Blues & Rhythm magazine no. 378 – June/July 2023: Sherman Robertson; Henry Stone; Sammy Lowe; West Florida R&B, pt.3; and more

Neil Slaven’s Lost & Found: SHERMAN ROBERTSON – Unpublished interviews from 1993 and 1995 with the much missed Texas bluesman who died in 2021.

Ray Templeton’s final installment in his HISTORY OF BLUES MAGAZINES. This issue: Europe & Beyond.

Back Room Wizards: Opal Louis Nations looks at the career of R&B songwriter, producer and bandleader SAMMY LOWE.

Another historic interview from Cary Baker’s vaults with Florida R&B producer and record label boss HENRY STONE from 1972.

CASH BOX CLASSICS: Simon Evans looks at the R&B world of 1953 through the pages of the US publication Cash Box.

The third part in our six part feature of rare photos and memorabilia of WEST FLORIDA R&B from the 1940s and 1950s by Ken Benedict, Steve Gronda and Chris Bentley

PLUS: Huey ‘Piano’ Smith; Spencer Wiggins; Chuck Jackson; Lillian Walker Moss. Reviews include: Memphis Slim; King Kolax; John Primer; Johnny Ace; Howlin’ Wolf; Rusty & Doug Kershaw; Buddy Moss; King Curtis; Charlie Patton; Hound Dog Taylor; Washboard Sam plus all our usual features.