by Bman | Aug 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lester Willis Young (August 27, 1909 – March 15, 1959),[ nicknamed "Pres" or "Prez", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and clarinetist. He also played trumpet, violin, and drums.Coming to prominence while a member of Count Basie's orchestra, Young was one of the...
by Bman | Aug 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sam Collins (August 11, 1887 - October 20, 1949) who was sometimes known as Crying Sam Collins and also, according to one authoritative website,as Jim Foster, Jelly Roll Hunter, Big Boy Woods, Bunny Carter, and Salty Dog Sam, was an early American blues singer and...
by Bman | Aug 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
J.D. Short (February 26, 1902 – October 21, 1962) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. He was a multi-instrumentalist, and possessed a distinctive vibrato laden, singing voice. Early in his career, Short recorded under a number of pseudonyms,...
by Bman | Aug 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Boogie Bill Webb (March 24, 1924 – August 22, 1990) was an American Louisiana blues and R&B guitarist, singer and songwriter. Webb's own style of music combined Mississippi country blues with New Orleans R&B. His best known recordings were "Bad Dog" and "Drinkin' and...
by Bman | Aug 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sonny Thompson (August 22, 1916 or 1923 – August 11, 1989) was an American R&B bandleader and pianist, popular in the 1940s and 1950s.Born Alfonso Thompson in Centreville, Mississippi, he began recording in 1946, and in 1948 achieved two #1 R&B chart hits on the...
