He began playing professionally while still in high school with such stars as ZZ Hill, Little Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and the Sweet Inspirations and now he’s coming to St. Louis starting tonight. St.

Johnny Rawls (born September 10, 1951) is an American soul blues singer, guitarist, arranger, songwriter and record producer. He was influenced by the deep soul music of the 1960s, as performed by O.

Deer Tick, Negativity. Sometimes toiling outside the glare of the big spotlight can be a good thing. It gives a band time to make mistakes, learn and get better. Or not. Luckily Deer Tick have gone to ...

GRAND FORKS — Blues on the Red will return to Grand Forks' Town Square on June 29 with Johnny Rawls headlining and Jennifer Lyn and the Groove Revival opening. The concert, presented by the Olive Ann ...

Award-winning soul blues artist Johnny Rawls rolls into Helena, his “second home,” this week for Alive @ Five. He performs 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, at Pioneer Park. Rawls’ album, “Ace of Spades,” ...

Johnny Rawls is from another time, when soul and blues were major genres, both got radio play and some singers blended both styles. Some '50s, '60s and '70s singers crossed the lines more than others.

Before its modern version got to canoodling with pop and hip-hop, R&B was more about the "B" than the "R" - blues plus soul, essentially. Had its post-disco gravitation toward drum machines not ...

Johnny Rawls proved to be a bluesman after my own heart when I noticed that his red Stratocaster displayed a sticker with one of those traffic-sign slashes through the song title “Mustang Sally.” ...