by Bman | Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Joe Duskin (February 10, 1921 – May 6, 2007) was an American blues and boogie-woogie pianist. He is best known for his debut album, Cincinnati Stomp (1978), and the tracks "Well, Well Baby" and "I Met a Girl Named MarthaBorn Joseph L. Duskin in Birmingham,...
by Bman | Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. The sexologist and music critic, Ernest Borneman, stated that Bogan along with Ma Rainey and Bessie...
by Bman | Feb 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Alabama songster and harmonica player Horace Sprott was born February 2, 1890, the son of former slave Bessie Ford, and his surname was taken from the Sprott Plantation where he was born. He took up guitar and harmonica and was soon playing a mix of blues, work songs,...
by Bman | Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Adell Hall Ward, better known as Vera Hall (April 6, 1902 – January 29, 1964) was an American folk singer, born in Livingston, Alabama, United States. She is best known for her song "Trouble So Hard" (1937).Hall grew up near Livingston, Alabama. Hall sang her entire...
by Bman | Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hollywood Fats (May 17, 1954 – December 8, 1986) was an American blues guitarist, active in Los Angeles, California.Hollywood Fats was born Michael Leonard Mann in Los Angeles, and started playing guitar at the age of 10. While in his teens, his mother would drive him...
