HEY LOCO FANS - On Friday, July 24, 1964 the Newport Folk Festival featured several blues artists and helped revive careers of a number of blues musicians in the 1960's. #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #Delta #DeltaBlues #NewportFolkFestival

HEY LOCO FANS – Here’s a little levity to set your weekend off right! Enjoy! #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #DeltaBlues #BluesCartoon #MusicCartoon #Cartoon

HEY LOCO FANS - Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green died this day in 2020. Green gave the band a strident blues sound before leaving in 1970. B.B. King, said, 'the sweetest tone I ever heard' #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BBKing #PeterGreen #FleetwoodMac

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy birthday to guitarist Sylvester Weaver, who made his mark as one of the first recorded blues guitarists, using a knife as a slide. #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BluesGuitar #SylvesterWeaver #SlideGuitar

HEY LOCO FANS - Emmett Till would be 84 years old today. Think about that. And there's STILL no federal anti-lynching bill on the books. #RememberingEmmettTill #EmmettTill #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #Respect #EqualRights #Equality #CivilRights #CivilRightsMovement #NAACP BLMOKC

HEY LOCO FANS - Here's your blues quote for today: "The song of the blues, the song of the music, was something a lot of people missed out on. They thought they had to swagger a certain way or bark at the mic, and you don't have to do that." Taj Mahal

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy BDay to Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones! His career has spanned over six decades, and called "one of the most popular and influential frontmen in the history of rock & roll". #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #RollingStones #MickJagger

HEY LOCO FANS – Blues guitar player Moses Rascoe was born on July 27, 1917 in Windsor, NC. Rascoe grew up in a musical home and got his first guitar when he was 13 #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BluesGuitar #MosesRascoe

HEY LOCO FANS - On July 27 in 1955, Chuck Berry's debut single, 'Maybellene,' enters the R&B chart. It later becomes a No. 1 R&B hit, remaining at the top for 11 weeks. #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BluesGuitar #ChuckBerry #Maybellene

HEY LOCO FANS - Researchers from the Esso gas company warned that the rhythm of rock & roll could cause the driver to be foot heavy on the pedal, making them waste fuel. #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #Rock #RockNRoll #RockAndRoll

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy Birthday to blues legend Mike Bloomfield! He was one of America's first great white blues guitarists, earning his reputation on his work in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band . #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesGuitar #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #MikeBloomfield

HEY LOCO FANS - On this day in 1935 "Every Day I Have the Blues" was recorded in Chicago, Illinois. #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #StLouis #StLouisBlues #ChicagoBlues #Chicago #BBKing @bbkingmuseum

Bentonia blues guitarist Jimmy "Duck" Holmes was born on born July 28, 1947 in Yazoo County, Mississippi #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BluesGuitar #Bentonia #Delta #DeltaBlues #Mississippi #MississippiDelta #SlideGuitar

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy Bday to blues legend David "Junior" Kimbrough who was best-known works are "Keep Your Hands off Her" and "All Night Long" #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #Delta #DeltaBlues #Mississippi #MississippiDelta #JuniorKimbrough

HEY LOCO FANS - Here's your blues for today: Don’t the sun look lonesome setting down behind the trees. Don’t your house look lonesome when you baby’s packin’ to leave. "Blow Wind Blow" Muddy Waters #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory

HEY LOCO FANS - Chuck Berry throws out the first pitch on July 29, 2011 at the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game on the same day his statue is unveiled on Delmar Boulevard in the city. #Blues #BluesMusic #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #StLouis #StLouisBlues #ChuckBerry

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy Birthday to blues guitar master Buddy Guy born July 30, 1936! Buddy Guy is one of the most celebrated blues guitarists of his generation. #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesGuitar #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #BuddyGuy

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy Birthday to blues musician Big Jack Johnson who was born on this day in 1939! #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #Delta #DeltaBlues #Mississippi #MississippiDelta

HEY LOCO FANS - Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Michael Burks was born July 30, 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. #Blues #BluesMusic #BluesSongs #BigTrainBlues #BluesHistory #MemphisBlues #Tennessee #BealStreet #AlligatorRecords #MichaelBurks #BluesGuitar