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Country girl - Lucille Spann
b. Mahalia Lucille Jenkins, 23 June 1938, Bolton, Mississippi, USA. Spann sang gospel to start with, both in Mississippi and later in Chicago, where she lived in her early teens. In the 60s, she met the great blues…
Continue Reading »Satisfaction Blues - Rufus & Ben Quillian
Rufus Quillian was born in Gainesville, Georgia on February 2, 1900. His brother Ben was born in Gainesville on June 23, 1907. In 1929 they made several recordings for Paramount Records in New York City as the "Blue…
Continue Reading »Many Rivers To Cross - Deacon John Moore
Deacon John Moore (born 23 June 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana) better known as Deacon John is a blues, rhythm and blues and rock and roll musician, singer, and bandleader. Moore grew up in New Orleans' 8th Ward. He…
Continue Reading »The Thrill Is Gone - Luther Kent
Luther Kent was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. At age 14 Luther began singing professionally and signed with Louisiana based Montel Records. His first record was released under the name of Duke Royal, and the song was "I…
Continue Reading »Blue Suede Shoes/Proud Mary - Jesse Ed Davis
Jesse Edwin Davis (September 21, 1944 – June 22, 1988) was an American guitarist. He was well regarded as a session artist.His death in 1988 is attributed to a drug overdose. Born in Norman, Oklahoma, Davis began his…
Continue Reading »Lost Souls - Rusty Wright Band
The Rusty Wright Band brings to the stage an electrifying, blues-infused tour de force of rollicking musical interplay that is as much fun to watch as it is to listen to. In just a few short years this…
Continue Reading »I Know You Know Me - Chris Bell
Chris was born in Washington, DC, and raised in Massachusetts on down-home cooking as well as on blues, jazz, rhythm & blues, and gospel music by his New York City dad and North Carolina mom. Before starting to…
Continue Reading »Guitar jam - The Robin Davey Blues Mob
The Robin Davey Blues Mob is the latest project from the award winning British Blues musician and inductee into the British Blues Hall of Fame. Davey has built an illustrious career on both sides of the atlantic and…
Continue Reading »Facebook Friends - Howlin' Waters
Studio guitarist for Falcon Blues Records, played on most of the artist's albums here: www.reverbnation.com/falconbluesrecords Notably performed on the same bill with: Canned Heat - City of Industry, CA; Steve Marriott's Humble Pie - Park Ave Arena, Orlando,…
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