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Lonely Man Blues - Snowy White
I had never heard of Snowy White until I bought the Rattlesnake Guitar tribute cd to Peter Green. Guy can blister the walls. Check him out! Snowy White on tour with Roger Waters, 6 June 2007, in Ottawa…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Clarence Edwards
Clarence Edwards (March 25, 1933 – May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was not until the late 1980s that Edwards…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Curtis Jones
Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906, Naples, Texas – September 11, 1971, Munich, Germany) was an American blues pianist. Jones played guitar whilst young but switched to piano after a move to Dallas.[1] In 1936 he relocated to Chicago,…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
Willie Nix (August 6, 1922 — July 8, 1991) was an American Chicago blues singer and drummer, active in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, in the 1940s and 1950s Born in Memphis, as a child he learnt to tap…
Continue Reading »Lonesome For A Dime - Sven Zetterberg & Lazy Roosters
Talking about blues players outside America it´s hard to leave outSven Zetterberg,Sweden´s most versatile artist in this field.Being both an excellent singer,guitarist,songwriter and harmonicaplayer extraordinary,he has become a house-hold name all over Scandinavia.Born in Skärblacka on the 28th…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Jimmy Blues - Jack (John) Erby
Jack Erby was born in 1902 in Fort Worth, Texas. He was an accomplished pianist, and recorded sessions with Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey. In 1926 he recorded four sides as a soloist. Two were issued under the name…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Road - LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS
Sam John Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982), better known as Lightnin’ Hopkins, was an American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, from Houston, Texas. Rolling Stone magazine included Hopkins at number 71 on their list…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Road - Livin Blues
Livin' Blues was one of the best Dutch blues bands. Many people think the band's name came from the American magazine called Living Blues, but that wasn't established until 1970. Former members of the band claim it was…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Road Blues - Crying Sam Collins
Sam Collins (August 11, 1887 - October 20, 1949) who was sometimes known as Crying Sam Collins and also, according to one authoritative website, as Jim Foster, Jelly Roll Hunter, Big Boy Woods, Bunny Carter, and Salty Dog…
Continue Reading »Lonesome Road Blues - Franklin "Guitar Frank" Hovington
Franklin "Frank" Hovington (January 9, 1919 – June 21, 1982), also known as Guitar Frank, was an American blues musician. He played the guitar and banjo, and was a singer in the Piedmont style, who lived in the…
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