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Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
King Solomon Hill (1897, McComb, Mississippi – 1949, Sibley, Louisiana)[1] was an American blues musician, who recorded a small handful of songs in 1932. His unique guitar and voice make them among the most haunting blues recorded. Hill…
Continue Reading »Whosoever Will, Let Him Come - Eugene Rhodes
If there is a more obscure country blues artist than this fellow, then he is probably locked up somewhere, as well, one hastens to add, because that was the situation when blues scholar Bruce Jackson first discovered Eugene…
Continue Reading »Why Do We Have To Say Goodbye - Mighty Sam McClain
Sam McClain was born on the northern edge of the Bible Belt in Monroe, Louisiana in 1943. As a five year old, he began singing in his mother’s Gospel Church. It was then that he realized singing was…
Continue Reading »Why Does Everything Happen To Me - Jimmy Reiter Band
Neben meiner eigenen Band, die den einfallsreichen Namen "Jimmy Reiter Band" trägt, spiele ich seit dem Jahre 1999 bei Doug Jay & The Blue Jays, die quer durch Europa touren, und der Bluesnight Band, mit der wir monatlich…
Continue Reading »Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green
Lil Green (December 22, 1919 – April 14, 1954) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was among the leading female rhythm and blues singers of the 1940s, possessed with an ability to bring power to ordinary…
Continue Reading »Why I Sing The Blues - Richard Broadnax & The Goldtooth Blues Band
Richard Broadnax was born in 1948 in the small town of Vellie, a community just outside of the city of Camden, Arkansas in the USA. Home to his four brothers and one sister was a farm operated by…
Continue Reading »Why is Love So Hard to Find - Marcia Ball w/Lou Ann Barton featurning Mark KAZANOFF
Saxophonist Mark ‘Kaz’ Kazanoff is well known to blues, rhythm and blues, and jazz fans around the world. Kaz has contributed horn arrangements, saxophone and harmonica solos, and original songs to more than 130 record albums over the…
Continue Reading »Why Should I Be Blue - Walter Davis
Walter Davis (March 1, 1912 – October 22, 1963) was an African American blues singer and pianist. Davis had a rich singing voice that was as expressive as the best of the Delta blues vocalists. His best-known recording…
Continue Reading »Why Should I Worry - Algia Mae Hinton
“Algia Mae is a great example of what is called in and throughout the African diaspora, ‘Original Joe.’ This is an innovative character who survives and creates anew under all circumstances. Algia Mae Hinton is someone not to…
Continue Reading »Why Things Happen To Me - Big Sam
Big Sam Clark of Memphis, Tennessee, on his own label. Big Sam Clark: vocal/piano. The Wonder Boy: guitar Melvin Lee: bass Homer Jackson: drums If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking…
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