by Bman | Mar 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jesse Fuller was born in 1896 in Jonesboro, Georgia. He never knew his father and his mother gave him away to another family at the age of seven. He was beaten and starved, "treated worse than a dog" he said. When he was nine, living with a family named Wilson near...
by Bman | Mar 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Delta Moonβs music is a strong mix of personalities and sounds. A chance meeting in an Atlanta, GA music store brought the two founders, Tom Gray and Mark Johnson, together. Tom tried to sell Mark a Dobro out of the back of his van. Tom remembers the girl with Mark...
by Bman | Mar 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Robert Hicks, better known as Barbecue Bob (September 11, 1902 β October 21, 1931) was an early American Piedmont blues musician. His nickname came from the fact that he was a cook in a barbecue restaurant. One of the two extant photographs of Bob show him playing his...
by Bman | Mar 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ruth (Mary) Willis a/k/a Ruth Day. "Rough Alley Blues" and "Experience Blues" recorded in Atlanta on Oct 23, 1931. From Drew Kent's liner notes for The Classic Years: 1927β1940 (JSP Records):Ruth Willis is usually described as a street singer. She is one of those...
by Bman | Mar 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Joshua Barnes Howell, known as Peg Leg Howell (March 5, 1888 - August 11, 1966), was an African American blues singer and guitarist, who connected early country blues and the later 12-bar style. He had the strong delivery and ear-catching repertoire of the...
