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Phillip Smith : Independent Music Reviewer, Amateur Photographer, Blues Foundation member. ( Rock, Blues, Funk, Rockabilly, Americana)✌ Cedar Rapids, Iowa phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com

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Brothers Brown - Dusty Road A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

This PhillyCheeze review Brothers Brown - Dusty Road posted 10 years ago on Mar. 5, 2016

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PhillyCheeze Rock & Blues Review #803
Bear Ryan & the Delta Snakes - Low and Slow
2026 – Bear Ryan
Release Date : Feb. 24, 2026

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07.03.2026 13:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ina Forsman - Ina Forsman A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

This PhillyCheeze review for Ina Forsman's self-titled album originally posted 10 years ago on
Feb. 27, 2016

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27.02.2026 13:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mr. Rick - Sings About God + Booze A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

This PhillyCheeze review for Mr. Rick - Sings About God + Booze was originally posted 10 years ago on Feb. 13, 2016

Great album too! 😎👍

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13.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Berdon Kirksaether & the Twang Bar Kings - The Voodoo Sessions A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

This PhillyCheeze review for Berdon Kirksaether & the Twang Bar Kings - The Voodoo Sessions was originally posted 10 years ago on Feb. 13, 2016

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13.02.2026 15:24 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

PhillyCheeze Rock & Blues Review #798

Altered Five Blues Band - Hammer & Chisel
2026 – Blind Pig Records
Release Date : Feb. 27, 2026

By Phillip Smith; Feb. 10, 2026

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12.02.2026 23:52 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Winter Blues Fest 2026

49 degrees and sunny for the walk this evening. On the pods is my Winter Blues Fest 2026 Spotify playlist with about 20 hours of music from artists playing in Des Moines this weekend... so listen in shuffle mode 😉 if you want to check it out. ✌️😎🎶🎸🚶

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12.02.2026 23:51 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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To those who celebrate... Happy National Kazoo Day! 😌

#nationalkazooday2026

29.01.2026 02:34 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Those Lowdown Blues Every Sunday night for the past 40 years, Bob Corritore has dedicated himself to hosting Those Lowdown Blues. It is both entertainment and education, as Bob includes many of the genre's roots and offs...

I’m listening to Those Lowdown Blues with Bob Corritore on the KJZZ app! kjzz.org/blues-playlist

07.07.2025 03:32 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

Revisiting PhillyCheeze reviews and posts as they reach their 10 year mark.

Photos of Devon Allman - Live at Irish District Music & Arts Festival - Cedar Rapids, IA - June 20, 2015 was originally posted on phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com June 21, 2015

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Damn good album!

02.06.2025 01:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews #749

Brody Buster - Redemption

2025 – self-release
Release Date : April 20, 2025

By Phillip Smith; May, 26, 2025

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26.05.2025 17:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Exploring America's musical roots on the Mississippi Blues Trail The birthplace of the Blues — and much of American music — lies in Mississippi's northwest corner.

I found something good in the Sunday paper this morning! 😎👍🎶

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25.05.2025 15:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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#747- > Carolyn Wonderland - Truth Is (PhillyCheezeBlues.Blogspot.com) A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews #747
Carolyn Wonderland - Truth Is
2025 – Alligator Records
Release Date : May, 16, 2025

By Phillip Smith; May, 24, 2025

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24.05.2025 21:29 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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#746- > Charlie Musselwhite - Look Out Highway (PhillyCheezeBlues.Blogspot.com) A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

PhillyCheeze’s Rock & Blues Reviews #746

Charlie Musselwhite - Look Out Highway
2025 – Forty Below Records
Release Date : May, 16, 2025

By Phillip Smith; May, 17, 2025

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17.05.2025 21:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Neil Young - Ohio [Live At Massey Hall 1971] (Video)
YouTube video by neilyoungchannel Neil Young - Ohio [Live At Massey Hall 1971] (Video)

Neil Young - Ohio [Live At Massey Hall 1971] (Video)

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#743- > Emma Wilson - A Spoonful of Willie Dixon (PhillyCheezeBlues.Blogspot.com) A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews #743

Emma Wilson
A Spoonful of Willie Dixon
2025 – Select-O-Hits
Release Date : May, 2, 2025
🔥🎶
@EmmaWilsonMusUK #blues #newmusic #williedixon #emmawilson #newmusic

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04.05.2025 05:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

Revisiting PhillyCheeze reviews and posts as they reach their 10 year mark.

