by Bman | Feb 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
WHO IS “MS. SILKY SOL” If you love Etta James, Tina Turner, Chaka Kahn, Jill Scott, Aretha Franklin and Koko Taylor, “You’ve got to experience” Ms. Silky Sol the RED AFRO QUEEN After serving as a PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND SINGER for major recording labels, artist and...
by Bman | Feb 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Red McKenzie (William McKenzie) (Oct. 14, 1899, St. Louis, Missouri - Feb. 7, 1948, New York City) was an American jazz musician. He was the best-known, and one of the only, comb players in jazz history. McKenzie played the comb by placing tissue paper over the tines...
by Bman | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Jimmy Forrest (January 24, 1920 – August 26, 1980) was an African American jazz musician, who played tenor saxophone throughout his career. Forrest is famous for his first solo recording of "Night Train". It reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart in March 1952, and...
by Bman | Jan 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hotter Than St. Louis BBQ! Larry "Fuzzy" Knight Presents... Blowin' Smoke - St. Louis-Style Rhythm & Blues Revue Saturday, February 2@Harvelle's/Long Beach Larry "Fuzzy"...
by Bman | Jan 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
ART DWYER Born in 1946 and raised in St. Louis, Art Dwyer grew up on the city's north side. "Rufus, the Dells, T-Bone Walker, Otis Redding, and of course, Albert and B.B. King were my music. It fit in with everything my friends and me did. "Art drifted around for...
