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b. 1926, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA. While still a kid, Jones learned to try out violin and in old age moved on towards the acoustic bass as well as the bass electric guitar. For quite some time, he performed in the group support Muddy Waters and following the head’s loss of …

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 …

Within the 1930s, Willie Smith positioned third among alto saxophonists, just behind Johnny Hodges and Benny Carter. He previously a unique sound and a swinging design that was a significant asset to Jimmy Lunceford’s orchestra. Smith also added periodic vocals (“Tempo Is certainly Our Business” was his best-known documenting) plus …

He admittedly wasn’t the originator from the seminal piano piece “Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie,” but from the safe and sound bet that more folks associate it currently with Pinetop Perkins than with the person who devised it to begin with, Clarence “Pinetop” Smith. Though it seems as if he was around …

With each new album, guitarist, singer, and songwriter “Steady Rollin'” Bob Margolin is constantly on the increase the boundaries of contemporary blues. Margolin, a sideman for Muddy Waters from 1973 to 1980, was created on, may 9, 1949, and elevated in Brookline, MA, became enamored using the recordings of Chuck …

Another ex-Muddy Waters worker, Jerry Portnoy’s biting, flailing harmonica design rivals any within modern blues circles for fluency, range, or psychological range. His vocals work enough, particularly when punctuated by his harp accompaniment and solos. Portnoy started his professional musical profession within Muddy Waters’ support band in the first ’70s. …