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Blues - Cornell Dupree
Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote…
Continue Reading »Swingin' Peter Gunn - I - Jimmy Nolen
Jimmy Nolen (April 3, 1934 – December 18, 1983) was an American guitarist, known for his distinctive "chicken scratch" lead guitar playing in James Brown's bands. In its survey of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time," the…
Continue Reading »Cleanhead Blues - Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed Cleanhead after an incident in which his hair was accidentally destroyed…
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 »Alphabet Blues - Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers
Rod Piazza (born December 18, 1947, Riverside, California) is an American blues harmonica player and singer. He has been playing with his band The Mighty Flyers since 1980 which he formed with his pianist wife Honey Piazza. Their…
Continue Reading »C-Jam Blues - Harlem Blues & Jazz Band
Lawrence Lucie (December 18, 1907 – August 14, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist. Lucie was born in Emporia, Virginia. He learned banjo, mandolin, and violin as a child and played with his family at dances. Lucie's father,…
Continue Reading »THE ORIGINAL TUXEDO JAZZBAND
Jeanette Kimball Born: December 18, 1906 in Pass Christian, Louisiana Died: March 29, 2001 in Charleston, South Carolina enjoyed a 70 year career playing piano in traditional jazz bands. Her skills as an accomplished reader combined with her…
Continue Reading »Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer. Born in Rockdale, Texas, United States, there are several stories on how Crayton acquired…
Continue Reading »We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals
Bryan James "Chas" Chandler (18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts. Chas Chandler was born at 35 Second Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. After leaving school, he…
Continue Reading »Lonnie Brooks
Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933) is an American blues singer and guitarist. He was born in Dubuisson, Louisiana, United States. Rolling Stone stated, "His music is witty, soulful and ferociously energetic, brimming with novel…
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