by Bman | Feb 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
SUNNYLAND CHARLES: (T.J.) One of the few living old Chicago bluesmen.....80 + years and still going strong...He played with the likes of Snooky Pryor; Homesick James and Jimmy Reed...Inclued in his band at different times, were female drummer and vocalist,Johnnie Mae...
by Bman | Feb 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Calvin H. Frazier (February 16, 1915 – September 23, 1972) was an American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Despite leaving a fragmented recording history, both as a singer and guitarist, Frazier was an associate of Robert Johnson, and...
by Bman | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Little Johnny Taylor (born Johnny Lamont Merrett; February 11, 1943 – May 17, 2002) was an American blues and soul singer, who made recordings throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and continued public performances through the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Gregory, Arkansas,...
by Bman | Feb 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Arbee Stidham (February 9, 1917 – April 26, 1988) was an American blues singer and multi-instrumentalist, most successful in the late 1940s and 1950s. He was born in De Valls Bluff, Arkansas, United States, to a musical family - his father, Luddie Stidham played with...
by Bman | Feb 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vance Powell was born in Warren, AR. on May 17, 1922. He was known to be a vocalist in the gospel group The Paramount Singers from the mid-1940's up until 1951, when he became a singer with The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi. In the 1960's he decided to try his hand...
