by Bman | Apr 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
"Jimmy Lee Harris, who worked with his brother Eddie Harris, played uncanny harmonica without a harmonica, a skill he learned in jail and was an expressive vocalist with a rhythmic style." Jeff Harris, Big Road Blues radioIf you like what Iβm doing, Like ---Bmanβs...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886? β December 22, 1939) was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues.She began performing at the age of 12 or 14, and...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 β December 3, 1955) was an American boogie woogie piano player. He also played the organ and sang.He was born in Anniston, Alabama. Arnold Caplin, on the liner notes to the album Hot Pianos 1926-1940 reports that...
by Bman | Apr 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eddie King (April 21, 1938 β March 14, 2012) was an American Chicago blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Living Blues once stated "King is a potent singer and player with a raw, gospel-tinged voice and an aggressive, thick-toned guitar sound". He was noted as...
by Bman | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Charley West was born in Andalusia, AL. on September 27. 1914 and raised in Cincinnati, OH. He began singing in the mid-1920's with probable encouragement from Leroy Carr. In 1929 he moved to Chicago, IL. and began singing and playing piano in clubs. In 1937 Big Bill...
