1905 Tommy McClennan*
1926 Eddie Cusic*
1926 Eddie Cusic*
1942 Precious Bryant*
1945 Harmonica
Hinds*
1948 Charlie Sayles*
1953 Cool John
Ferguson* 1)
2016 Long John Hunter+
2016 Long John Hunter+
Laurie
Morvan* 1)
David
Booker *ca. 1948 1)
Happy Birthday
Charlie Sayles *04.01.1948
Harmonica player Charlie Sayles is starting to carve out a hard-fought niche for himself in U.S. blues circles, thanks to some help from the London-based JSP Records. Sayles has three excellent albums out on JSP, Night Ain't Right (1990), I Got Something to Say (1995), and Hip Guy (2000).
Although life hasn't been easy for Sayles, he seems to have come through the traumas OK. They started in his childhood, when he was shifted from his broken home to a long procession of foster homes. He ended up joining the Army in the late '60s and was promptly shipped to South Vietnam. His tour of duty ended in 1971, and he came back to Massachusetts for a time. Sayles picked up the blues harp while he was in Vietnam, and made a slow adjustment back to civilized society upon his return from three years in the infantry. He discovered the music of Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) after he returned home, and learned all he could from those recordings. Sayles began to make trips to New York City, Atlanta, St. Louis, and other cities, playing on the streets for tips from passersby in 1974 and for several years thereafter. He worked when he needed money as a day laborer. He hasn't had a real day job since then, patiently plying his craft in clubs, on street corners and more recently, at blues festivals.
What shows in Sayles' playing are the long periods of time he spent honing his craft on the streets and in subway stations. His approach as a solo artist was to get as full and band-like a sound as he could with his harp. It appears to have paid off, because Sayles is unlike other harp players; his playing is full of extended phrasing and super-quick changes in register. Sayles uses the harmonica as a melodic device while coaxing sharp, almost percussive sounds from it as well.
Sayles began to develop his songwriting voice in the mid-'70s, and his debut for the JSP label is far from a straight-ahead blues album. On his second JSP release, Sayles artfully blends funky, gritty urban blues sounds with original, down-to-earth lyrics, successfully avoiding a lot of blues clichés.
Perhaps his first big break was being "discovered" by Ralph Rinzler, an organizer for the Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife. Rinzler paired Sayles up with Pete Seeger, and after a variety of festival appearances, Sayles ended up moving to Washington, D.C. By the early '80s, while living in Washington, Sayles had begun to form his first bands.
Sayles' first record, Raw Harmonica Blues, was issued in 1976, long before blues became fashionable, on the Dusty Road label. Sayles didn't record again for 15 years, when he got picked up by JSP Records. I Got Something to Say has some prominent guests on it, including Washington's most celebrated blues guitar player, Bobby Parker. Also performing on the record is guitarist Deborah Coleman. Hip Guy was released in 2000. Each of Sayles' JSP recordings are well-worth seeking out, even at import prices, because of his original take on blues music. Sayles would be the first to tell you that he's not a straight-ahead Chicago blues player. He takes a much more mongrelized approach to the music, mixing in elements of New Orleans funk, Chicago blues and rock & roll in his playing.
Tommy McClennan *04.01.1905
Tommy McClennan (* 8. April 1908 bei Yazoo City, Mississippi; † vermutlich 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Musiker.
Ein eher mäßiger Gitarren- und Pianospieler, bestach McClennan durch eine kraftvolle, ausdrucksstarke Stimme. Er trat häufig zusammen mit Robert Petway auf. Honeyboy Edwards berichtete, dass die beiden nicht sehr groß waren, so dass sie fast wie zwei Liliputaner aussahen. Er war mit Big Bill Broonzy befreundet, der ihn in seinem Buch Big Bill Blues (1935) erwähnt.
Zwischen 1939 und 1942 nahm McClennan in fünf Aufnahme-Sessions 42 Titel auf. Zu seinen bekanntesten Stücken gehören Bottle It Up And Go, Cross Cut Saw Blues und Deep Sea Blues (basierend auf dem Catfish Blues von Petway). Zu seinen weiteren Stücken gehörten der Cotton Patch Blues (1939), Highway 51, It's Hard To be Lonesome, I'm A Guitar King (alle 1940), Travellin' Highway Man (1941), Deep Blue Sea Blues, Blues Trip Me In The Morning (1942). Am bekanntesten wurde jedoch sein Titel Bottle It Up And Go, der als Dokument der Rassendiskriminierung in den USA gilt.
Danach verschwand Tommy McClennan rasch von der Bildfläche. Er starb vermutlich völlig verarmt und alkoholkrank 1962 in Chicago.
