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A tribute to Lamar Williams
Lamar Williams (January 14, 1949, Gulfport, Mississippi – January 21, 1983) was an American musician, most known as the bassist for The Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level. Influenced by players from James Jamerson to Stanley Clarke, by…
Continue Reading »All Your Love - The Blueswater
The Blueswater exists to make you dance. Bringing in the sounds of old school R&B, this Edinburgh-based 11 piece group dabble with funk, blues, soul and good old rock n roll. Wild solos and puddles of sweat are…
Continue Reading »Gonna Catch Me A Rat - MILTON TRENIER
The Treniers were an American R&B and jump blues musical group, led by identical twins Cliff and Claude Trenier with the Gene Gilbeaux Orchestra which included Don Hill on saxophone, Shifty Henry and later James (Jimmy) Johnson on…
Continue Reading »Easy Rider Blues - Soileau and Robin
Leo Soileau (1904–1980) was one of the most prolific Cajun recording artists of the 1930s and 1940s. He recorded over 100 songs, which was a substantial amount considering the reluctance to record the music during its early stages.…
Continue Reading »Way Back - Willie "Big Eyes" Smith
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith (January 19, 1936 – September 16, 2011) was a Grammy Award-winning American electric blues vocalist, harmonica player, and multi-award winning drummer. He was best known for several stints with the Muddy Waters band beginning…
Continue Reading »Blueberry Hill - Henry Gray
Louisiana-based pianist and singer Henry Gray has a career in American roots music that goes back more than 60 years. Gray was born January 19, 1925, in Kenner, LA, now a suburb of New Orleans. He grew up…
Continue Reading »Ahmad's Blues - Ahmad Jamal Trio w/ Israel Crosby
Israel Crosby (January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962) was an African-American jazz double-bassist born in Chicago, Illinois, best known as member of the Ahmad Jamal trio from 1957 to 1962. A close contemporary of Jimmy Blanton, Crosby…
Continue Reading »3rd annual Clarksdale Film Festival puts Mississippi under the Hollywood spotlight
(CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI) For its third year in a row, the Clarksdale Film Festival aims to make you laugh, cry and, occasionally, rock out. Organizers promise attendees a feast of Mississippi and Southern filmmaking – plus a little fresh…
Continue Reading »The End Of The Rainbow - McKinley Mitchell
Blessed with an extraordinary set of soaring pipes, McKinley Mitchell waxed a series of superb Chicago soul platters during the 1960s, later veering stylistically closer to contemporary blues in his last years of performing. At age 16, Mitchell…
Continue Reading »Gods Amazing Grace - Roberta Martin Singers
Roberta Martin (February 12, 1907 – January 18, 1969) was an American gospel composer, singer, pianist, arranger and choral organizer, helped launch the careers of many other gospel artists through her group, The Roberta Martin Singers Born in…
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