by Bman | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Mississippi Matilda (Hattiesburg, MS, January 27, 1914) was a blues singer. Eugene Powell, also known as Sonny Boy Nelson was living with Matilda Witherspoon, and had struck up a musical partnership with guitarist Willie โBrotherโ Harris in about 1930. At the session,...
by Bman | Jan 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
Elmore James (January 27, 1918 โ May 24, 1963) was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, band leader. He was known as "the King of the Slide Guitar" and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice. James was...
by Bman | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Captain John Handy (June 24, 1900 - January 12, 1971), was an American jazz alto saxophonist. Handy's style was rooted in New Orleans Jazz but also incorporated elements of R&B. Captain John Handy on saxophone with Kid Sheik Colar on trumpet, Preservation Hall, 1965...
by Bman | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ernest had the right background for a bluesman; his father was a barrelhouse pianist, his boyhood friend was Ike Turner and Pinetop Perkins was a family friend who showed the youngster a thing or two. Ike fell in love with the...
by Bman | Jan 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Robert Potts was born into a large family in Greenwood, MS. In 1967, he moved to Memphis to start his career in music. His first stop was an audition at Stax Recording and Hi Records. . In, 1970 he penned and recorded his first 45 single entitled, "Funky Postman" and...
