June 26, 2025
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…
May 2, 2025
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…
April 18, 2025
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…
March 4, 2025
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.
February 20, 2025
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…
January 24, 2025
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.…
December 11, 2024
Bates Meyer is licensing music for the documentary film “Third Act” which will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2025. The story chronicles the life of Robert Nakamura, often called the godfather of Asian American…
October 1, 2024
Otis Rush, one of the architects of American blues, remains a potent reminder of cultural music history. The Chicago icon was recently featured in the Daily Kos “Black Music Sunday” series.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/29/2272255/-Black-Music-Sunday-Remembering-Otis-Rush-and-his-Chicago-blues. A newly designed website chronicles his impact on the…
September 27, 2024
The story of street singer Ted Hawkins (who was eventually signed to the major label Geffen Records) was the inspiration for writer/publicist Cary Baker’s first book “Down On The Corner” (Jawbone Press). “Ted Hawkins: Soul Amid The Sun, The Sky,…
August 29, 2024
The Lonnie Johnson composition and recording “Broken Levee Blues” has been licensed for the upcoming documentary about Hurricane Katrina, scheduled for the National Geographic Channel on the 20th anniversary of America’s worst natural disaster. KATRINA (working title) demonstrates how the…