Tommy McClennan (January 4, 1905[1] – May 9, 1961) was an American Delta blues singer and guitarist.[2]
Life and career
McClennan was born in Durant, Mississippi, United States, and grew up in the town. He played and sang blues in a rough, energetic style.
He made a series of recordings for Bluebird Records from 1939 through 1942 and regularly played with his friend Robert Petway. His voice is heard in the background on Petway's recording of "Boogie Woogie Woman" (1942).[3] McClennan's singles in this period included "Bottle It Up and Go", "New Highway No.51", "Shake 'Em on Down", and "Whiskey Head Woman".[3]
Several of his songs have been covered by other musicians, including "Cross Cut Saw Blues" (covered by Albert King) and "My Baby's Gone" (Moon Mullican).[4] McClennan's "I'm A Guitar King" was included on the 1959 collection issued by Folkways Records, The Country Blues.
McClennan died of bronchopneumonia in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1961.[5][6]
Citation
"He had a different style of playing a guitar", Big Bill Broonzy remarked drily. "You just make the chords and change when you feel like changing"[3]
In John Fahey's "Screaming and Hollerin' the Blues" there is an interview conducted with Booker Miller, who was a contemporary of Charlie Patton, he makes mention of someone who is most likely Tommy McClennan, though he does not know his name: "... and I saw another fella he put some records out, they (him and Willie Brown) be together, but he be by himself when I see him, they called him "Sugar"... I ain't never known him as nothing but Sugar, he put out a record called Bottle Up and Go... I sold him my guitar."
Bob Dylan covered Tommy McClennan's Highway 51 on his self-named debut album in 1962.
Life and career
McClennan was born in Durant, Mississippi, United States, and grew up in the town. He played and sang blues in a rough, energetic style.
He made a series of recordings for Bluebird Records from 1939 through 1942 and regularly played with his friend Robert Petway. His voice is heard in the background on Petway's recording of "Boogie Woogie Woman" (1942).[3] McClennan's singles in this period included "Bottle It Up and Go", "New Highway No.51", "Shake 'Em on Down", and "Whiskey Head Woman".[3]
Several of his songs have been covered by other musicians, including "Cross Cut Saw Blues" (covered by Albert King) and "My Baby's Gone" (Moon Mullican).[4] McClennan's "I'm A Guitar King" was included on the 1959 collection issued by Folkways Records, The Country Blues.
McClennan died of bronchopneumonia in Chicago, Illinois on May 9, 1961.[5][6]
Citation
"He had a different style of playing a guitar", Big Bill Broonzy remarked drily. "You just make the chords and change when you feel like changing"[3]
In John Fahey's "Screaming and Hollerin' the Blues" there is an interview conducted with Booker Miller, who was a contemporary of Charlie Patton, he makes mention of someone who is most likely Tommy McClennan, though he does not know his name: "... and I saw another fella he put some records out, they (him and Willie Brown) be together, but he be by himself when I see him, they called him "Sugar"... I ain't never known him as nothing but Sugar, he put out a record called Bottle Up and Go... I sold him my guitar."
Bob Dylan covered Tommy McClennan's Highway 51 on his self-named debut album in 1962.
David Booker *ca. 1948 *
*Das genaue Datum ist dem Autor unbekannt
Bio see here
http://www.davidbooker.com/bio.html
I am a 3 time Best Of Westword Winner ,and I'm based in Denver Colorado area . .I am originally from Manchester U.K, I grew up listening to Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley , and from there my musical world opened up as I explored music that moved me over the years .
I have backed 2 Rock n' Roll Hall of Famers, Bo Diddley, and Del Shannon .
I have backed Dr John , Solomon Burke , Rufus Thomas, Sir Mack Rice (writer of Mustang Sally) Billy J Kramer Dave (The Crying Game ) Berry.
I Have opened for Los Lobos ,John Mayall ,Albert Collins ,Koko Taylor, A.C Reed , and many other Legends of The Blues .
I moved to Colorado in 1981 and have been playing Music full time ever since .
Currently I am playing 6-7 gigs a week, mainly solo . with occasional duo and band line -ups .
I have backed 2 Rock n' Roll Hall of Famers, Bo Diddley, and Del Shannon .
I have backed Dr John , Solomon Burke , Rufus Thomas, Sir Mack Rice (writer of Mustang Sally) Billy J Kramer Dave (The Crying Game ) Berry.
I Have opened for Los Lobos ,John Mayall ,Albert Collins ,Koko Taylor, A.C Reed , and many other Legends of The Blues .
I moved to Colorado in 1981 and have been playing Music full time ever since .
Currently I am playing 6-7 gigs a week, mainly solo . with occasional duo and band line -ups .
Laurie Morvan *04.01.
Guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader Laurie Morvan is so much more than a touring musician. Morvan is also a licensed pilot who worked in the aerospace industry in Southern California for a number of years before launching her blues career. She majored in electrical engineering at the University of Illinois and also played on that school's volleyball team, earning herself a scholarship for her last two years in college. Not unlike the ladies in Saffire -- the Uppity Blues Women, Morvan gave up the security of a nine-to-five day job for a much crazier, much less stable life on the road as a touring musician. Her first band played Top 40 and covers, but found plenty of work at casinos in Nevada and hotels and clubs in California.
Like hundreds of others by now, Morvan had a revelatory moment and a life-changing experience when she first heard Texas blues master Stevie Ray Vaughan. She was completely engrossed by Vaughan's powerful, expressive playing and began getting a blues education via her passion for his music. She began creating her own brand of blues-rock and writing her own songs, and financed her first outings in recording studios by earning her master's degree in applied mathematics and teaching college math classes.
In 1997 she released her first album of originals, Out of the Woods, with her band Backroad Shack. By 2004 she had changed the group name to the Laurie Morvan Band, and the release of second and third albums under that name got her additional media attention via some magazine feature stories and airplay on the syndicated radio show House of Blues Radio Hour. In 2008 the band advanced to the finals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, and made connections to tour in the Midwest. She then worked with producer Steve Savage (Elvin Bishop, Robert Cray) on Fire It Up!, which was issued in 2009. Fire It Up! neatly showcases a dozen original tunes by Morvan that avoid the tired old themes and clichés in blues. In the process, she and her band -- which began to tour nationally in 2009 and 2010 -- are taking the blues in much-needed new and vital directions, so the form can continue to evolve.
Like hundreds of others by now, Morvan had a revelatory moment and a life-changing experience when she first heard Texas blues master Stevie Ray Vaughan. She was completely engrossed by Vaughan's powerful, expressive playing and began getting a blues education via her passion for his music. She began creating her own brand of blues-rock and writing her own songs, and financed her first outings in recording studios by earning her master's degree in applied mathematics and teaching college math classes.
In 1997 she released her first album of originals, Out of the Woods, with her band Backroad Shack. By 2004 she had changed the group name to the Laurie Morvan Band, and the release of second and third albums under that name got her additional media attention via some magazine feature stories and airplay on the syndicated radio show House of Blues Radio Hour. In 2008 the band advanced to the finals of the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN, and made connections to tour in the Midwest. She then worked with producer Steve Savage (Elvin Bishop, Robert Cray) on Fire It Up!, which was issued in 2009. Fire It Up! neatly showcases a dozen original tunes by Morvan that avoid the tired old themes and clichés in blues. In the process, she and her band -- which began to tour nationally in 2009 and 2010 -- are taking the blues in much-needed new and vital directions, so the form can continue to evolve.
Precious Bryant *04.01.1942
Precious Bryant (eigentlich Precious Bussey, * 4. Januar 1942 in Talbot County; † 12. Januar 2013 in Columbus) war eine US-amerikanische Bluesmusikerin.
2002 wurde ihr Debütalbum Fool Me Good für den Blues Music Award nominiert, gleich in zwei Kategorien (Acoustic Blues Album of the Year; Best New Artist Debut). 2006 wurde sie nominiert als Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year.
2002 wurde ihr Debütalbum Fool Me Good für den Blues Music Award nominiert, gleich in zwei Kategorien (Acoustic Blues Album of the Year; Best New Artist Debut). 2006 wurde sie nominiert als Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year.
Precious Bryant (née Bussey; January 4, 1942 – January 12, 2013) was an American country blues, gospel, and folk singer and guitarist. She played Piedmont fingerstyle guitar.[1]
Bryant, born in Talbot County, Georgia, United States, released two solo albums.[2] Her 2002 debut, Fool Me Good, was nominated for two Blues Music Awards — in the categories of 'Acoustic Blues Album of the Year' and 'Best New Artist Debut'. In 2006 she was nominated for another similar award for 'Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year', and was up against Koko Taylor, Maria Muldaur and Etta James, the last of whom won.
Bryant died January 12, 2013 in Columbus, Georgia, with complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure.
Bryant, born in Talbot County, Georgia, United States, released two solo albums.[2] Her 2002 debut, Fool Me Good, was nominated for two Blues Music Awards — in the categories of 'Acoustic Blues Album of the Year' and 'Best New Artist Debut'. In 2006 she was nominated for another similar award for 'Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year', and was up against Koko Taylor, Maria Muldaur and Etta James, the last of whom won.
Bryant died January 12, 2013 in Columbus, Georgia, with complications from diabetes and congestive heart failure.
