I love this photo of Hound Dog Taylor (in his wig) and Muddy Waters. It reminds me of one of my greatest misadventures–16 years old, I’d had my license for only a few months. I commandeered my dad’s ...

On July 13, 1956, RCA Victor released Elvis Presley’s hit song Hound Dog. It blended rhythm and blues (R&B) with rockabilly and country music. This fusion helped reshape American popular music.

Matthew Stubbs is a veteran of the Boston music scene and a national touring musician as well; he’s been playing guitar in Charlie Musselwhite’s live band for 14 years. But in 2018, he was temporarily ...

In some ways, this classic early rock ‘n’ roll song, Hound Dog,” has become a lightning rod at the center of an unwinnable debate. It has become Big Mama Thornton against Elvis Presley. But it doesn’t ...

Blues and R&B singer Big Mama Thornton will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this weekend. Ask most folks who first sang the early rock n roll hit "Hound Dog" and they'll tell you Elvis ...

The Hound Dog Blues Festival is this weekend, a two-day, pet-friendly family affair filled with music, food, camping and fun. "Tulsa hasn't had a major blues festival in close to a decade," Matt ...

The King of Rock 'n' Roll can thank the rhythm and blues singers who preceded him for the building blocks of his legacy. One of such — Willie Mae Thornton, better known as Big Mama Thornton — debuted ...

One of the best stories out of the Boston music scene in 2021 has been the emergence of GA-20 as national headliners. The rockin’ blues trio that only began in 2018 has just finished a fall tour of ...

A writer of Elvis Presley’s “Hound Dog” revealed what he thought of Baz Luhrmann’s movie Elvis. He discussed the way the film utilized “Hound Dog” and other songs he wrote. He reacted to Eminem ...