by Bman | Mar 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is a pretty cool song. This guy has it all...couldn't find much on him but here's his supposed vitals compliments of Stefan Wirz (graphic by Robert Crumb).b. March 3, 1893 in Dover, Georgia in 1904 moved to Tappahannock (Essex County), Virginia d. November 22,...
by Bman | Mar 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Roy Dunn was born in Eatonton, GA. on April 13, 1922. At the age of nine he took interest in the guitar. Soon afterwards his family moved to Covington where he was given some lessons by Curley Weaver. In the 1930's he led a musical double life performing gospel with...
by Bman | Feb 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Maceo Merriweather (March 31, 1905 – February 23, 1953) was an American Chicago blues pianist and singer, active in Chicago in the 1940s.Born Major Merriweather (or Merewether) in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, he was a self-taught pianist. In the 1920s he moved...
by Bman | Feb 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Robert "Chick" Willis (born September 24, 1934, Cabiness, Georgia) is an American blues singer. His cousin was Chuck Willis.Chick Willis served in the military in the early 1950s before working as a chauffeur for Chuck Willis during his heyday. He won a talent show at...
by Bman | Feb 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ida Cox (February 25, 1896 – November 10, 1967) was an African American singer and vaudeville performer, best known for her blues performances and recordings. She was billed as "The Uncrowned Queen of the Blues"Cox was born in February, 1896 as Ida Prather in Toccoa,...
