Quite a shake-up on the blues chart for the week ending June 1st, 2013 as Gary Clark, Jr. regains the top spot with his critically-acclaimed Blak and Blu as the album moves into its seventh month hovering at or near number one. It comes as no surprise, certainly, as Clark is rapidly becoming one of the most popular mainstream bluesmen, taking his place alongside such perennial chart-toppers as Joe Bonamassa, Eric Clapton, and Robert Cray….

Here are this week's Billboard Top Ten blues albums, ranked by sales:

10. Shouting Matches - Grownass Man (Middle West Records)


9. Sister Bonnie Raitt is STILL in the
TOP TEN with
Slipstream (Redwing Records)


8. The Spin Doctors somehow hit #8…
If The River Was Whiskey (Ruf Records)


James Cotton, With the help of Joe Bonnamossa hits #7^th  with Cotton Mouth Man  on  Alligator Records …


#6 on the chart is Beth Hart  withBang Bang Boom Boom on Provogue Records…
 Check this out…


5. Charlie Musselwhite & Ben Harper
 Get Up! On Stax Records…




4. Joe Bonamassa - An Acoustic Evening at the Vienna Opera House (J&R Adventures)


3. Ana Popovic: This chick kills on her album
 Can You Stand The Heat
 (Artist Exclusive Records)


2. Boz Scaggs - Memphis (429 Records)



1. Gary Clark, Jr.
 Blak and Blu
(Warner Brothers)

This kid out of Austin ROCKS!!!

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FEBRUARY 15: The Coasters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles, Paul Butterfield, James Cotton and Albert King ROCK IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

 FEBRUARY 15^th

IN THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

 

February 15, 1957:

 The Coasters record "Searchin'", which will reach #3 in the US and become the first of their ten Billboard Top 40 hits...

February 15, 1958:

Jerry Lee Lewis performs

"Great Balls of Fire"

on American Bandstand…

February 15, 1962:

Ray Charles records

"I Can't Stop Loving You"

at United Studios in Hollywood, California…

 The tune will go on to top both the US and UK charts and would be included on the LP "Modern Sounds In Country / Western Music", which would lead the Billboard album chart for 14 weeks…

February 15, 1968:

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The James Cotton Blues Band and Albert King play at The Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco, California, USA…

Check out part of the Albert King set…

FEBRUARY 15^th ROCKS

in THE EVOLUTION OF ROCK ‘n ROLL…

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August 31, 1969: Day Two of the Texas International Pop Festival opens at the Dallas International Motor Speedway. Performers included: GRAND FUNK RAILROAD, Chicago Transit Authority, James Cotton, Delaney, Bonnie and Friends, The Incredible String Band, BB King, Led Zeppelin, Herbie Mann, Sam & Dave and Santana…

Day Two of the Texas International Pop Festival…

As they did EVERYDAY, 
MICHIGAN’S
GRAND FUNK OPENS THE SHOW!!!

Then, the rest…

Chicago Transit Authority… 

James Cotton Blues Band…

Delaney and Bonnie and Friends…

Incredible String Band…

B.B. King…Can’t find anything on BB at Texas Pop, but he was also on tour with The Rolling Stones in August of 1969, so FOR SURE this was on his set list in Texas, too…

Led Zeppelin (announced as "The Led Zeppelin")…

CHECK OUT THEIR WHOLE 1969 TEXAS INTERNATIONAL POP SHOW HERE!

Herbie Mann: Promoting his latest album, Memphis Underground…

 

Sam and Dave…

Santana…

Pretty Cool Festival, Texas…

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