by Bman | Jul 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
ROUNDER RECORDS REISSUES FIRST TWO GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS ALBUMS Remastered recordings, set for release on July 30, 2013, are 1977βs George Thorogood & The Destroyers and 1978βs Move It On Over LOS ANGELES, Calif. β When...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Gilbert Vandine 'Cisco' Houston (August 18, 1918 β April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together. Houston was a regular recording artist for Moses Asch's...
by Bman | Jan 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Albert Francis "Pud" Brown (January 22, 1917, Wilmington, Delaware - May 27, 1996, Algiers, Louisiana) was an American jazz reed player. Though he was born in Delaware, Brown's parents raised him in Shreveport, Louisiana. Brown was fluent on saxophone by age five, and...
by Bman | Jan 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" RochΓ© (January 9, 1920 β February 16, 1999) was an American blues singer, who became most famous with her cover of the song "Take the "A" Train". She recorded with the Savoy Sultans, Hot Lips Page, Duke Ellington, Charles Brown and Clark Terry....
by Bman | Jan 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
Franklin "Frank" Hovington (January 9, 1919 β June 21, 1982), also known as Guitar Frank, was an American blues musician. He played the guitar and banjo, and was a singer in the Piedmont style, who lived in the vicinity of Frederica, Delaware. Hovington was born in...
