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The word “metropolitan blues” is normally put on post-World War II blues band music, but among the forefathers from the genre in its pre-electric format was pianist Leroy Carr. Teamed using the exemplary guitarist Scrapper Blackwell in Indianapolis, Carr became among the best blues superstars of his time, composing and …

The mentor of Delta slide virtuoso Robert Nighthawk, Houston Stackhouse by no means achieved exactly the same commercial or artistic success as his famed pupil, and remained small known beyond his indigenous Mississippi. Given birth to in the tiny city of Wesson on Sept 28, 1910, he was a devotee …

This Chicago blues artist was a traveling force within the rhythm sections that recorded on lots of the finest sides cut within the ’70s, like the intense Grasp of Contemporary Blues album by Johnny Shines around the Testament label. Although an excellent guitarist in his personal right, Jackson mainly recorded …

Guitarist, vocalist, harmonica participant, and songwriter Grady Champ released two spectacular recordings in 1999 and 2001 for Shanachie Information. Both his debut, Payin’ for My Sins, and 2 Times Short of weekly put Champ on the nationwide touring blues map and helped start his profession beyond the limitations of his …

When you’re discussing the patented Jimmy Reed laconic shuffle audio, you’re discussing Eddie Taylor as much mainly because Reed himself. Taylor was the glue that held Reed’s lowdown grooves from dropping into severe disrepair. His rock-steady tempo guitar powered almost all of Reed’s Vee-Jay edges through the 1950s and early …

Ed Bell’s Paramount record of his own “Mamlish Blues” may be the sort of performance which has the energy to suspend the listener within the eternal present instant. Its simple, repeated, ascending, and descending level evokes a marvelous sensibility that’s echoed around the flipside, “The Hambone Blues,” as well as …

Carl Martin was created near Stone Difference, VA, on Apr 1, 1906. His primary device was mandolin but he also learned your guitar, and based on those who noticed him perform, could play anything with strings. Martin not merely performed single, but additionally spent a lot of his profession within …

Big Joe Williams might have been probably the most cantankerous individual who ever walked the planet earth with guitar at hand. At exactly the same time, he was an unbelievable blues musician: a gifted songwriter, a powerhouse vocalist, and an exceedingly idiosyncratic guitarist. Despite his deserved popularity being a fighter …

Nation blues guitarist and vocalist Blind Lemon Jefferson is indisputably one of many figures in nation blues. He was of the best in many relation, being among the founders of Tx blues (alongside Tx Alexander), one of the most important country bluesmen ever, one of the most well-known bluesmen from …

Southwest Louisiana-based guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist Sonny Landreth is really a musician’s musician. The blues glide electric guitar playing entirely on his two Zoo Entertainment produces, Outward Bound (1992) and South of I-10 (1995) is certainly exclusive and unlike other things you’ve have you ever heard. His unorthodox electric guitar …