Saxophonist/flutist/vocalist Bruce Abbott began his professional music profession at the sensitive age group of 12, when he used a music group that performed in dances and wedding ceremony receptions. Specifically adept with traditional and jazz music, Abbott gained a Grasp of Music Overall performance degree in the University or college …

Often referred to as a far more radio-friendly version of Lynyrd Skynyrd or the Allman Brothers, the Atlanta Rhythm Section was among the many Southern rock bands going to the top reaches from the charts through the past due ’70s. Hailing from the tiny city of Doraville, Georgia, the start …

Probably one of the most outsized personalities on university radio within the ’80s, Mojo Nixon won a fervent cult following along with his motor-mouthed redneck persona along with a gonzo make of satire with all the current subtlety of the sledgehammer. Nixon got a specific knack for celebrity-themed novelty strikes …

Evolving from the Happyland Jubilee Singers, this traditional black color gospel quartet was created in 1937 in the Talladega Institute for the Deaf and Blind in Alabama. From the ’40s they truly became “the Blind Kids” and documented for Niche, Vee-Jay, Savoy, Elektra, along with other brands. Their first strike …

Harry Chapin’s profession as a favorite singer/songwriter was trim short by a car incident in 1981, yet he left out some recordings that his followers continue steadily to treasure years after his loss of life. Chapin was by no means a critically acclaimed vocalist/songwriter. Critics accused him of over-sentimentalizing his …

The tragic death of 31-year-old Minnie Riperton in 1971 silenced among soul music’s most unique and unforgettable voices. Blessed with an angelic five-octave vocal range, she obtained her greatest industrial success using the chart-topping pop ballad “Lovin’ You.” Riperton was created in Chicago on November 8, 1947; like a youngsters …

R&B tranquility group the Tempo Aces formed in 1950 comprising initial tenor Billy Steward, second tenor Chuck Rowan, baritone Clyde Rhymes, and bass Vince Home; all were users from the U.S. Army’s Particular Services department stationed in Germany during the quartet’s development, ultimately earning the “All-Army Soldier Performing Competition” and …

Jesse Winchester was the music world’s most prominent Vietnam Battle draft evader, though his renown originated from a body of wry, closely noticed music. After we were young in Memphis, Winchester received his draft see in 1967 and transferred to Montreal, Canada, instead of serve within the armed forces. In …

With each new album, guitarist, singer, and songwriter “Steady Rollin'” Bob Margolin is constantly on the increase the boundaries of contemporary blues. Margolin, a sideman for Muddy Waters from 1973 to 1980, was created on, may 9, 1949, and elevated in Brookline, MA, became enamored using the recordings of Chuck …

Guiding the jobs of Otis Redding as well as the Allman Brothers Group, among others, on the elevation of his success Phil Walden was a Southern music institution. The label he founded, Capricorn Information, gave birth towards the broadly popular middle-’70s phenomenon referred to as Southern rock and roll, and …