by Bman | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988) was an American jump blues, jazz, bebop and R&B alto saxophonist and blues shouter. He was nicknamed Cleanhead after an incident in which his hair was accidentally destroyed by lye contained in a hair...
by Bman | Dec 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Connie Curtis Crayton (December 18, 1914 – June 25, 1985), known as Pee Wee Crayton, was an American R&B and blues guitarist and singer. Born in Rockdale, Texas, United States, there are several stories on how Crayton acquired the name Pee Wee. In a Living Blues...
by Bman | Dec 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Cooper Terry (San Antonio, 1949 – San Francisco, 1993) was a guitarist and American blues harmonica player, active for many years in Italy. His real name is Verl Cooper Jr. After the first musical experiences in the United States as a session musician for musicians...
by Bman | Dec 12, 2012 | Uncategorized
Dallas bluesman William "Willie" Willis (b. December 12, 1931)didn't receive too many grand opportunities in his career until fairly late in his life. As for the first 50 years of singing, playing, and bandleading, Willis would be described as someone who had never...
by Bman | Dec 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
Victoria Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976) was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned forty years, from 1926 to the mid 1960s, she worked with Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Clarence Williams, Luis Russell, Lonnie...
