by Bman | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Birthdate - September 19, 1921Birthplace - Outside Leland, MississippiDeath - May 20, 2001Last Residence - Greenville, Mississipi Willie James Foster, known around his home of Greenville, Mississippi as the "Godfather of The Blues", says, I am the blues from the...
by Bman | Mar 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is a review of the release by Willie Foster called Live at Airport Grocery. Eight of the nine tracks on the recording are original Foster tunes starting off with a cool instrumental, Just Messin' Round, a swinging Chicago style blues shuffle lead by harp and...
by Bman | Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just received and had the opportunity to review a new release by Willie Foster called My Inspiration. This is a CD about a real bluesman's music... Willie James Foster. From the handwritten name on the old van door to no legs, still playing them blues..even on the...
by Bman | Feb 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
Willie Foster was born Sept. 19, 1921 on a cotton sack four miles east of Leland while his mother was picking cotton. After that experience she was never able to have any more children. His family share cropped and made about $100 a year. He bought juice harps at age...
