by Bman | Jan 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Tampa Red (January 8, 1904 β March 19, 1981), born Hudson Woodbridge but known from childhood as Hudson Whittaker, was an American Chicago blues musician.Tampa Red is best known as an accomplished and influential blues guitarist who had a unique single-string slide...
by Bman | Jan 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Arthur Lee Conley (January 4, 1946 β November 17, 2003) was an American soul singer, best known for the 1967 hit "Sweet Soul Music"Conley was born in McIntosh County, Georgia, U.S., and grew up in Atlanta. He first recorded in 1959 as the lead singer of Arthur & the...
by Bman | Dec 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 β December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is a pioneer of the Funk music genre and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He...
by Bman | Dec 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
Bessie Jones leads a work song she first heard as a girl being sung by a road-crew chain gang in North Georgia in the nineteen-teens. With support by Big John Davis, Willis Proctor, and Henry Morrison. The Georgia Sea Island Singers are a group of African Americans...
by Bman | Nov 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
βMudcat is a tremendous slide guitarist, and most of all, a God-gifted entertainer.β Tim DuffyBorn: Tybee Island, GeorgiaRepertoire Summary: Electric BluesCurrent Location: Atlanta, GeorgiaBorn in St. Paul on the banks of the Mississippi River and raised on Tybee...
