Bill Wilcox

Dec 20, 2024 | twangville.com | Bill Wilcox

I haven’t played golf in 20 years, and when I did play, I was terrible at it. But I gotta say that when I did play I was the master of one particular stroke – the “Mulligan.” That’s when your shot off the tee is so bad you either miss it all together or you send the ball dribbling tee and it doesn’t make it past the ladies’ tee, you get to take another shot. In reviewing music, the same thing happens sometimes.

Nov 27, 2024 | twangville.com | Bill Wilcox

With Arlen Roth, it’s all about the guitar. Having shared stage or studio with Bob Dylan, John Prine, Paul Butterfield, Loudon Wainwright III, Ry Cooder, Rory Block, Eric Andersen and many others, Roth has been long established as a “go to” session man or sideman on tour. Originally from New York City, Roth started a rock band while studying at University of the Arts in Philadelphia in the late sixties. After college he started a fabled career as a session man.

Nov 27, 2024 | twangville.com | Bill Wilcox

Wednesday, November 27, 2024 By Bill Wilcox With Arlen Roth, it’s all about the guitar. Having shared stage or studio with Bob Dylan, John Prine, Paul Butterfield, Loudon Wainwright III, Ry Cooder, Rory Block, Eric Andersen and many others, Roth has been long established as a “go to” session man or sideman on tour. Originally from New York City, Roth started a […]

Nov 21, 2024 | twangville.com | Shawn Underwood |Mayer Danzig |Tom Osborne |Bill Wilcox

Although younger than Willie by almost 30 years, Warren Haynes is maybe the last leaf on a different tree. With the recent passing of Dickey Betts, Haynes is now the elder statesman in a large group of southern rock and jam band musicians building on the legacy of The Allman Brothers Band. He just released […]In the eighties and early nineties, post one Daley and pre another one, one of the safer areas of Chicago to go see live blues was a short stretch on North Halsted Avenue.

Nov 20, 2024 | twangville.com | Bill Wilcox

Going to sound like my dad here, but I’ll challenge anyone not to tap your toes listening to the new upbeat, old-timey New Orleans Sessions from Canadian duo Blue Moon Marquee. The duo, which features A.W. Cardinal on vocals and guitar and Jasmine Colette on vocals and upright bass, captures a unique feel they’ve dubbed “Gypsy Blues” and delivers the listener to a different time and place. The duo’s influences include early blues, jazz, ragtime and swing music, among others.