Bobby “Blue” Bland is anything but. He doesn’t play soul-rending slide guitar; he doesn’t wail away on the blues harp; he doesn’t even play an instrument. All he has is his voice, but that voice is ...

There ain’t but a few left. The Post-War generation of great blues musicians, the men and women who brought a rural music into the American city and then to the world is slipping away, Now we’ve lost ...

St. Louis-native Shirley Brown and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Bobby Womack and Bobby “Blue” Bland headline the 8th Annual St. Louis Blues Festival at Chaifetz Arena at Saint Louis University on ...

One of the finest voices the blues has known, Bobby “Blue” Bland died last Sunday at age 83. Sometimes called the Sinatra of the blues, Bland projected a similar class and elegance even when getting ...

JUSTIN FOX BURKS Bobby “Blue” Bland at last fall’s Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony. One of the key links on the road from blues to soul, Bobby “Blue” Bland, passed away yesterday, at age ...

Blues icon Bobby "Blue" Bland has died Sunday at his Memphis home from complications from an ongoing illness, his son, Rodd confirmed. He was 83. Bland is best known for his particular intermingling ...

His classic songs included "Turn On Your Love Light" and "Further On Up The Road." A contemporary of B.B. King, Bland was one of the last... Bobby 'Blue' Bland, The 'Sinatra Of The Blues,' Dies Bobby ...

(Reuters) - Bobby "Blue" Bland, a pioneer of the modern soul-blues sound, died on Sunday, according to Memphis media reports. He was 83. Local television stations cited the Memphis Music Foundation, ...

Memphis Monday morning: 1945-1948 -- Loan me a helping hand: 1949-1952 -- Little boy blue: 1930-1945 -- Army blues: 1952-1954 -- Ain't it a good thing: 1955-1957 -- Dreamer: 1958-1960 -- Turn on your ...