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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 50 languages). I will not relay senseless...

Levee Bound Blues -Georgia Tom Dorsey

Thomas Andrew Dorsey (July 1, 1899, Villa Rica, Georgia – January 23, 1993, Chicago) was known as "the father of black gospel music" and was at one time so closely associated with the field that songs written in the new style were sometimes known as "dorseys." Earlier...

Erwin Helfer at the Piano Man

Erwin Helfer (born January 20, 1936) is an American boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist.Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, United States, as a child Helfer was more interested in classical music than blues. Helfer was introduced to piano blues as a young teenager...