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Bottom Feeders Blues Band
Bottom Feeders have been around the mid Michigan area since about 1996, but started out under the name "Contempt" which was a heavier straight forward rock band under the direction of guitarist Tim Beckett. With the addition of…
Continue Reading »Bound To Be A Monkey - James Stump Johnson
James "Stump" Johnson (January 17, 1902 – December 5, 1969) was an American blues pianist and singer from St. Louis. James "Stump" Johnson was the brother of Jesse Johnson, "a prominent black business man," who around 1909 had…
Continue Reading »Bourbon Street - DOVE AND BOWEEVIL
Think of the blues in the UK and some may argue that Norfolk could well be England's answer to the Delta. Where rivers and skies stretch as far east as the eye can see, it is these vast…
Continue Reading »BOURBON STREET JUMP - RAYMOND HILL
b. 29 April 1933, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA, d. 16 April 1996, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. Tenor saxophonist and singer Hill played with many blues and R&B artists. He was influenced strongly in his early years by Jimmy Liggins and…
Continue Reading »Bow legged daddy - Willis 'Gator Tail' Jackson
Willis "Gator" Jackson (April 25, 1932 – October 25, 1987) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Born in Miami, Florida, Jackson joined Duke Ellington alumnus Cootie Williams's band in 1949 as a teenager, after being discovered by Eddie…
Continue Reading »Bow Wow
This guy just blows me away. He's a little taste of everyone and a lot of himself. Just having a great time... hope he comes to Arizona soon!! Here's Johnny Guitar Watson doing his own thing. Johnny is…
Continue Reading »Bow-Legged Mama - Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney was one of the more popular and prolific composers of blues songs in the '20s. He was better known for the behind the scenes activity of composing, although he did make a few appearances interpreting his…
Continue Reading »Bow-Legged Mama - Tom Delaney
Born in Charleston; sang in the Jenkins Orphanage choir in the early 1900s; a popular and prolific blues composer/songwriter on Tin Pan Alley and in the 1920s whose songs were used by recording artists of the era; worked…
Continue Reading »Boy Wells Audio clip - Love In Vain
One of our viewers volunteered this audio clip of Boy Wells to supliment the video posted earlier. I am still working on getting a video! Enjoy Bman Support Bman and your favorite band or venue - click Here…
Continue Reading »Boy, What a Girl - Big Sid Catlett & Gene Krupa
Sidney Catlett (January 17, 1910 – March 25, 1951), was a swinging jazz drummer often referred to as "Big Sid Catlett" because of his large frame. Catlett was born in Evansville, Indiana, and started at piano, but switched…
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