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Every Day I Got The Blues - Fuschi4
Fuschi4 are a well-established funky blues outfit based in Manchester UK that features Paolo Fuschi (guitar and vocals), Tim Moscrop (guitar) Dave Lloyd (bass and backing vocals), Adam Dawson (drums and percussion). This Italian/British ensemble started in 2007…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - David Lee Durham
Born in Sunflower, Mississippi, in 1943, David Lee Durham was raised in the blues. He never darkened the door of a schoolhouse and moved from farm to farm to pick cotton. He could pick 400 pounds of cotton…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - Floyd McDaniel
Known for blues-drenched jazz and jazz-drenched blues, Floyd McDaniel was a part of the Chicago scene for most of his 80 years. The singer/guitarist was born in Athens, Alabama but spent much of his life in the Windy…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - Jimmy D Lane
Jimmy D. Lane (born July 4, 1965, Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American electric blues guitarist. Lane was born to the Chess blues musician Jimmy Rogers and his wife Dorothy. In his childhood, he got to know…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - Katie Webster & Gatemouth Brown
Katie Webster (born Kathryn Jewel Thorne, January 11, 1936 – September 5, 1999) was an American boogie-woogie pianist. She is acknowledged as one of the most important blues artists of her generation. Until the 1980s this boisterous singer…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have the Blues - Little Johnny Harper
Maxwell Street Blues Artist LittleJohnny Harper. “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over 50 languages). I will not relay senseless nonsense. In this way I can get out the word on new talent, venues and blues happenings! -…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - Major Handy
Zydeco Feeling is among the strongest front-to-back offerings in the APO Records catalog. And Track Three – "I'm On The Wonder" – might just be the best slow blues the label has yet recorded. Accordion-led and with half…
Continue Reading »Every Day I Have The Blues - Professor Longhair
Professor Longhair (December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980; born Henry Roeland Byrd, also known as Roy "Bald Head" Byrd and as Fess) was a New Orleans blues singer and pianist. Professor Longhair is noteworthy for having been…
Continue Reading »Every Day I have the blues & Outskirts of Town - Curly "Barefoot" Miller
Curly 'Barefoot" Miller, piano player born July 23, 1902 in New Orleans, Louisiana. I am able to find only small details about Curly. If you like what I’m doing, Like ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for…
Continue Reading »Every Day in the Week Blues - Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley and Pink Anderson
Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley (July 3, 1881 - January 17, 1961) was an American country blues singer and guitarist. Dooley was born in Hartwell, Georgia. Dooley met Pink Anderson in 1916 and taught him to play guitar. The…
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