by Bman | Jun 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
ROCK N ROLL HALL OF FAMER, AND SIX-TIME GRAMMY WINNER, DR JOHN GOES BACK TO THE SOURCE WITH SKE-DAT-DE-DAT...SPIRIT OF SATCHNew Orleans musical giant pays tribute to fellow Crescent City legend Louis Armstrong with star-studded, divinely-inspired new tribute...
by Bman | Jan 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tabby Thomas, the renowned Baton Rouge blues guitarist, died early Jan. 1, 2014, just shy of his 85th birthday, according to a source close to the family. Thomas was perhaps best known for having opened Tabby's Blues Box, a ramshackle room on North Boulevard that was...
by Bman | May 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sidney Bechet (May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer. He was one of the first important soloists in jazz (beating cornetist and trumpeter Louis Armstrong to the recording studio by several months and later playing...
by Bman | Apr 26, 2013 | Uncategorized
HISTORY®’S SWAMP PEOPLE® CELEBRATES THE MUSIC AND CULTURE OF THE DEEP DELTA Collection from the heart of alligator country featuresthe Neville Brothers, Hank Williams, Jerry Reed, Tony Joe White, Buckwheat Zydeco, Zachary Richard, ...
by Bman | Apr 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
Henry James "Red" Allen (January 7, 1906 – April 17, 1967) was a jazz trumpeter and vocalist whose style has been claimed to be the first to fully incorporate the innovations of Louis Armstrong. Henry James "Red" Allen was born in the Algiers neighborhood of New...