Precious Bryant - National Down Home Blues Festival, Atlanta, Georgia (1984)
Harmonica Hinds (born Mervyn H.G. Hinds)
*04.01.1945
Harmonica Hinds (born Mervyn H.G. Hinds, January 4, 1945) is a Trinidad-American blues singer and musician. He moved from Trinidad to Canada and then settled permanently in Chicago. He was influenced by blues musicians and started playing harmonica at an early age. He became known in the 1970s when he played on the house band of the famed Theresa's Lounge in Chicago. He shared the stage and played on albums of many great blues artists for more than five decades. He made his first recording in 2008 followed by recordings in 2010 and 2012. He has been described as one of the most talented Chicago blues musicians and he remains active on the Chicago blues scene.
Life and career
Hinds, born in Trinidad, moved from his birthplace to Ottawa, Canada, and then to Toronto.[1][2] He moved to Chicago in 1977 and then to New Orleans from 1976 to 1983, and then permanently back to Chicago.[1] Hinds was first captivated with blues harmonica while in Canada when he saw Sonny Terry play. He started playing the harmonica from age 7 to 9. He started singing the blues in 1968.[2] He received his first music lesson on the street from Lafayette Leake while living in Toronto. When he was studying sociology at Carleton University in Ottawa, James Cotton invited him to Chicago. He was also encouraged by New Orleans musicians David Lastie and George Porter.[2]
Hinds became known in the 1970s when he played on the house band of the famed Theresa's Lounge in Chicago, often sharing the stage with Junior Wells.[3] He played in Muddy Waters: The Hoochie Coochie Man production in 1984.[1] He played on albums for many blues artists, including Koko Taylor, Eddie Taylor, and Mud Morganfield. He appeared on stage with many blues greats, including Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Louisiana Red, Willie Dixon, Magic Slim and Willie Kent.[3]
Hinds has worked as a blues musician for more than five decades and he remains active on the Chicago blues scene with his own shows and often playing gigs with Eddie Taylor.[4] He continues to play a regular gig at Buddy Guy's Legends.[5] He performed at the 14th, 15th, 20th, 24th, 29th, 30th and 31st Chicago Blues Festival.[6]
Music and performance style
Living Blues reviewer, Jim DeKoster, described Hinds first album "Finally" self-produced under CD Baby as "one of the most enjoyable albums in the classic Chicago blues style to come down the pike lately".[7] When Blues Revue critic James Porter reviewed "Finally", he wrote that Hinds is "one of the most talented musicians on today's Chicago scene."[8] Critic Matthew Warnock's review of Hind's album "Anything if I Could" found that Hinds and his band understood the "key emotion that makes the blues the legendary music that it is" and brought "emotional intent behind each note.
Eddie Cusic *04.01.1926
Eddie Cusic (January 4, 1926 – August 11, 2015) was an American Mississippi blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.[2] His small quantity of recorded work included him being mislabelled as Eddie Quesie and Eddie Cusie. Cusic had musical connections with both Little Milton[1] and James "Son" Thomas.[2]
Life and career
Eddie Cusic was born on the Kinlock Plantation, near Wilmot, due south of Leland, Mississippi, United States in 1926.[3] Growing up in a farming community, he was inspired to play the blues after hearing adults playing at local family gatherings. He graduated from playing the diddley bow to a Sears electric guitar. He formed the Rhythm Aces in the early part of the 1950s, a three piece band who played throughout the Mississippi Delta area.[3] One of the group was Little Milton whom Cusic taught to play the guitar.[1][4] Following service in the United States Army, which began in 1952, Cusic later settled in Stoneville, Mississippi, and found employment in a Ford automobile plant and a USDA meatpacking plant.[5] In the 1970s, Cusic played alongside James "Son" Thomas at regular engagements. Together they recorded "Once I Had a Car", which appeared on the compilation album, Mississippi Delta & South Tennessee Blues (1977).[2] Cusic needed to supplement his income and started working at a quarry and reduced his playing commitments. He retired from full-time work in 1989, and returned to performing with an acoustic guitar.[3] He has variously appeared at the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival in Greenville, Mississippi,[6] as well as at the Sunflower River Blues Festival, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at the Chicago Blues Festival.[3]
In 1998, Cusic made a 'field recording' at his own house in Leland, Mississippi, and delivered versions of several blues standards in his own pure Mississippi blues styling. The recording included cover versions of songs such as "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl", "Big Boss Man", "(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Catfish Blues". AllMusic noted that the resultant album, I Want to Boogie, was "a strong debut that also makes the first new 'blues discovery' since the halcyon days of the 1960s".[1] It was released by HighTone Records.[3] A reworked version, containing several different tracks, was released in 2012, billed as Leland Mississippi Blues.[7]
C2C sampled the vocals from Cusic's, “You Don't Have to Go” for their own 2012 track, "Down The Road".[8][9]
On August 11, 2015, Cusic died from prostate cancer, aged 89.
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