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Tab Benoit -Born November 17, 1947 – Happy Borthday, Tab!

Last night I was listening to Alastair Greene’s new release The New World Blues on Tab Benoit’s Whisky Bayou Records. And today it’s Tab’s birthday! Here’s a post I write a few years ago. Happy Birthday, Tab! On this date in 1947 one of my favorite blues musicians Tab Benoit was…

Blues Icon Willie Dixon

Willie Dixon – Bassist, Singer and Composer – Born July 1, 1915 Today is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Willie Dixon(July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) and I bet somewhere on almost every night of the year someone is playing one of the 500 songs that he…

Sonny Terry – Blues Harp Master!!

Sonny Terry – Blues Harp – Born October 24, 1911 Greensboro, Georgia Among the many instruments that I love is the harmonica or more specifically the blues harp, and there are few who play that instrument better than Sonny Terry from Blues Harp….. The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally…

B.B. King – Blues Icon – Born September 16, 1925

B.B. King – Blues -Born near the town of Itta Bena, Mississippi (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015) Back in May of this year the music world lost the legendary blues boy Riley B.B. King at the age of 89. Today September 16th, B B King would have turned…

Albert King – A “King of the Blues”

Albert King “The Velvet Bulldozer” (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) On April 25th in 1923, alphabetically the first of the “Three Kings” of Blues Albert King was born. Albert had a major impact on the blues and rock music. On December 11th, 2012, it was announced that King would…

Today in Music – B B King was born!!

Riley B B King (September 16, 1925- May 14, 2015) So today is the anniversary of birth of probably the greatest blues musician of all time. Certainly he was one who was at the top of his craft the longest – B.B. King!! Here’s the obligatory background information from Wikipedia, like…

John Lee Hooker’s birthday!! (August 22, 1917)

Let’s Have One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer to Honor John Lee Hooker On this day – August 22 – in 1917 in Coahoma County near Clarksdale, Mississippi John Lee Hooker was born. He was one of the most influential blues musicians across several generations. From Wikipedia John Lee…

This Date in Music – August 7, 1937 – Blues Guitarist Magic Slim was born!!

On this date August 7th in 1937, Morris Holt, better known as Magic Slim was born at Torrance, near Grenada, Mississippi. Magic Slim followed Muddy Water and Howlin’ Wolf to Chicago and became a force in the Chicago blues scene. I discovered his music when I started the blog Me,…

Today in Music – July 1, 1915 – Blues Icon Willie Dixon was born!!

Today is the 99th anniversary of the birth of Willie Dixon(July 1, 1915 – January 29, 1992) and I bet somewhere on almost every night of the year someone is playing one of the 500 songs that he wrote! It could be a jazz, blues or rock artist because Willie’s…

Thursday June 26 – This Day in Music – Bill Broonzy was born – Celebrate with Dave and Phil Alvin’s New Album!

Last Thursday June 26 was either the 121st or the 110th anniversary of the birth of Big Bill Broonzy, depending on what you believe. Most researchers believe that Big Bill was born Lee Conley Bradley in 1903 or 1904, in Plum Bayou , Jefferson County Arkansas and is one of…

Category: Blues Birthdays

Tab Benoit -Born November 17, 1947 – Happy Borthday, Tab!

Blues Icon Willie Dixon

Sonny Terry – Blues Harp Master!!

B.B. King – Blues Icon – Born September 16, 1925

Albert King – A “King of the Blues”

Today in Music – B B King was born!!

John Lee Hooker’s birthday!! (August 22, 1917)

This Date in Music – August 7, 1937 – Blues Guitarist Magic Slim was born!!

Today in Music – July 1, 1915 – Blues Icon Willie Dixon was born!!

Thursday June 26 – This Day in Music – Bill Broonzy was born – Celebrate with Dave and Phil Alvin’s New Album!

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