For those prohibited by distance from experiencing authentic Chicago blues in a West Side club, Delmark Records provides a next-best-thing-to-being-there solution with Tail Dragger's DVD Live at ...

Filmmaker Kevin Mukherji’s new documentary “Tail Dragger” tells the story of an 82-year-old blues singer who was a protégé of Howlin’ Wolf and whose career recalls the heyday of blues clubs on Chicago ...

Cowboy hat tilted back on his head, face glistening with sweat and chomping on a thick cigar, Tail Dragger, born James Yancey Jones, cuts a striking figure onstage–at least when he opts to stay there.

No less than Howlin Wolf anointed James Yancy Jones with the "Tail Dragger moniker due to his habit of being late for gigs. Fans of the classic Chicago sound of the 40s and 50s will revel in the Tail ...

Tune in to ‘T Model’ Ford by clicking on the multi-media souvenir of the Mississippi Delta Blues Festival in Greenville. Were you there? Nobody knows when the blues began, just that they live on — ...

Dave Hoekstra visits with Chicago blues harp virtuoso Martin Lang, who joined veteran bluesman Tail Dragger (real name James Yancy Jones) on stage in the gymnasium at Cook County Jail for a landmark ...

Blues singer Tail Dragger Jones performs at Cook County Jail. Jones, whose birth name is James Yancey Jones, also talks with Dave Hoekstra about his musical career ...

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