by Bman | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Big Bad Smitty aka John H. Smith (1940 – April 3, 2002) was an American blues guitar player and singer. Born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he started learning guitar at the age of ten. He would play his older brother Nelson's guitar when nobody was around. When he was in...
by Bman | Feb 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
Otis Clay (born February 11, 1942, Waxhaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi, United States) is an American R&B and soul singer, who started in gospel music. Clay was born in rural Bolivar County, Mississippi to a musical family, who moved in 1953 to Muncie, Indiana. After...
by Bman | Feb 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
Eddie "Guitar" Burns (February 8, 1928 – December 12, 2012) was an American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter. His career spanned seven decades, and in terms of Detroit bluesmen, Burns was deemed second only in stature to John Lee...
by Bman | Feb 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
Born and raised in Ashland, MS, guitarist Joe Beard grew up with the Murphy brothers, one of whom later found an international following as Matt "Guitar" Murphy. Guitarist Nathan Beauregard lived with Beard's cousin, so he was surrounded by aspiring and veteran blues...
by Bman | Feb 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Willie Mae Ford (1904 – 1994), also known as Mother Willie Mae Ford Smith, was an American gospel singer. Born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, she moved to Memphis, Tennessee as a child. She was raised in the Baptist church and began singing with her sisters, Mary,...
