Genre: Blues
I'm Harry Dee born in 1943 and raised in the Philadelphia area.
I've been out of the music scene for about 20 years but started playing again
about a year ago and it feels real good...
I was with a few bands back in the day starting with the Telstars our
first gig was playing...
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Genre: R&B/Soul/Urban
Decades Active: 60s
This electric blues act with a soul bent recorded for Jewel Records, among other labels. Roman Carter (lead vocals, bass), Albert Carter (guitar), and Jerry Carter (vocals, piano) came from Garland, AL, and began recording in 1964 for producer/songwriter Duke Coleman's local label. Stan Lewis' Jewel Records licensed a pair of their singles, of... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s
By the time Eric Clapton launched his solo career with the release of his self-titled debut album in mid-1970, he was long established as one of the world's major rock stars due to his group affiliations -- the Yardbirds, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, and Blind Faith -- affiliations that had demonstrated his claim to being the best rock... [+] Read More
Genre: Blues
Decades Active: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
He was one bad dude, strutting across the stage like a harp-toting gangster, mesmerizing the crowd with his tough-guy antics and rib-sticking Chicago blues attack. Amazingly, Junior Wells kept at precisely this sort of thing for over 40 years -- he was an active performer from the dawn of the 1950s to his death in the late '90s.
Born...
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Genre: Blues
Decades Active: 50s, 60s
No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago's West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), right when he was on the brink of climbing the ladder to legitimate stardom -- but Magic Sam left behind a thick legacy of bone-cutting blues that remains eminently... [+] Read More
Genre: Blues
Decades Active: 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s
Breaking into the R&B Top Ten his very first time out in 1956 with the startlingly intense slow blues "I Can't Quit You Baby," southpaw guitarist Otis Rush subsequently established himself as one of the premier bluesmen on the Chicago circuit. He remains so today.
Rush is often credited with being one of the architects of the West...
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Genre: Blues
RONNO JAXON is the newest addition to the RORA RECORDS family of recording artists. Multi-talanted musician / singer / songwriter / blues / rocker RONNO JAXON pushes some heavy electric blues around super soulful vocals and deep original songs......" I write about my life & the way I feel about....it's personal. But at the same time....I believe... [+] Read More
Genre: Blues
i am a second life blues musician who plays a high energy mix of gospel blues and standard blues as a christian. standards include srv, bb king, buddy guy, etc.
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s
With his astonishingly accomplished guitar playing, Stevie Ray Vaughan ignited the blues revival of the '80s. Vaughan drew equally from bluesmen like Albert King, Otis Rush, and Muddy Waters and rock & roll players like Jimi Hendrix and Lonnie Mack, as well as the stray jazz guitarist like Kenny Burrell, developing a uniquely eclectic and fiery... [+] Read More
