Jon Shain’s voice is the aural equivalent of a sly nod and a wink. Your initial response might be to wonder if he’s putting you on with his ramblin’-folksinger persona — but then you notice how good a guitar player […]
Jon Shain’s voice is the aural equivalent of a sly nod and a wink. Your initial response might be to wonder if he’s putting you on with his ramblin’-folksinger persona — but then you notice how good a guitar player […]
In the late 1980s, during one of North Carolinas periodic rock downswings, local music heads enjoyed a concurrent upturn on the blues scene. You couldnt turn a street festival corner without running into a rediscovered veteran like Algie Mae Hinton, […]
With his second album, Fools And Fine Ladies, John Shain renews his commitment to the blues, and along the way suggests some interesting new possibilities for the evolution of his trio. Shain, an accomplished singer-guitarist in the Kaukonen-Hammond mold, and […]
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