Happy heavenly birthday to Albert Collins, born on this day in 1932 #blues #bluesmusic #albertcollins #happybirthday #yourbluesmoment #texasblues #bluesflashbacks

Happy heavenly birthday to Stevie Ray Vaughan, born on this day in 1954. His debut album Texas Flood was my one of my road-trip mainstays for years #blues #srv Stevie Ray Vaughan #bluesrock #happybirthday #Texas #Austin #bluesguitar

RIP Loretta Lynn #countrymusic #grammy #LorettaLynn #Tennessee #Kentucky #CoalMinersDaughter

Remembering Ginger Baker, who left us on this day in 2019. When he joined Jack Bruce onstage in Cleveland in late 1989, he “evoked almost every mood and sound possible” from his drums. #blues #bluesmusic #drums #drummer #jazz #fusion #Cleveland #livemusic Ginger Baker

Shout out to the great folks on the Dutch island of Texel, who just kicked off their 33rd Blues Festival! They even change the road signs! #livemusic #texelbluesfestival #texel #blues #bluesmusic #bluesfestival #yourbluesmoment #Dutch #greatmusic #music

Marty Sammon and Buddy Guy at BuddyGuysLegends in January 2016 RIP Marty #blues #bluesmusic #keyboards #livemusic #chicago #RIP #martysammon

RIP Marty Sammon Here are Marty and Buddy Guy at the Wilbur Theater in #Boston in June 2015 #blues #bluesmusic #keyboards #livemusic #Chicago

Happy 80th birthday to the great Elvin Bishop !! #blues #bluesmusic #chicago #HappyBirthday

What’s the very first Hendrix song you ever heard? For me it was “Purple Haze” but “Red House” became my favorite. Happy Heavenly Birthday to Jimi Hendrix, born on this day in 1942 in Seattle. #blues #BluesMusic #JimiHendrix #bluesflashbacks #yourbluesmoment

Giving Tuesday is tomorrow. Let’s support Chicago’s two great museum projects mojomuseum and Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven #blues #bluesmusic #Chicago #museum #GivingTuesday2022 #storytelling #muddywaters

37 years ago today! When and where did you see Stevie Ray perform? #blues #bluesmusic #livemusic Stevie Ray Vaughan #Chicago #bluesguitar #bluesrock #stevierayvaughan #musichistory

Dreaming of a Clarksdale road trip … #blues #bluesmusic #mississippi #visitclarksdale GZBC Clarksdale #crossroads #roadtrip #livemusic

Honoring Howlin’ Wolf, who passed away on this day in 1976. #blues #BluesMusic #memphis #chicago #deltablues #Mississippi #yourbluesmoment

RIP Jeff Beck bbc.com/news/entertain… #blues #bluesmusic #bluesrock #guitar #guitarhero

It’s official! Muddy Waters old house on Chicago’s South Side is now on the National Register of Historic Places! #chicago #blues #bluesmusic #history mojomuseum #muddywaters nps.gov/subjects/natio…

It appears that Chicago - The Home of the Blues - will not have a Chicago Blues Fest in 2023? Wow. Speechless. #Chicago #bluesfestival #blues #bluesmusic

Mark your calendars! Chicago Blues Fest 2023 from June 8-11 #blues #bluesmusic #bluesfest #Chicago chicago.gov/city/en/depts/…

Do you have a favorite concert memory? Every Friday we’ll write about one of ours in a new feature, Weekend Warmup. Today the story is about Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Scuttle Buttin’” in 1984. bluesandmore.net/post/scuttle-b… #Blues #livemusic #Chicago #bluesmusic #stevierayvaughan

This week’s favorite live performance memory is “Mustang Sally” by Magic Slim and The Teardrops. This was a staple of his sets in the mid-1980’s #Blues #bluesmusic #magicslim #Chicago #chicagoblues #livemusic bluesandmore.net/post/mustang-s…

A toast to Buddy Guy on his 88th birthday! Thank you for keeping the #blues alive! #Chicago #bluesmusic