by Bman | Oct 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Due to the overwhelming popularity of my earlier post of Bill Howl - N - Madd Perry, I am giving the people what they want! More More More!! "The Sky is Crying" by Scott Albert Johnson and Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry @ Hill Country Harmonica Foxfire Ranch, Waterford...
by Bman | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the best blues players of all time.... Mr Skip James!! Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9,[1] 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. Born in Bentonia, Mississippi, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
by Bman | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Jim Brewer (October 3, 1920 – June 3, 1988) aka Blind Jim Brewer, although Brewer did not like this additive ("My mother didn't name me "Blind", she named me "Jim"), was an African-American blues singer and guitarist. Born as James Brewer in Brookhaven, Mississippi,...
by Bman | Oct 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cat Head Delta Blues & Folk Art store in Clarksdale, Mississippi, continues its 10th anniversary celebrations – October 4-7, 2012 (Cat Head store in Clarksdale. Photo art by Chuck Lamb.) "UMPTEENTH" CAT HEAD MINI BLUES FEST HIGHPOINT OF THIS WEEKEND'S EVENTS AT "1...
by Bman | Oct 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Scott Dunbar: born 1904, son of an ex-slave, on Deer Park between the Mississippi and Lake Mary (an eleven mile cut-off arm of the River) west of Woodville and south of Natchez, Mississippi. He made a guitar out of a "cigar box and a broomstick and some stream wire"...
