by Bman | Apr 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Jelly Roll Kings were an electric Delta blues band. The members of the band were: Frank Frost (keyboard/harmonica), Big Jack Johnson (guitar) and Sam Carr (drums). Their most famous songs included "The Jelly Roll King", and "Catfish Blues"The three had been...
by Bman | Apr 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lil Green (December 22, 1919 – April 14, 1954) was an American blues singer and songwriter. She was among the leading female rhythm and blues singers of the 1940s, possessed with an ability to bring power to ordinary material and compose superior songs of her...
by Bman | Apr 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Kid Thomas wasn't just a Little Richard-clone, though his wild singing style and specially his incredible hairdo made him look like one. Actually he was a real blues man, a harmonica player, who named Little Walter (Jacobs) for his biggest influence and a teacher....
by Bman | Apr 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Theodore Roosevelt "Hound Dog" Taylor (April 12, 1915 - December 17, 1975) was an American Chicago blues guitarist and singer.Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi in 1915 (although some sources say 1917). He originally played piano, but began playing guitar when he...
by Bman | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Luther Johnson (born April 11, 1939, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States) is an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist, who performs under the name Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson.Johnson moved to Chicago with his family in 1955. During the 1960s, he performed...
