by Bman | Dec 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
b. 12 June 1910, Belzoni, Mississippi, USA, d. 23 December 1976, Fresno, California, USA. A guitarist, although seemingly not recorded as such, and an exuberant singer, Gilmore recorded for Modern in 1952 with Ike Turner on piano and James Scott Jnr. on guitar; Scott...
by Bman | Dec 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sonny Boy Nelson (December 23, 1908 – November 4, 1998) was an American blues musician. He was born Eugene Powell, in Utica, Mississippi, United States, the child of an interracial affair and his white father soon abandoned the family.[2] His family soon moved to a...
by Bman | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Elder Roma Wilson (born December 22, 1910) is an American gospel harmonica player and singer. A clergyman, Wilson discovered he had a degree of notability later in his life, having originally been unaware of interest in his work. Wilson was born in Hickory Flat,...
by Bman | Dec 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer, and a major influence in the world of blues guitar playing. On December 11th, 2012, it was announced that King would be posthumously inducted into the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall...
by Bman | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Irene Scruggs (December 7, 1901 – probably July 20, 1981) was an American Piedmont blues and country blues singer, who was also billed as Chocolate Brown and Dixie Nolan. She recorded songs such as "My Back to the Wall" and "Good Grindin", and variously worked...
