by Bman | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Byther Smith (born April 17, 1933, Monticello, Mississippi, United States) is an American blues musician, noted for his gritty style and uncompromising delivery.Born the sixth oldest of seven children, Smith immigrated to Chicago in the mid 1950s. Although he worked...
by Bman | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lonnie Shields is truly the next generation of the blues. He cut his blues teeth performing with the Jelly Roll Kings. His recording career has led him through a number of studios from Memphis and Clarksdale to tours all over the world. This Delta born guitarist,...
by Bman | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
White was born April 16, 1937 in Vicksburg, Ms. Like many blues singers he started with Gospel and sang with a spiritual group, The Harps Of David, at the age of 11 prior to coming to Chicago in 1956. White continued to sing gospel, now with the Full Gospel Wonders....
by Bman | Apr 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
John Wesley Funchess (April 16, 1931 – February 1, 1994) known professionally as John (or Johnny) Littlejohn, was an American electric blues slide guitarist. He was active on the Chicago blues circuit from the 1950s to the 1980sBorn in Lake, Mississippi, United...
by Bman | Apr 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cleo Brown, later Cleo Patra Brown (December 8, 1909 – April 15, 1995) was an American blues and jazz vocalist and pianist.Brown was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and sang in church as a child. In 1919 her family moved to Chicago and she began studying piano; in the...
