Happy Birthday Ernie Watts. The Grammy winning saxophone giant turns 80 today. He started his career at the age of 16 with the Delaware Symphony and he’s still making relevant, impactful music. Ernie appears with his straight-ahead jazz quartet on…
A new book celebrating the legendary T-Bone Walker was released this month. “ELECTRIC BLUES! T-Bone Walker & The Guitar That Started It All” was written by guitar historian Tony Bacon and published through London’s famed Regent Sounds. The book celebrates…
Bates Meyer is licensing music for a documentary about experimental filmmaker Benita Raphan. Three-time Emmy Award winner Alan Berliner is directing and producing. All of his films are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New…
T-Bone Walker’s gem “They Call It Stormy Monday” was recently licensed for a new documentary produced by Judd Apatow. “You Had To Be There: How the Toronto Godspell ignited the comedy revolution (in a Canadian Kind of Way)” is scheduled…
The famed 1949 Gibson ES-5 guitar once owned by T-Bone Walker, stolen from a Paris stage, has been recovered and is in the hands of a curator who wishes to make the instrument available for public viewing. The Estate of…
The Otis Rush composition “It Takes Time” reached its copyright termination period this month and reverts to the family publishing company. Originally released in 1958, this quintessential example of Chicago blues features Rush’s moaning vocal and ominous guitar supported by…
Bates Meyer is working on music research and licensing for the documentary “The Loneliest Man in Town,” about Austrian guitar virtuoso Al Cook. An accomplished blues musician in his homeland, Cook (who turns 80 this year), is not duly recognized…
The Ted Hawkins’ track “Long As I Can See The Light” from his Geffen album “The Next Hundred Years” was licensed for the popular Hulu series “Paradise.” The tune appears in the final episode of Season 1.
The perennial Memphis Slim song “Everyday I Have The Blues” has just been licensed for the upcoming film by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordon (the team behind “Black Panther” and “Creed”). This Warner Bros. film “Sinners” is out in…
The Lonnie Johnson track “I’m So Tired Of Living All Alone” has been licensed for a documentary film about Austrian musician Al Cook. A respected and accomplished blues artist in his homeland, Cook never received the international recognition he deserved.…