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b. Albert Dominique, 5 August 1908, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. January 1980, San Antonio, Tx, USA. Albert started playing trumpet as a kid, pursuing in the footsteps of his uncle, Natty Dominique. Albert performed in several rings in his city, including parade rings, and in other areas from the …

Eddie Miller had a lovely tone on his tenor, much like Bud Freeman, although his design was significantly less angular. Miller was a solidly swinging participant who fit conveniently into Dixieland and golf swing settings. He proved helpful skillfully in New Orleans at age 16 and in 1930 produced his …

Ernie K-Doe scored one of the primary strikes (most likely the biggest) in the annals of New Orleans R&B with “Mother-in-Law,” a humorous lament that struck a chord with listeners of most stripes coming to the very best of both pop and R&B graphs in 1961. The melody became K-Doe’s …

Blues vocalist Esther Bigeou was raised in another of New Orleans’ most music households (she was a cousin of drummer Paul Barbarin), but were left with a method more vaudevillian than blues or jazz oriented. In 1923, she documented with Rickett’s Superstars, Piron’s New Orleans Orchestra and Clarence Williams. After …

It’s ironic that a number of the greatest New Orleans R&B from the 1950s was sung by way of a white guy. Although he might have exceeded for a teenager idol, Frankie Ford sang with just as much grit as anyone of any color within the Crescent Town. He documented …

A sorely underappreciated veteran of the brand new Orleans R&B picture, singer/songwriter/maker/pianist Eddie Bo evolved into among the city’s foremost funk players through the past due ’60s and early ’70s, although he never really had a country wide hit commensurate along with his music standing. Given birth to Edwin Joseph …

1969 was a pivotal year within the musical career of Doug Kershaw (born Douglas Adam Kershaw). An appearance in the leading broadcast from the Johnny Cash Present, on June 7, brought him to the eye of his largest market and resulted in a agreement with Warner Brothers/Seven Arts. 8 weeks …

Created in the past due ’80s from a common desire for rate and doom steel, Exhorder helped form the “Louisiana sound,” a typical sound distributed between many steel bands from your condition. By crafting chugging, limited riffs having a rigid framework, Exhorder produced quite the neighborhood impression with 1990’s Slaughter …

b. 6 March 1922, Green Region, Tennessee, USA, d. 28 January 2005, Gonzales, Louisiana, USA. Sauceman grew up in the Shiny Wish community, Greeneville, Tennessee. There is frequently music in the air flow, his dad sang hymns and gospel music at revival conferences, and he noticed traditional ballads on radio …

b. c. 1964, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Tardy analyzed traditional clarinet as a kid, motivated by his parents, both of whom had been opera performers. His mom, Jo Anne Tardy, after performing traditional music became a gospel-influenced jazz vocalist. After switching to tenor saxophone, Tardy used funk rings in Milwaukee …