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Music Reviews: Standout Blues Albums from Mark Muleman Massey and Tommy Castro & the Painkillers

February 9, 2025February 8, 2025Jeff Burger0

Music Reviews: Standout Blues Albums from Mark Muleman Massey and Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Like such artists as Merle Haggard, Mark Muleman Massey honed his musical skills in prison. He grew up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and at age 19, landed in the state’s infamous Parchman Farm penitentiary, where Delta blues performer Bukka White and […]

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2024

December 30, 2024December 30, 2024Bill Bentley0

Bentley’s Bandstand: December 2024 By Bill Bentley Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, CLOSER TO THE BONE. Blues today comes in all shapes and sizes, attitudes and colors. It’s hard to keep track of the last 60 years of the blues journey. What was once a sound that lived mostly in the ghettos and didn’t escape […]