Tag Archives: Regional Blues

Guitarist Ernie Hawkins was Pittsburgh’s best-kept blues key until the past due ’90s when he resumed his single career being a Piedmont blues participant. Like his contemporaries Stefan Grossman, Roy Reserve Binder, and Jorma Kaukonen, Hawkins researched with Reverend Gary Davis in the ’60s and has a revivalist repertoire that …

What ho, another great Texas bluesman? The biggest state has created a number of great players within this genre, and enthusiasts of Jitterbug Webb can only just hope that 1 day he will have the reputation and position of T-Bone Walker or Johnny Wintertime. In the end, neither of the …

Corey Arceneaux is exactly what many people contact a new variety of zydeco musician. His music is normally a creative mixture of R&B improved with a normal zydeco design. Arceneaux discovers fortitude in root base music, financing his talents towards the compositions that reveal his root base, with a solid …

b. 16 November 1917, Hillsborough, NEW YORK, USA. Born right into a extremely musical family members, Trice learned acoustic guitar early, and was partnering his sibling Willie Trice, playing blues for dances by his early teenagers. In the 30s, he used with Blind Son Fuller, and his music created quite …

A trumpeter and guitarist using a succession of NEW YORK bands, Stacy Think never quite produced a national discovery. Actually, he was trashed of his best-known music group, the Squirrel Nut Zippers, right before they strike pay dirt using their second recording. However, Think was precious for the Chapel Hill …

Chicago guitarist Kenneth “Friend” Scott hailed from a protracted musical brood, to place it mildly. His brothers, vocalist Howard and guitarist Walter, are mainstays on the neighborhood scene; his boy, guitarist Kenneth “Hollywood” Scott, qualified prospects Tyrone Davis’ Platinum Band, as well as his grandmother Ida understood her method around …

Washington may be the name of the capital, circumstances, as well as the surname of several a large number of jazz music artists, from Al Washington because of Walter “Wolfman” Washington. While a good amount of misunderstandings is present over credits related to the previous name, possibly the ultra condition …

Little-known Chicago guitarist L.C. McKinley was created Oct 22, 1918, in Winona, MS, but by 1941 he previously proven up in the Windy Town and was gigging frequently there by the end of the 10 years. An excellent guitarist in the T-Bone Walker mildew, McKinley spent the first ’50s dealing …

The sluggish, loping shuffle connected with bluesman Jimmy Reed was among the many grooves this important Chicago bassist was known for assisting to create. Milton Rector may possibly also play blues of a more aggressive character, as showed on many great ’60s recordings by harmonica employer Sonny Boy Williamson II. …

Jake Harris knew how exactly to shake a set of dice to be able to move a lucrative champion. He also understood in early stages that his nephew, guitarist Magic Sam, was successful being a bluesman. Harris might not have already been a specialized wizard on his selected device, but …