"I want to move and entertain you, make you laugh, fill your heart or break it with my music and the stories in my songs. Come ride My Road with me."




 

LATEST NEWS

Bob Margolin Receives Three Blues Music Award Nominations



The Blues Foundation is pleased to announce the nominations for its 38th annual Blues Music Awards, which the international organization will present on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at the Cook Convention Center in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. Universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded blues musicians, The Blues Music Awards upholds its rich cultural tradition by honoring the past year’s superior achievements in blues performance, songwriting, and recording. This annual ceremony represents the premier event for blues professionals, musicians, and fans around the globe.


Congratulations Bob Margolin
Nominated in Three Categories

Traditional Blues Album - My Road

Traditional Blues Artist

Instrumentalist - Guitar

The Last Waltz 40 Tour - A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Last Waltz

Lastwaltz

World-Wide Release "Heaven Mississippi"

Blues Music Magazine Music Video HEAVEN MISSISSIPPI 
featuring Bob Margolin

In 2013, my friend Terry Abrahamson wrote “Heaven Mississippi” and asked me to make a demo for B.B. King.  Sadly, we realized that B.B. might not record again.  I loved Terry’s song and changed his lyrics to reflect my life and experiences rather than B.B.’s.  I recorded it for “My Road."  It’s about…well, you’ll hear it and see it, but it scares me to say it.

Scott Rosenbaum and Jasin Cadic were bringing their exquisite film “Sidemen - The Long Road to Glory” to the Pinetop Perkins Workshops and showed it in June in Clarksdale. They conceived a video for "Heaven Mississippi" and we shot it in Clarksdale.  I believe the video elevates my and Terry’s song way beyond the music and you will judge that for yourself.

New Book in the Works: Chicago Blues Slide Guitar

Bob, Muddy Waters and Eric Clapton - 1978
Photo taken by Patti Clapton with Bob's Polaroid camera
 
Bob and Eric play Muddy Waters like  a Chicago Blues Slide Guitar, which is the subject of Bob Margolin’s next instructional book/DVD for the Hal Leonard Corp.   After the critical and sales success of Chicago Blues Rhythm Guitar, the Complete and Definitive Guide from 2015, Bob and co-author Dave Rubin will reveal the magic of this style of playing.  Bob’s experience, stories, and filmed demonstrations of the slide playing will open the door to one of the signature sounds of blues music.  Look for the book in 2017.

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