I don’t think I’ve ever heard Camille Yarbrough’s song except in the sample so famously used by Fatboy Slim in his hit single Praise You.

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John Paul Jones has played bass on many classic tunes with and without Led Zeppelin, but few of his contributions are more exceptional than The Lemon Song.

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Hey Joe is not just a classic, but a genuine rock standard, with at least a hundred versions. This is one of my favourites, by blues guitarist Roy Buchanan.

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Fantastic Negrito – New Live Album And Interview

The Bones Of J.R. Jones is the alter ego of one-man band Jonathon Linaberry, drilling down into old-time acoustic blues.

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Free were in the vanguard of the blues-rock revolution that chnged the face of British music in the late 1960s.

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There was much more to Chris Rea than the hit singles – a multi-talented artist whose first loves were the blues, racing cars, cinema and journalism.

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Country Joe & The Fish is a name I remember hearing in my youth, though I don’t remember hearing any of their records.

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Jimi Hendrix was once asked how it felt to be the best guitarist in the world. Hendrix shrugged and replied: “I don’t know – ask Rory Gallagher.”

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Roy Buchanan was overlooked rather than underrated as a guitarist. No one who heard him could fail to have been impressed by his talent.

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