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Pearl Bailey
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the…
Continue Reading »PEARLLEATHA JACKSON- Correspondent Mike Packer
Gospel singer Pearl Jackson hails from Poughkeepsie New York. She began singing as a child and she was a third generation member of The Church Of God In Christ. Her mother the late Evangelist Bessie Mae Brown encouraged…
Continue Reading »Pearly Brown
Quite possible the last of the great blues street singers, Rev. Pearly Brown was born August 18, 1915, in Abbeville, GA. Blind from birth, he grew up in Americus, GA, where he reportedly learned to play guitar at…
Continue Reading »Pedal Steel Guitar Ace Joe Goldmark Shines Like "Blue Steel" on New CD Coming April 20 from Lo-Ball Records
Joe Goldmark Shines Like Blue Steel on New CD Coming April 20 from Lo-Ball Records S.F. Bay Area Favorite Creates Exciting Mix of Americana and Blues/Roots Music with Special Guests Glenn Walters, Dallis Craft & Jim Campilongo San…
Continue Reading »Pee Wee Russell
Charles Ellsworth Russell, much better known by his nickname Pee Wee Russell, (27 March 1906 – 15 February 1969) was a jazz musician. Early in his career he played clarinet and saxophones, but he eventually focused solely on…
Continue Reading »PegLeg Records artist Roy Book Binder - In Concert: Road Songs & Stories - New Release Review
I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, In Concert: Road Songs & Stories, from Roy Book Binder and it's very entertaining. Opening with St. Pete Blues Book shows his super story telling skills and…
Continue Reading »Pencil papa - Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds (April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940) was an American New Orleans based jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist, best known for his recordings under his own name and with bands such as those of Joe "King"…
Continue Reading »Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival August 27, 2011
Cigar Box Nation #1 resource for Cigar Box Guitars. Free Plans, & the Homemade Music Movement Shane Speal Shane Speal has invited you to the event 'The Pennsylvania Cigar Box Guitar Festival • August 27, 2011' on Cigar…
Continue Reading »People are Strange - The Doors
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors, as well as a poet. Following The Doors' explosive rise to fame in 1967, Morrison…
Continue Reading »People Get Ready - Curtis Mayfield
This is a clip from a show that David Sanborn used to have on tv. Otherwise there wouldn't be this superstar lineup... David Lindley on steel guitar. Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was…
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