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Albert King: Born Under a Bad Sign - One of 13 children. As a child in Arkansas, picked cotton. Grew up to be 6’4”, 250 pounds on a thin day.
Best of Friends, John Lee Hooker - When the bullshit level in the national conversation approaches the red line, I go back to basics.
Men. Women. Sex. Love.
Big Mama Thornton: Ball 'N Chain - The first night she sang at Harlem's Apollo Theater, she was Willie Mae Thornton, and she was the opening act.
Blind Willie Johnson - Guest Butler Mark Hipgrave lends his voluminous musical expertise to a blues show on community radio station 4ZZZ in Brisbane, Australia. On Head
Buddy Guy: A Man and the The Blues - His music is hot and sexy, cool and elegant, the soundtrack for a hard life dotted with moments of radiance --- no wonder women set bottles of li
Canned Heat - If the creation of beauty is its own reward, then Canned Heat is in the Pantheon of Gorgeousness.
But if beauty is held to worldly metrics --- fame an
Charlie Musselwhite - Bring me my nightshirt
Put on your morning gown
I don't feel like sleeping
Babe, I want to lay down.....
He was born in Mississippi, a poor
Etta James (1938 - 2012) - Talk about “born to sing the blues.”
She was named Jamesetta Hawkins.
Junior Wells - He was making $1.50 a week on a soda truck in West Memphis to earn the money for a harmonica. But it cost $2.
Otis Spann - At 8, Otis Spann was playing piano. At 14, he was performing with groups in Jackson, Mississippi.
R.L. Burnside - R.L. Burnside (1926-2005) was the last of the hard-core blues musicians.
Seasick Steve - There are unlikely success stories, and then there is Seasick Steve.
Born Steven Gene Wold, Seasick Steve is in his 60s, lives in Norway, mostly plays
Son House - At community ratio station 4ZZZ in Brisbane, Australia, they indulge me by letting me do a monthly historical piece on an artist who has moved on to t
Watch Your Step, Ted Hawkins -
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