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Pages in category "St. Louis blues musicians" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Tommy Bankhead;
Website. www .nationalbluesmuseum .org. The National Blues Museum is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit museum in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, dedicated to exploring the musical history and impact of the blues. It exists as an entertainment and educational resource focusing on blues music. The Museum offers a rotating collection of exhibits, live ...
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 ...
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a ...
Bennie Smith (October 5, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri – September 10, 2006 in St. Louis, Missouri) was an American, St. Louis blues guitarist, considered to be one of the city's patriarchs of electric blues. His sound was emblematic of a St. Louis blues music that he helped define in over half a century practicing his trade.
Music of Missouri has a storied musical history. Missouri has had major developments in several popular music genres and has been the birthplace or career origin of many musicians. St. Louis was an important venue for early blues, jazz, country, and bluegrass. Kansas City has had famous performers such as Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Lester ...
In 1982, his album St. Louis Blues (with his wife Vernell Townsend) was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the Traditional Blues Album category. [9] Townsend was a recipient of a 1985 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts , which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional ...
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