by Bman | Mar 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Walter Davis (March 1, 1912 – October 22, 1963) was an African American blues singer and pianist. Davis had a rich singing voice that was as expressive as the best of the Delta blues vocalists. His best-known recording, a version of the train blues standard "Sunnyland...
by Bman | Feb 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jimmy Burns (born February 27, 1943, Dublin, Mississippi, United States) is an award winning American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although he was born in the Mississippi Delta, Burns has spent nearly all his life in Chicago. His...
by Bman | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Booker T. Washington White (November 12, 1909 – February 26, 1977), better known as Bukka White, was an American Delta blues guitarist and singer. "Bukka" was not a nickname, but a phonetic spelling of White's given name Booker, by his second (1937) record label...
by Bman | Feb 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
Willie Johnson (March 4, 1923 – February 26, 1995) was an American electric blues guitarist. He is best known as the principal guitarist in Howlin' Wolf's band from 1948 to 1953. His raucous, distorted guitar playing features on Howlin' Wolf's Memphis recordings of...
by Bman | Feb 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
photo credit: James Fraher Carl Weathersby (born Carlton Weathersby, 24 February 1953, Jackson, Mississippi) is a electric blues vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Weathersby has worked most notably with Albert King and Billy Branch, and is now a solo artist....
