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Doyle Bramhall

Created in Dallas in 1949, this singer/songwriter/drummer was raised hearing Dallas radio (with large doses of Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles, and Bobby Blue Bland on rock and roll & roll channels) and locals the Nightcaps, among the country’s 1st white electric blues rings. In senior high school he became a …

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B.W. Stevenson

Ideal remembered for his 1973 smash “My Maria,” singer/songwriter B.W. Stevenson (the “B.W.” apparently stood for “Buckwheat” — his actual 1st name was Lewis) was created Oct 5, 1949, in Dallas, TX. As a teenager he played in a number of regional rock rings before attending university, eventually becoming a …

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