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Artist: George Mitchell
George Mitchell was so significant for his playing on many of Jelly Roll Morton's best recordings in the 1920s that it is surprising that he spent his last 40 years outside of music, living in obscurity. Mitchell, who began playing cornet when he was 12, started out playing professionally in Louisville. In addition to playing in brass bands and... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Cutler
Chris Cutler has led a varied and surprising career as a drummer, record label executive, hard line socialist, and ethnomusicologist, among other labels, spanning over three decades of work and close to 100 records. Born in Washington, D.C., on January 4, 1947, but raised in England, Cutler began drumming in beat and psychedelic groups around... [+] Read More
Artist: Emory Martin
Billed as "The World's Only One-Armed Banjo Player," Emory Martin transcended novelty status to emerge as one of Nashville's most unique and inspirational musicians, backing country superstars including Kitty Wells and Uncle Dave Macon in addition to regularly appearing on radio's fabled Grand Ole Opry. Born August 26, 1916, in Bon Aqua, TN,... [+] Read More
Artist: Scotti Campana
Scotti Campana is the owner of Rival Records, which is located in Lorain, OH. Rival isn't just a rap label: Section 8, Danny, Bobby, and Dave Tolliver (Rival artists) are not about to bust out in rhyme. Endo and S.O.S.C. are the label's only rappers (so far). Campana, Born July 26, 1968, was bent on establishing the little industrial town west... [+] Read More
Artist: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Featuring the core members Paul Humphreys and Andy McCluskey, the Liverpudlian synth pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark formed in the late '70s. Humphreys and McCluskey began performing together in school, playing in the bands VCL XI, Hitlerz Underpantz, and the Id. After the Id split in 1978, McCluskey was with Dalek I Love You for a... [+] Read More
Artist: Phil Walden
Guiding the careers of Otis Redding and the Allman Brothers Band, among others, at the height of his success Phil Walden was a Southern music institution. The label he founded, Capricorn Records, gave birth to the widely popular mid-'70s phenomenon known as Southern rock, and Walden even played a substantial role in the presidential election of... [+] Read More
Artist: Beta-Minus
Beta-Minus is an independent hard rock band from Omaha, Nebraska who explore various realms of rhythm, harmony, texture, and thought provoking lyrical imagery in their music and have an insatiable love for live performance.It began in autumn of 2005 as a free-form, experimental music project with only two contributing members, Jeff Fenn and... [+] Read More
Artist: Blue Rondo a la Turk
Blue Rondo A La Turk was a British pop band named after a popular jazz tune by the Dave Brubeck Quintet. It was formed by Chris Sullivan (vocals) in 1981, and the rest of the lineup was: Moses Mount Bassie (saxophone), Mick "Lloyd" Bynoe (drums), Art Collins (saxophone), Geraldo d'Arbilly (b.Brazil) (percussion), Kito Poncioni (b.Rio de Janeiro,... [+] Read More
Artist: Doctors of Madness
When the Doctors of Madness broke up in fall 1978, the event was scarcely noticed and barely mourned. Within three years, however, and with the band still firmly in their grave, the group was being heralded not only as one of the crucial landmarks of the mid-'70s transition from glam rock to punk, but also as founding fathers of the latest... [+] Read More
Artist: Procol Harum
Procol Harum is arguably the most successful "accidental" group creation -- that is, a band originally assembled to take advantage of the success of a record created in the studio -- in the history of progressive rock. With "A Whiter Shade of Pale" a monster hit right out of the box, the band evolved from a studio ensemble into a successful live... [+] Read More
Artist: Jeffery Hays
Jeffery Hays grew up in south central Pennsylvania. The first band he was in as a rythem guitar player was called Stoned Deleverance. Since those early days Jeffery has struck out on his own. Now teamed with Artie Demonte as drummer, and David Amm of NYC. They are known as The Band of Brothers. All 3 permanent members contribute to writing... [+] Read More
Artist: Mitch Ryder
The unsung heart and soul of the Motor City rock & roll scene, Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels' blue-eyed R&B attack boasted a gritty passion and incendiary energy matched by few artists on either side of the color line. Born William Levise, Jr. in Hamtramck, MI on February 26, 1945, as a teen Ryder sang with a local black quartet dubbed the... [+] Read More
Artist: Aki Takase
While remaining steeped in the musical traditions of her native Japan, pianist and composer Aki Takase emerged as one of the most versatile figures in contemporary jazz, her work running the gamut from conventional structures and harmonies to complete abstraction. Born in Osaka on January 26, 1948, and raised in Tokyo, she received her first... [+] Read More
Artist: Eddie Van Halen
Second to only Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen was undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century. Born Edward Lodewijk Van Halen on January 26, 1955, in the Netherlands, Van Halen moved with his family to the U.S. in the '60s. He and his older brother, Alex, began taking piano lessons at an... [+] Read More
Artist: RatDog
RatDog, originally RatDog Revue, was formed in 1995 by Grateful Dead singer/guitarist Bob Weir; bass player Rob Wasserman, who had been accompanying Weir on his solo performances for some time; guitarist and harmonica player Matt Kelly, who had been a member of Kingfish with Weir as early as 1974; and drummer Jay Lane. Just after the band... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Barker
Dave Barker was born David Crooks in Jamaica in 1948. His mother relocated to Britain in 1952, leaving Crooks to be raised in Jamaica by his grandparents and uncles, a difficult situation for the child, who as a result developed a noticeable stammer when he began to speak. Singing, however, was another matter, and by his teens Crooks was a... [+] Read More
Artist: Ashley Hutchings
Ashley "Tyger" Hutchings first achieved recognition as a co-founder of Fairport Convention in 1967, but his work and his musical influences predate Fairport Covention by several years, and he has since gone on to found and lead numerous other notable groups, including Steeleye Span, and the various Albion Bands. In many respects, he is to... [+] Read More
