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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Memphis Lightning

Personal Obsession

(Self-issued)




"Built on the Blues, wired for Rock'n'Roll" would be an irresponsibly hifalutin' claim, were it to issue from most mouths. But it only begins to capture the jump-back phenomenon now before us. Motivatin' in zeal and at high volume are robust travels in the key of damn straight. (Darren "Lil' Bluesman" Thiboutot Jr's solos will make big toes jump up in boots.) To quote the rousters themselves: "The Blues has built us into the band we are today." 

"My sound is a blend of all of my heroes and influences from genre to genre, mixed together to form a sound that purely comes from my soul," Lil' Bluesman told Blues GR last April. "I write a lot of music with my old man [Grammy-nominated Big Red], and you’ll hear elements of Blues, Rock, Pop, Roots, Country and more! I write music that has meaning and feeling to me, and my songs range from rockers, to soulful ones, tear jerkers, to pure guitar pyrotechnics!"

Recommended: "Personal Obsession," "The Road is My Home," "The Rock and Roll," "Good Man," "Perfect World," "You Got Nothing," "Come Back Home," "Halloween in July," "The King of Cool"

Videos: "The Road is My Home"   "You Got Nothing"   "Good Man"    "The King of Cool"


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FORMER staff writer for Rockabilly and Pin Up America magazines. FREELANCE credits include Daily Caller, American Thinker, Free Republic, Huffington Post, Counterpunch, Dissident Voice, Independent Political Report, USA Today, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, Waterloo Courier, Cedar Falls Times, Marshalltown Times Republican, Cincinnati.com, IndyStar, Arizona Republic, No Depression, Goldmine, Blue Suede News, Rock and Rap Confidential, Crackerjack, Blues News, Wrecking Pit, Punk Globe, Prairie Sun, Music and Sound Output, BAM, New Music, and 1980s NYC fanzines Shake, Rattle, and Roll, Rebel Rouser, and Off the Wall. AUTHOR: Shake, Rattle and Rocket!, Ghost Saucers in the Sky!, Stratosphere Boogieman!, Flesh Made Music, That a Man Can Again Stand Up: American spirit vs, sedition during the incipient Trump Revolution, and Ideas Afoot: Political observations, social commentary, and media analyses. WORKED as 2004 Iowa coordinator for Ralph Nader independent presidential campaign; co-founded Iowa Green Party, also served as statewide media coordinator; press coordinator, 2002 Jay Robinson (Green) IA gubernatorial effort. Wrote extensively re Trump campaign..