In this era of bro-country bombast, veteran California honky-tonk man Rick Shea displays a refreshingly low-key demeanor. The soft-spoken singer-songwriter, who appears at Burbank’s Viva Cantina on ...

Meade “Lux” Lewis didn’t just record a blues—he conjured a rolling landscape of rhythm and motion. Cut in 1928, “Honky Tonk Train Blues” demanded a great deal of the pianist: relentless drive, ...

Since his stunning debut “Thunderstorms and Neon Signs” in 1995, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been the undisputed king of juke joint swing — that alchemist’s dream of honky-tonk, western swing, blues ...

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side 1: Jess Stacy with Gene Krupa and Israel Crosby. The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise; side 2: Meade "Lux" Lewis. Honky Tonk Train Blues (Decca 18110), from the album, Gems of Jazz Vol. 1 (Decca ...

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Since his debut album “Thunderstorms and Neon Signs” in 1995, Wayne “The Train” Hancock has been a king of juke-joint swing — that alchemist’s dream of honky-tonk, Western swing, blues, Texas ...