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House of the Rising Sun - Odetta
Odetta Holmes (December 31, 1930 – December 2, 2008), known as Odetta, was an American singer, actress, guitarist, songwriter, and a civil and human rights activist, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her…
Continue Reading »My Destination - Johnnie Mae Matthews
Johnnie Mae Matthews (December 31, 1922 – January 6, 2002) was an American blues and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer from Bessemer, Alabama. Known as the “Godmother of Detroit Soul” and as the first African American female…
Continue Reading »Musicomania - John Kirby Sextet
John Kirby (December 31, 1908 – June 14, 1952), was a jazz double-bassist who also played trombone and tuba. Kirby's early life is largely unknown; he may have been born in Winchester, Virginia, although other sources state he…
Continue Reading »WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN - DARREN GREEN
Darren first started playing music after hearing Elvis Presley sing on the radio. He enjoyed playing music at his friend’s house, one day he told them they were going to start a band and the music would be…
Continue Reading »Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
James Burke "St. Louis Jimmy" Oden (June 26, 1903 – December 30, 1977) was an American blues vocalist and songwriter. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, Oden sang and taught himself to play the piano in childhood. In…
Continue Reading »New York Blues - Blind Roosevelt Graves
Roosevelt Graves (December 9, 1909, Meridian, Mississippi – December 30, 1962, Gulfport, Mississippi) was an American blues guitarist and singer, who recorded both sacred and secular music in the 1920s and 1930s. On all his recordings, he played…
Continue Reading »Make Me a Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 -- December 30, 1952) Born Willie Lee Brown in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Brown played with such notables as Charley Patton, and Robert Johnson. He was not known to be a self-promoting frontman, preferring to…
Continue Reading »Silvertone/RCA Records artist - Live At Legends - Buddy Guy - New Release Review
I just received the newest Buddy Guy release, Buddy Guy Live At Legends, and its smokin! Released December 18, 2012 this release is going directly to my Bman's Best of 2012 releases. Buddy opens his set with a…
Continue Reading »Don't Look Around - Mountain - Felix Pappalardi
Felix A. Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bass guitarist. Pappalardi was born in the Bronx, New York. A classically trained musician, he graduated from New York…
Continue Reading »RELATION BLUES - HOUSTON BOINES
There's not much known about Houston Boines. He was born in Hazlehurst, MS, he played harmonica in Eddie Cusic's combo, The Rhythm Aces, he played some with Charley Booker and Jesse "Cleanhead" Love, he roomed with Little Milton…
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