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[2] [3] Morris became a solo blues performer on Beale Street, and his current backing band is called the Pocket Rockets. [3] Morris comes from a musical background; his cousins, Robert and Mary Diggs, led the Memphis Sheiks, while his aunt, Mary Tanner, played with the Harps of Melody. Morris is also a cousin of Willie Dixon.
Richard Wayne Johnston is an American country blues musician. [1] In 2001 he won the Blues Foundation's International Blues Challenge and its Albert King Award for most promising blues guitarist. [2] His work as a street musician on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, was documented in the Alabama PBS film Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour.
Beale Street is a street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee, which runs from the Mississippi River to East Street, a distance of approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km). It is a significant location in the city's history, as well as in the history of blues music.
Memphis' "Blues" fame is due largely to the presence since 1841 of Beale Street, a major center of Black commerce and culture that continues to showcase blues musicians in restaurants and ...
Little Victor. Victor Mac (born Victor Macoggi on January 31, 1967) who is better known as Little Victor, The Beale Street Blues Bopper, and also DJ Mojo Man, is an Italian-American blues and roots singer, guitarist and harmonica player, as well as a record collector, musicologist, entertainer, disc jockey and record producer.
Tim Stanek. Dusty Sikes. Website. Official website. Ghost Town Blues Band is an American blues and blues rock band. Formed in 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, [1] they have released five albums (including one live recording) since 2010. [2] Their 2019 album, Shine, reached number one on the US Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart. [3]
Preston Shannon (October 23, 1947 – January 22, 2018) [2] was an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [1]AllMusic noted that "Shannon's speciality is a blend of Southern-fried soul and blues, and his albums and live shows – always with a horn section – are an eclectic mix of danceable, grooving tunes and slow, soulful ballads". [1]
Diane Meredith Belcher (born 1960) — concert organist, teacher, and church musician. Chris Bell (1951–1978) — musician. William Bell (born 1939) — singer. Charles T. Bernard (1927–2015) — businessman and Arkansas politician, died in Memphis in 2015. Big Scarr (born 2000) — rapper. Big Star (formed in 1971) — rock band.