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Arkansas-born guitarist/vocalist Hank Davis skilled many musical transformations during his extended career. Influenced by the first recordings of Elvis Presley, he documented several unreleased demos through the 1960s. Performing with two dark ministers as the Blues Brothers (a long time before another clothing with this name was produced popular by …

A Detroit area rock and roll & roll music group formed in 1969 by guitarists Cub Koda and Mike Lutz, Brownsville Station’s original members also included T.J. Cronley (drums) and Tony Driggins (bass), with Henry Weck changing Cronley on drums in 1971. In the beginning affected by Chuck Berry, Bo …

The music industry is filled up with many unusual tales of artists whose lives took unforeseen turns on the winding road to success, however the saga of singer Jimmy Ellis could very well be among the weirdest of these all. He was appropriately referred to as Orion, and his double-edged …

Prolonged a folk and blues festival favorite, Rev. Billy C. Wirtz wraps his funny stories and tracks into thoroughly orchestrated models that feature his stellar piano playing. His bundle can be hard for celebration organizers and membership owners to withstand. Wirtz was created in Aiken, S.C., the boy of a …

In fact a country and rock vocalist instead of an R&B star, Roy Mind nevertheless cut among the great bits of uptempo soul in the mid-’60s. “Deal with Her Best” on Back again Beat managed to get to number 2 in the R&B graphs and number 2 pop, and the …

Among the primary rock and roll & move greats, Small Richard merged the fireplace of gospel with New Orleans R&B, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful drop. While numerous various other R&B greats of the first ’50s have been relocating a similar path, none of these matched up the …

Joey Castle was such as a lot of the youngsters who came up in the wake of Elvis Presley, aiming to appear to be him rather than rendering it, but with a notable difference — Castle left out twelve or so information that are really worth hearing. Among the rates …

Although some ill-informed revisionist writers of rock and roll history wish to dismiss Carl Perkins like a rockabilly artist who became a one-hit question in the dawn of rock and roll & roll’s early years, a deeper take a look at his music and career reveals a lot more. A …

Best known while the bassist for Canned Temperature between 1967-1970, Brooklyn-born Larry Taylor has already established an extended and distinguished profession being a program musician. Starting his professional profession by touring with Jerry Lee Lewis when he was 18, Taylor ultimately became the citizen bassist for most from the Monkees’ …

Led by guitarist Jim Dickinson and former Jerry Lee Lewis guitarist Charlie Freeman, the Dixie Flyers had been among the busiest session sets of the first ’70s. Building their early popularity with performances on recordings by Billy Lee Riley, Johnny Hallyday, Hank Ballard, Bettye LaVette, and Albert Collins, the group …