by Bman | Jan 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Baby Tate (January 28, 1916 – August 17, 1972) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist, who in a sporadic career spanning five decades, worked variously with guitarists Blind Boy Fuller, Pink Anderson, and Peg Leg Sam. His playing style was influenced by Blind Blake,...
by Bman | Jan 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Simeon "Blind Simmie" Dooley (July 3, 1881 - January 17, 1961) was an American country blues singer and guitarist.Dooley was born in Hartwell, Georgia.Dooley met Pink Anderson in 1916 and taught him to play guitar. The two played on the street and at parties when...
by Bman | Jan 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eugene "Buddy" Moss (January 16, 1914 – October 19, 1984) was, in the estimation of many blues scholars, one of two the most influential East Coast blues guitarists to record in the period between Blind Blake's final sessions in 1932 and Blind Boy Fuller's debut in...
by Bman | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mike Bourne has knocked out audiences and critics in famous venues from the House of Blues and Buddy Guys Legends in Chicago to Sweden’s famous Jazz Club Stampen. And his band has been favorites at festivals such as the Roots & Blues fest in Columbia and Arvika in...
by Bman | Jan 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Out of nowhere emerged Paul Marney Leobrera, at age 16 stepping onstage in early September 2010 for a single-song courtesy jam at Skarlet’s Jazz Kitchen, home base for Manila’s pre-eminent jazz sessionists. Jaws dropped over his musical maturity as a blues musician,...
