by BluesMattersOnline | Dec 17, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Paul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987) was an American blues harmonica player, singer and band leader. After early training as a classical flautist, he developed an interest in blues harmonica. He explored the blues scene in his native Chicago,...
by BluesMattersOnline | Dec 12, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Cornelius Green III (December 12, 1928 – April 23, 1995),[1] known professionally as Lonesome Sundown, was an American blues musician, best known for his recordings for Excello Records in the 1950s and early 1960s. Green was born on the Dugas Plantation near...
by BluesMattersOnline | Dec 10, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Eddie Jones (December 10, 1926 – February 7, 1959),[1] better known as Guitar Slim, was a New Orleans blues guitarist in the 1940s and 1950s, best known for the million-selling song “The Things That I Used to Do”, produced by Johnny Vincent for Specialty...
by BluesMattersOnline | Dec 9, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr., December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. Signature Song Messin’ with the Kid He is best known for his signature song “Messin’ with the Kid”...
by BluesMattersOnline | Sep 16, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shimmering vibrato and staccato...
by BluesMattersOnline | Sep 15, 2021 | Blues Birthdays, News
James Edward “Snooky” Pryor (September 15, 1919 or 1921 – October 18, 2006) was an American Chicago blues harmonica player. He claimed to have pioneered the now-common method of playing amplified harmonica by cupping a small microphone in his hands along...
