Tag Archives: Electric Blues

Who’s the ruler of most post-war blues harpists, Chicago department or elsewhere? Why, the virtuosic Small Walter, with out a solitary question. The fiery harmonica wizard had taken the humble mouth area organ in amazing amplified directions which were unimaginable ahead of his ascendancy. His daring instrumental enhancements were so …

When Johnny Winter season emerged around the national picture in 1969, the hope, especially in the record business, was that he’d turn into a superstar around the level of Jimi Hendrix, another blues-based rock and roll guitarist and singer who preceded him simply by a couple of years. That under …

He was beloved worldwide seeing that the king from the endless boogie, an authentic blues superstar whose droning, hypnotic one-chord grooves were simultaneously both ultra-primitive and timeless. But John Lee Hooker documented in a great number of more designs than that more than a profession that extended across over fifty …

From the three blues guitarists answering towards the name of Luther Johnson, this West Side-styled veteran is just about the best known. Increasing the general dilemma encircling the triumvirate, like Luther “Snake Youngster” Johnson, Luther “Electric guitar Junior” Johnson spent an extended stint in the top-seeded music group of Muddy …

The confusing plethora of artists working beneath the name of Luther (nickname here) Johnson can keep even people that have a decent understanding of blues in a significant state of confusion. However in this biographical entrance, we concern ourselves with the life span and situations of Luther “Georgia Guy/Snake Guy” …

A FRESH York program guitarist who backed a number of the city’s top artists, Larry Dale also produced a small number of okay singles being a singer through the 1950s and early ’60s. Acquiring initial motivation on his electric guitar from B.B. Ruler through the early ’50s, Dale produced some …

The denizens of Detroit’s postwar blues scene hardly ever really received their credited (aside from John Lee Hooker, obviously). Robert “Baby Boy” Warren put together a sterling discography from 1949 to 1954 for a number of Motor City companies without ever managing to transcend his regional position along Hastings Road. …

This electric blues act using a soul bent documented for Jewel Details, among other brands. Roman Carter (business lead vocals, bass), Albert Carter (electric guitar), and Jerry Carter (vocals, piano) originated from Garland, AL, and started documenting in 1964 for manufacturer/songwriter Duke Coleman’s regional label. Stan Lewis’ Jewel Information licensed …

Multi-instrumentalist, historian, and educator Bob Brozman was created in NY about March 8, 1954. His uncle, Barney Josephson, was a prominent golf club owner who went Cafe Culture in Greenwich Town, among the 1st places in NY, or anywhere, where dark and white music artists played on-stage collectively. Brozman researched …

b. Melvin Andrew Grayson, 2 Feb 1929, Columbus, Ohio, USA, d. 5 Might 1991, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Although little-known right now, Tibbs was a significant contributor to the first success from the Aristocrat record label, the precursor of Chess Information and Checker Information. His dad, Rev. S.A. Grayson, was among …