Little Axe: from blues to hip-hop and back

How Skip McDonald played on Grandmaster Flash's groundbreaking The Message before revolutionising his first musical love. By Dave SimpsonSkip McDonald was playing a gig in Portugal, billed as just him and guitar. A fair portion of the audience had seen the billing and decided an evening of traditional blues was just what they wanted. They might have wanted traditional blues, but they didn't get it. On entering the venue, they came across a stage upon which stood not a stool, a microphone and a g...

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