by BluesMattersOnline | Apr 18, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Eurreal Wilford “Little Brother” Montgomery (April 18, 1906 – September 6, 1985) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer. Largely self-taught, Montgomery was an important blues pianist with an original style. He was also versatile,...
by BluesMattersOnline | Apr 14, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Theodore Roosevelt “Hound Dog” Taylor (April 12, 1915 – December 17, 1975) was a Chicago blues guitarist and singer. Taylor was born in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1915, though some sources say 1917. He first played the piano and began playing the guitar when...
by BluesMattersOnline | Apr 4, 2021 | News
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011) was an Irish musician and songwriter. Over the course of his career he played in various groups and performed an eclectic range of music including blues, hard rock, heavy metal, and jazz fusion. Influences...
by BluesMattersOnline | Mar 25, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L....
by BluesMattersOnline | Mar 21, 2021 | News
Edward James “Son” House Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988) was an American delta blues singer and guitarist, noted for his highly emotional style of singing and slide guitar playing. After years of hostility to secular music, as a preacher and for a...