My review of The Boxmasters live at The Surf Ballroom 4/24/15 (with concert photos) originally posted on phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com on April 25,2015

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25.04.2025 12:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coming up next on PhillyCheezeBlues.blogspot.com : John Primer - Grown in Mississippi 😎👍🎶

24.04.2025 12:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sinners | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Sinners | Official Trailer 2

I caught @SinnersMovie last night. What a terrific film! Wonderful soundtrack!

😎🍿🎬🎸🎶🧛
#MichaelBJordon
#bluesmusic #Clarksdale #mississippi #vampires #jukejoint #hoodoo #christonekingfish #buddyguy #deltablues

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20.04.2025 17:36 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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#741- > Southern Avenue - Family (PhillyCheezeBlues.Blogspot.com) A weekly blog dedicated to blues and blues-rock, shedding light on those recordings which make a positive influence.

PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews #741
Southern Avenue - Family
2025 – Alligator Records
Release Date : April 25, 2025

😎👍🎶🎸🤘🔥
#SouthernAvenue #Memphis #AlligatorRecords
#NewMusic

@alligator1971

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19.04.2025 21:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Those Lowdown Blues Every Sunday night for the past 40 years, Bob Corritore has dedicated himself to hosting Those Lowdown Blues. It is both entertainment and education, as Bob includes many of the genre's roots and offs...

I’m listening to Those Lowdown Blues with Bob Corritore on the KJZZ app! kjzz.org/blues-playlist

14.04.2025 04:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Vinyl/Music aficionados .. take a look-see at this new show on PBS called “Papa Ray’s Vintage Vinyl Roadshow” . You can watch online or stream on Firesticks and such through the PBS app.
😎📺 #vintagevinyl

13.04.2025 15:01 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
PhillyCheeze on Blue Avenue 3-30-25 Playlist · Phillip Smith · 15 items

If you missed my guest appearance on Bob Dorr’s Blue Avenue radio show, or just want to hear the songs again, I created this Spotify playlist with all 12 songs + 3 extra which were also considered.

Enjoy!

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06.04.2025 04:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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PhillyCheeze's Rock & Blues Reviews #739
Sean Chambers - Live From Daryl's House Club

2025 – Quarto Valley Records
Release Date : Feb. 28, 2025
😎🎸🎶🤘🔥
Original source : phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com

@SeanChambersBan @Publiciteeguy

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05.04.2025 21:17 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Catch me this evening at 8:00 pm Central Time on Iowapublicradio.org in the Studio One feed. I’ll be guesting on Bob Dorr’s Blue Avenue radio show the first hour, spinning blues tunes off CDs I reviewed on PhillyCheeze last year. Hope you can tune in. 😎👍🎶

31.03.2025 00:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Sly LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | The Impact of 'Family Affair' | Hulu
YouTube video by Hulu Sly LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) | The Impact of 'Family Affair' | Hulu

If ya dig music docs, dig this…

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Revisiting PhillyCheeze reviews and posts as they reach their 10 year mark.

My review of The New Basement Tapes - Lost on the River rwas originally posted on phillycheezeblues.blogspot.com on March 28, 2015

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3 Robert Lockwood record albums, each with photo of Lockwood on cover

3 Robert Lockwood record albums, each with photo of Lockwood on cover

Large portrait of Lockwood in blue on orange background

Large portrait of Lockwood in blue on orange background

Lockwood autograph on 1991 schedule from blues fest in Helena

Lockwood autograph on 1991 schedule from blues fest in Helena

Me & Robert Lockwood in 1991 at Helena, Arkansas

Me & Robert Lockwood in 1991 at Helena, Arkansas

Blues guitarist Robert Lockwood (d. 2006) born March 27, 1915 at Turkey Scratch (Phillips County), Arkansas.
Protégé of Robert Johnson,
cofounder of “King Biscuit Time” radio,
recorded w/Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Walter, & others.
Here on Little Walter’s “My Babe.”

youtu.be/eLTZjTUOCno?...

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