by Bman | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Chicago-Based Roots Goliath Frank Bang & the Secret Stash Set to Unleash New Double Dare CD on May 21 from Blue Hoss Records Former Buddy Guy Band Guitarist Spreads His Gospel of Musical Truths on Eclectic Fifth Album CHICAGO, IL – Blue Hoss Records announces a...
by Bman | Apr 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago jazz band formed in 1936. Initially, they mainly provided backup music for jazz and blues singers, such as Johnny Temple, Rosetta Howard, and Frankie Jaxon for Decca Records, but when their first record "Oh Red" became a hit, it...
by Bman | Apr 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
While a fixture of Chicago's South Side blues community since the mid-1960s, singer/guitarist Johnny Laws long remained unknown outside of his native Windy City, and did not make his debut recordings for another three decades. Born July 12, 1943, he garnered...
by Bman | Mar 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
Harold Burrage (March 30, 1931, Chicago - November 26, 1966, Chicago) was an American blues and soul musician. Burrage did session work as a pianist in the 1950s and 1960s as well as recording under his own name. He released singles on Decca, Aladdin, States, and...
by Bman | Mar 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Georgia White (March 9, 1903 – c.1980) was an African American blues singer, most prolific in the 1930s and 1940s. Little is known of her early life. By the late 1920s she was singing in clubs in Chicago, and she made her first recording, "When You're Smiling, the...
