by Bman | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Arlean Brown (b June 10, 1924)Comments by Bob Koester, owner of Delmark Records. "In the early seventies there was a bunch of us that used to go out to the clubs. Sometimes we'd get pretty drunk. Bob as he drank got more and more wild and louder and more risque and...
by Bman | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
Ramsey took great pride in being the Black Lone Ranger. He was not playing a role. It was his life. He slept in his boots and claimed that he even showered with his mask on. The Ranger's guns were real and he owned a white horse named Trigger. Ramsey kept the animal...
by Bman | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster (February 1, 1923 - May 26, 1958) was an American blues singer, drummer and guitarist, active in Chicago from the mid 1940s until the late 1950s. He was a significant figure in the development of the post-war electric Chicago blues sound, most...
by Bman | Jan 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
Big Time Sarah, (born January 31, 1953, Coldwater, Mississippi) is an American blues singer.Sarah Streeter was raised in Chicago, Illinois, from early childhood, where she sang in gospel choirs in South Chicago churches. At age 14, she began singing blues at the...
by Bman | Jan 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
The piano work of John Davis was featured on blues records by the score during the '30s and '40s. His accompaniments to Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, and others brought him fame as a blues musician, but like his piano compatriot Little Brother...
