a-streamin’ / To lay me down, one last time / To lay me down… / …To lie beside you / My love still sleeping / To tell sweet lies, one last time / And say goodnight.” – To Lay Me Down: Composed by Jerry Garcia / Robert Hunter / Bill Kreutzmann Jerome John “Jerry” Garcia Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 2, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, Jerry Garcia, jude kane, music, R&B
“Oh, I’ve got no one to have fun with / Since my baby’s love had been done with / All I do is think of you / I sit and cry / Oh, and I and sing the blues / I sit and cry and I and sing the blues” – Sit and Cry (The Blues): Composed by Willie Dixon & Buddy Guy George “Buddy” Guy Special thanks to Brian Smith for permission to use his amazing photographs for my source material. Brian can be contacted at: brian_smith_blues_pix@hotmail.com Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 2, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, buddy guy, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, music, R&B
“Well, Momma loved me / Daddy did too / Ain’t no hell / That’s burning you / Nah-hah-nah / Wherever I go / Ain’t no hell…” – Burn in Hell: Composed by Junior Kimbrough David “Junior” Kimbrough Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... October 2, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, Junior Kimbrough, music, R&B
“Muddy called him his son,” Gravenites says of Bloomfield. “Muddy knew. He didn’t call him his partner or buddy. Believe me, that’s important. It tells you something – that it has nothing to do with show business. It has to do with soul.” – quote by Nick Gravenites: Rolling Stone article by David Fricke, January 23, 2014, “Mike Bloomfield: Rock’s Forgotten Guitar Prodigy” Michael Bernard “Mike” Bloomfield Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... September 23, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, Michael Bloomfield, music, R&B
“I started school one Monday mornin’, baby / I throwed my books away / I wrote a note to my teacher / I’m gonna try 61 today…” – 61 Highway: Composed by Mississippi Fred McDowell Mississippi Fred McDowell Share this:FacebookXLike Loading... September 23, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, Mississippi Fred McDowell, music, R&B
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