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b. 3 August 1936, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Elevated in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Wilson researched piano at Fort Wayne University of Music as well as the College or university of Indiana, as time passes out for a fleeting professional foray with Adam Moody. He briefly performed baritone saxophone but after settling …

Baton Rouge local Webster “Webbie” Gradney, Jr.’s brash and street-smart design was inspired by the first No Limit and Money Money releases which were creeping away from close by New Orleans, as well as the common Western world Coast audio of Snoop Dogg and Eazy-E. Webbie was just eight when …

Few artists have the ability to protected a 42-piece string section because of their debut recording, but Canadian Matt Dusk is not any stranger to big rings. The York College or university Oscar Peterson scholarship or grant champion released four 3rd party records while concurrently performing along with his very …

La Mafia has become the versatile Latino rings. Hailing from Houston, they’re largely in charge of the resurgence from the “norteño audio,” which includes some basis in nation and traditional western music. The group was founded by Oscar and Leonard Gonzalez, both of whom had been raised within the north …

Swedish DJ/manufacturer Christian Falk began his music career being a bass participant, backing performers like Richard Lloyd and Marty Wilson-Piper through the 1980s. Falk mixed this musical history with the increasing reputation of dance music within the ’90s, learning to be a manufacturer for dance-pop works like Robyn, for whom …

Often referred to as a cross between Alabama and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Confederate Railroad produced their name using a party-ready hybrid of modern country and Southern rock, which also earned them comparisons to Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams, Jr. Their trashy, roughneck closet was an excellent indicator of the rowdy, tongue-in-cheek …

A veteran of over 2,500 saving periods, guitarist Cornell Dupree worked most prolifically in R&B and blues, but he was equally in the home in jazz, particularly funky fusion and soul-jazz. Dupree was created in Fort Value, TX, in 1942, and by age 20 was playing in Ruler Curtis’ R&B …

Guitarist Lacy Gibson was an underappreciated number within the Windy Town circuit for many years. Created in 1936, Lacy and his family members left NEW YORK for Chicago in 1949. It didn’t consider miss Gibson to develop entranced by the neighborhood actions — he discovered from veterans Sunnyland Slim and …

The offspring of famous musicians frequently have trouble developing a career for themselves, yet Hank Williams, Jr. is among the few to build up a career that’s not just effective, but markedly not the same as his legendary dad. Originally, Hank Jr. just copied and performed his father’s music, but …

Given birth to and raised in Havana, Cuba, pianist, composer, and arranger Jesus “Chuchito” Valdés, Jr. may be the third-generation manifestation of the Cuban jazz piano dynasty which includes his dad, Chucho Valdés, and grandfather, Bebo Valdés. The oldest of five siblings, Valdés was a kid prodigy, participating in and …