by Bman | Aug 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
There are no photos of the Beale Street Rounders as a group. They were a Memphis, TN. group that only cut two sides, resulting in one 78 RPM record.On this release the song was credited to Davenport. The song was actually composed by Walter Vinson & Lonnie Chatmon of...
by Bman | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Sam Clark of Memphis, Tennessee, on his own label.Big Sam Clark: vocal/piano.The Wonder Boy: guitarMelvin Lee: bassHomer Jackson: drumsIf you like what Iโm doing, Like ---Bmanโs Blues Report--- Facebook Page! Iโm looking for great talent and trying to grow the...
by Bman | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just received the new remaster of Green Onions from Booker T. & the M.G.s. It's hard to put into perspective all of the contributions this band jointly and individually did for the evolution of music. This album is a classic with of course Green Onions being...
by Bman | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Willie Nix (August 6, 1922 โ July 8, 1991) was an American Chicago blues singer and drummer, active in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, in the 1940s and 1950sBorn in Memphis, as a child he learnt to tap dance, later working as a teenager as part dancer, part...
by Bman | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Standing 6'5" and weighing 300-plus, Ernest "Big" Crawford loomed large in Chicago's explosive postwar blues scene. Crawford's slapped upright lines pushed recordings by the likes of Little Walter, Big Bill Broonzy, and Memphis Slim, but his work with former...
