by Bman | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
He was born Milton Campbell in a modest sharecroppers home on the outskirts of Inverness, Mississippi, on September 7th 1934. As a child, he was drawn by a very popular radio shows of the day (and still is): The Grand Ole Opry. He found an early connection to Country...
by Bman | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hudson Showers was born in Anguilla, Ms. on September 6, 1919. While in his early teens he moved to Louise, Ms. and learned guitar from his uncles. In 1939 he moved to Chicago, where he followed Lee Brown, Big Bill Broonzy & Big Maceo Merriweather around. Big Bill...
by Bman | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
James Henry "Jimmy" Dawkins (born October 24, 1936, Tchula, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues and electric blues guitarist and singer. He is generally considered a part of the "West Side Sound" of Chicago bluesHe moved to Chicago in 1955. He...
by Bman | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Though he was certainly capable of brilliantly fronting a band, remarkably versatile guitarist/harpist Louis Myers will forever be recognized first and foremost as a top-drawer sideman and founding member of the Aces -- the band that backed harmonica wizard Little...
by Bman | Sep 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
A remarkable musician (he could play five-string banjo and jug simultaneously), Gus Cannon bridged the gap between early blues and the minstrel and folk styles that preceded it. His band of the '20s and '30s, Cannon's Jug Stompers, represents the apogee of the jug...
