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Floyd's Guitar Blues - Floyd Smith Combo
Floyd Smith (January 25, 1917 – March 29, 1982) was an American jazz guitarist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Smith studied music theory as a teenager and learned ukelele as a child before taking up guitar. He spent…
Continue Reading »Little Boy Blue - Mack Simmons / Billy Branch
Born January 25, 1934 - Chicago blues harmonica player and singer Little Mack Simmons in France. Write on our Facebook Wall or post your Photos of great blues events! - Here “Like” Bman’s Facebook page (available in over…
Continue Reading »Working On The Building Praise - Louis Overstreet
Born January 25,1947 near Lakeland, LA, Louis Overstreet began singing in gospel quartets at an early age. He was working in a turpentine plant in Dequincy, LA, in 1958, however, when he felt the call to become a…
Continue Reading »Tribute to Etta James on her Birthday - Bob Corriitore correspondence
Etta James January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012. How many people have fallen in love while listening to the song "At Last" or shed a tear when listening to "I'd Rather Go Blind" or danced with delight…
Continue Reading »Rewind The 80s Festival returns to Henley-on-Thames (August 17-19)
Tickets on sale at 9am on Friday 27th January For ticket info and prices, please visit: www.rewindfestival.com Rewind – The 80s Festival returns for its fourth year from Friday 17th August – Sunday 19th August at Temple Island…
Continue Reading »Mailman Blues - Sleepy John Estes
John Adam Estes (January 25, 1899 or 1904 – June 5, 1977), best known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a American blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist, born in Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee. In 1915, Estes'…
Continue Reading »Guitar Shootout! - Walter Trout, Popa Chubby
Feb 2012 25 Mid-Winter Blues Festival @ Casino Regina Regina, SA (CA) Mar 2012 01 Lantaarn Hellendoorn (NL) www.lantaarn.nl 02 Paradiso Amsterdam (NL) www.paradiso.nl 03 De Boerderij Zoetermeer (NL) www.boerderij.org 04 Mezz Breda (NL) www.mezz.nl 06 The Brook…
Continue Reading »Standing at the Sideline - Tiny Legs Tim
If the stage name Tiny Legs Tim reminds you of the blues singers of the old days, we find ourselves on the right track. Tiny Legs Tim (Tim De Graeve, °1978), originally from the West Flemish Heuvelland, is…
Continue Reading »Dust My Broom - Paulie Bignell and Vic Polyik's blues Cosmonauts
Paulie has been manning The Detonaors for the past 12 odd years. Guitar player, band leader, PA operator, producer, booker and good time general lackie. He also plays guitar with the country hillbilly band Gatorbait (5 odd years).…
Continue Reading »Times Getting Tougher Than Tough - Will Tucker and Charlie Musselwhite
Will Tucker was raised on blues and southern rock in Memphis, Tennessee. He was playing drums at age five, piano at eight, and guitar at the age of twelve. His love of music led him to BB King's…
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