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You Shook Me / Walkin Cane - KAL DAVID & JIMMY VIVINO
There is an old saying: You are only as good as your last gig. This one is certified fresh, organic, delicious, recorded March 12, 2012. You are forewarned: These guys are Registered Guitar Molesters! Ladies & Gentleman, it…
Continue Reading »You Told Me / Tricky - Gus Jenkins
b. 24 March 1931, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, d. December 1985, Los Angeles, USA. Like many of his generation, Jenkins drew his influences from 40s blues and spent much of his mature career adapting to the demands of rock…
Continue Reading »You Treat Me Like Dirt - Byther Smith & Jim Kohler Band
Byther Smith (born April 17, 1933, Monticello, Mississippi) is an American blues musician, noted for his gritty style and uncompromising delivery. Born the sixth oldest of seven children, Smith immigrated to Chicago in the mid 1950s. Although he…
Continue Reading »You Upset Me Baby - Jimmy Thackery
Jimmy Thackery (born May 19, 1953, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American blues singer and guitarist. Thackery spent fourteen years as part of The Nighthawks, the Washington, D.C. based blues and roots rock ensemble. After leaving the Nighthawks in…
Continue Reading »You want more Bill Howl - N - Madd Perry!! - The Sky is Crying
Due to the overwhelming popularity of my earlier post of Bill Howl - N - Madd Perry, I am giving the people what they want! More More More!! "The Sky is Crying" by Scott Albert Johnson and Bill…
Continue Reading »You Were Never Mine - Janiva Magness
Award-winning vocalist Janiva Magness is among the premier blues and R&B singers in the world today. Her voice possesses an earthy, raw honesty and beauty born from her life experience. A charismatic performer known for her electrifying live…
Continue Reading »You Won'tTreat Me Right - Big Jack Reynolds and His Blues Men
Georgia Marshall Reynolds was born in Dayton, OH. in 1921. He was influenced by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lightnin' Hopkins and Memphis Slim. He learned how to play harmonica as well as slide guitar in his youth. He moved…
Continue Reading »You'll Be There - Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter (November 15, 1932 – June 13, 1972) was an American R&B singer, perhaps the most widely imitated R&B singer of the 1950s and 1960s, making him a key figure in the shaping of doo-wop and R&B.…
Continue Reading »You'll Lose A Good Thing - Barbara Lynn
Barbara Lynn (born Barbara Lynn Ozen, later Barbara Lynn Cumby, January 16, 1942, Beaumont, Texas, United States) is an American rhythm and blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. She is best known for her R&B chart-topping hit,…
Continue Reading »You'll Never Be Sorry - Gerald Sims
Guitarist/songwriter/producer/singer/arranger/director Gerald Sims is a key figure in Chicago soul history, singing lead on and writing the Daylighters' "Cool Breeze" and "Oh What a Way to Be Loved," Gene Chandler's "Here Come the Tears," and co-writing with producer…
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