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You're Gonna Miss Me - Lowell Fulson
Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and…
Continue Reading »You're Gonna Need Him - Brother Joe May & Jackie Verdell
Dubbed "The Thunderbolt of the Middle West" by his mentor, the legendary Willie Mae Ford Smith, Brother Joe May was arguably the greatest male soloist in the history of gospel music; a tenor whose dramatic sense of showmanship…
Continue Reading »You're Gonna Need Me - The Guy King "Little Big Band"
Vocalist/Guitarist Guy King impressed the 10 times W.C. Handy award winner Willie Kent so much that the great man made him his bandleader and right – hand man. Guy King is an exciting new artist whose star is…
Continue Reading »You're No Good Woman - Boa and the Constrictors
“Boa is a flat-out killer guitarist, capable of about any blues lick you could ever want to hear. He bends those strings with both emotion and devotion (and can play an improv beer bottle slide in a pinch).…
Continue Reading »You're So Fine - The Mojo Roots
If you think there's nothing new and exciting coming out of the blues genre, you haven't heard The Mojo Roots. Their brand of harp-driven, soul-soaked blues is nothing short of electrifying, shifting effortlessly from a driving, hard-hitting shuffle…
Continue Reading »You're The One - David Honeyboy Edwards
David "Honeyboy" Edwards (June 28, 1915 – August 29, 2011) was a Delta blues guitarist and singer from the American South. Edwards was the last Delta blues man before his 2011 death. Folklorist Alan Lomax recorded Edwards in…
Continue Reading »You've Got To Play The Blues With Feeling or Don't Play The Blues At All - The Eddie Martin Band
With 12 rave-reviewed cd releases and constant globe-trotting since turning professional in 1995, London-born Martin has been called "The Ambassador of British Blues". As adept on acoustic instruments as electric, and as a soloist or band leader, he…
Continue Reading »You've Got To Take Sick and Die - Boyd Rivers
Not a lot is known about the Mississippi-based country-blues and gospel singer Boyd Rivers who died in '93, but his growling voice seems to belong to a much older time. He was born near the town of Pickens…
Continue Reading »You've Got What I Want - Blind Blake ft. Irene "Chocolate Brown" Scruggs
Irene Scruggs (December 7, 1901 – probably July 20, 1981) was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, who was also billed as Chocolate Brown and Dixie Nolan. She recorded songs such as "My Back to the…
Continue Reading »You've Gotta Move - Butch Cage and Willie B. Thomas
The Old Time Black Southern String Band tradition had rarely been recorded and by the 1960's had almost died out. When, in 1959, folklorist Harry Oster "discovered" Butch Cage (fiddle and vocals) and Willie B. Thomas (vocals and…
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