by Bman | Nov 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jack Owens (November 17, 1904 – February 9, 1997) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist, from Bentonia, Mississippi, United States. Born L. F. Nelson, Jack Owens' mother was Celia Owens, but his father, who bore the Owens surname, abandoned his family when...
by Bman | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hubert Sumlin (November 16, 1931 – December 4, 2011) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer, best known for his "wrenched, shattering bursts of notes, sudden cliff-hanger silences and daring rhythmic suspensions" as a member of Howlin' Wolf's band. Sumlin was listed...
by Bman | Nov 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Brewer Phillips (November 16, 1924 – August 30, 1999) was an American blues guitarist, chiefly associated with Juke joint blues and Chicago blues. Phillips was born in Coila, Mississippi, United States, on a plantation and learned the blues from Memphis Minnie at an...
by Bman | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mississippi Matilda Powell(Hattiesburg, MS, January 27, 1914)(maiden name unknown), was believed to have been from around the Utica or Hollandale, MS. area. In the 1930's she married musician Eugene Powell who later recorded under the name of Sonny Boy Nelson....
by Bman | Nov 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Clayton Love Jr. (November 16, 1927 – February 28, 2010)[1] was an American blues pianist, who led his own band, the Shufflers, in the early 1950s and later played in Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm. He was born in Mattson, Mississippi, and grew up in...
