Elvin Bishop News

 
Lib at Large: Mickey Thomas and the mutinous Jefferson Starship
Marin Independent-Journal
It was in 1975, and I was interviewing blues singer-guitarist Elvin Bishop in the living room of his home in the San Geronimo Valley. Elvin couldn't wait to play me a song he'd written on his new album. With obvious satisfaction, he put the needle down ...


 
Summer 2012: Bay Area fairs and festival
Inside Bay Area
Sunday will feature Los Lonely Boys, Jonny Lang, Elvin Bishop with Jame Cotton, Coco Montoya with Jimmy Thackery, and Michael Burks and the Holmes Brothers. Additionally, there will be food and children's activities. 11 am-7 pm May 26-27.

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Marin music calendar for week of May 25, 2012
Marin Independent-Journal
May 28: Elvin Bishop, Ron Thompson. June 1: The Shots. RICKEY'S — Inn Marin, 250 Entrada Drive, Novato; 883-5952; www.rickeysrestaurant.com. May 25: Charles Wheal. May 26: Kimrea and Dreamdogs. June 1: Andoni. SAM'S PLACE — 1545 S. Novato Blvd., ...

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Exclusive: Frank Marino legendary guitarist sidelined with severe pain
Examiner.com
And I remember a particular episode of The Midnight Special that featured Dickey Betts, Elvin Bishop and Charlie Daniels Band. Then this hard rock band appeared and completely blew away the audience. I'll never forget the look on their faces when Frank ...


 
Paul Thorn discusses "What the Hell is Goin' On?" before the House of Blues
Examiner.com
My good friend, Elvin Bishop, wrote that song. There's an obvious moral, and spiritual decline taking place. The news have become celebrity gossip, or they'll say something like "Booboo the cat fell down the well, details at ten". That's not news.

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Monterey County Herald
Two blues icons, Elvin Bishop and James Cotton, join forces for what should be a wonderful Chicago blues history lesson. Guitarist Bishop was in the original Paul Butterfield Blues Band before taking his act solo, and Cotton is legendary for his ...
Blues BrotherGood Times

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Desert Messenger (blog)
Bluesman Deacon Jones added to Blythe River Blues Festival lineup
Desert Messenger (blog)
Jones was a rock and roller in the early 1960s, when the hometown Richmond, Ind. band he was in, Baby Huey and the Babysitters, moved to Chicago and hired Elvin Bishop. According to Jones, Bishop kept trying to bring blues songs into the band but was ...