By Dennis Atkins Buddy Guy didn’t take much convincing to accept a role in the Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning, and BAFTA-winning film Sinners, but he did need to understand why he should participate. The film's driving force—writer, producer, and director Ryan Coogler visited Guy, now 89 years old and touring with his new record Ain’t Done With The Blues, at his famous Chicago club, Legends, to make his case. As it turned out, it wasn't a hard sell. Guy recounted, “Well, he came in there, and I don’t [...]

Words and photographs by Dennis Atkins There’s a song that always worked its way into Blues Arcadia’s repertoire. It was a band favourite and a genuine fan favourite, a song that had been on set lists since the Brisbane blues band became an institution in South East Queensland and beyond, going back a decade. Corner Girls is a sultry, slow blues earworm that gets feet tapping and hips swaying. Primarily about bad behaviour, discoverable on a few levels, this is also very much a “time’s up” song. [...]