by Bman | May 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Born Booker T. Washington White between Aberdeen and Houston, Mississippi, he gave his cousin B.B. King, a Stella guitar, King's first guitar. White himself is remembered as a player of National steel guitars. He also played, but was less adept at, the piano. White...
by Bman | May 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and fluid, complex guitar playing. Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at #3 on its list of the "100...
by Bman | May 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Charlie Musselwhite (born January 31, 1944 in Kosciusko, Mississippi) is an American blues-harp player and bandleader, one of the non-black bluesmen who came to prominence in the early 1960s, along with Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield. Though he has often been...
by Bman | May 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Albert King is the King of the modern Texas blues guitar players. Always a pleasure to watch him! For reference he's playing a Gibson v in this video. Oh Yeah...you bet SRV was listening! Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist...
by Bman | May 26, 2011 | Uncategorized
Big Bill Broonzy (26 June 1898 – 15 August 1958) was a prolific American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. His career began in the 1920s when he played country blues to mostly black audiences. Through the ‘30s and ‘40s he successfully navigated a transition in...
