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Trouble Don't Last - Guitar Slim
Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959), better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist, from the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song, produced by Johnny Vincent at Specialty Records,…
Continue Reading »Trouble in Mind - Chippie Hill, Louis Armstrong, Richard M. Jones
Richard M. Jones, born Richard Marigny Jones, (13 June 1892 – 8 December 1945) was a jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, including "Trouble in Mind". Jones grew up…
Continue Reading »Trouble In Mind - Cortelia Clark
Cortelia Clark (c. 1907, Chicago, Illinois, United States – December 24, 1969, Nashville, Tennessee) was an African American blues singer and guitarist, known for his performances on the streets of Nashville. He won a Grammy for Best Folk…
Continue Reading »Trouble In Mind - NICK CHARLES & DOC SPANN
Doc Span Blues Master Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the young Doc entertained Dutch sailors at his Grandmothers saloon on the New York waterfront, playing the accordion. In the late sixties and into the seventies he made Chicago…
Continue Reading »Trouble Makin' Man - Eric Guitar Davis and the Troublemakers
Eric Davis was born to Dorothy Walker and world renowned drummer Bobby Davis. At the age of five, Eric began to follow in his Dad’s footsteps as a drummer. By the age of ten young Eric Davis could…
Continue Reading »Trouble No More
I was a huge fan of Duane Allman. When Duane Allman died, the life of the Allman Brothers died. They continued on playing tunes previously done with numerous guitar players trying to fill the bill and even with…
Continue Reading »Trouble So Hard - Vera Hall
Adell Hall Ward, better known as Vera Hall (April 6, 1902 – January 29, 1964) was an American folk singer, born in Livingston, Alabama, United States. She is best known for her song "Trouble So Hard" (1937). Hall…
Continue Reading »Trouble Trouble - Betty Roche
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Roché (January 9, 1920 – February 16, 1999) was an American blues singer, who became most famous with her cover of the song "Take the "A" Train". She recorded with the Savoy Sultans, Hot Lips…
Continue Reading »Trouble, Trouble - Luke "Long Gone" Miles
Luke "Lone Gone" Miles (May 8, 1925 – November 23, 1987) was an American Texas blues and electric blues singer and songwriter. He was a protégé of Lightnin' Hopkins, and variously recorded or performed with Hopkins, Sonny Terry,…
Continue Reading »Troublebound - The Blasters with Dave Alvin
Grammy award winning singer/songwriter/bar-room guitar player Dave Alvin has been a constant force in traditional American roots music, both electric and acoustic, for over 25 years. From his earliest days with roots pioneers The Blasters through his stinits…
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