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Pre-1940 blues Son House Mississippi John Hurt, 1964 Blind Lemon Jefferson Lonnie Johnson, 1941 Lead Belly Robert Jr. Lockwood, 1982 Sara Martin and Sylvester Weaver Mississippi Fred McDowell, 1972 Jay McShann in Edinburgh, c.1995 Memphis Minnie, 1930 Buddy Moss in Georgia prison camp, 1941 Ma Rainey Jimmy Rushing, 1946 Bessie Smith, 1936 Mamie Smith Henry Townsend, 1983 Ethel Waters, 1943 ...
Edith North Johnson. James "Stump" Johnson. Jeremiah Johnson (blues musician) Johnnie Johnson (musician) Lonnie Johnson (musician) Mary Johnson (singer) Stacy Johnson (singer) Charley Jordan.
Johnson was born in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. [2] He began playing the piano in 1928. [4] During World War II, [5] he joined the United States Marine Corps and became a member of Bobby Troup 's all-serviceman jazz orchestra: the Barracudas. After his service, Johnson moved to Detroit and then Chicago, where he sat in with many ...
John Mayall in 1970. John Mayall is an English blues rock musician. Originally from Macclesfield, he began his career in 1963 when he moved to London and formed John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. The band's original lineup included Mayall on vocals, keyboards and harmonica, guitarist Bernie Watson, bassist John McVie and drummer Peter Ward. After ...
Dinosaurs (1982–1989) Steve Taylor. John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), [1] better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. [2] Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie ...
Rosalie Balmer Smith Cale. Jack Callahan (musician) Theodore Carpenter. Sam Carr (musician) Bryan Carter. Chad Smith (GZR) Louis Chauvin. Chopsquad DJ. Zhay Clark.
Originally concentrating on jazz while at college and later rock music, Johnson met blues playing musicians in Soulard, St. Louis. For most of his performing career, Johnson has also worked in his day job as a billboard labourer. He spent a decade living and working on the Gulf Coast in Texas. Johnson was a first place finalist in the Houston ...
Thomas Million John Turpin (November 18, 1871 – August 13, 1922) was an African American composer of ragtime music. Tom Turpin was born in Savannah, Georgia, a son of John L. Turpin and Lulu Waters Turpin. In his early twenties he opened a saloon in St. Louis, Missouri which became a meeting-place for local pianists and an incubation point ...