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Mick Connelly. The Blues Project was an American band formed in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood in 1965. The group's original iteration broke up in 1967. [1] Their songs drew from a wide array of musical styles. They are most remembered as one of the most artful practitioners of pop music, influenced as it was by folk, blues ...
Over Under Sideways Down. (1966) Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds, or simply Having a Rave Up, is the second American album by the English rock group the Yardbirds. It was released in November 1965, eight months after Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton on guitar. It includes songs with both guitarists and reflects the group's blues rock roots ...
Arhoolie. Elizabeth " Libba " Cotten (née Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) [1][2][3] was an influential American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. [4] This position meant that she would play the bass lines with her ...
Bonamassa was born in New Hartford, New York, and grew up in Utica, New York. [11] [12] He is of Italian descent. [13]He started playing guitar at age four, encouraged by his father, who was an avid music fan and exposed him to British blues rock records by Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, greatly inspiring him.
2007 Acoustic Blues Album of the Year 2008: Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute to Son House: Stony Plain: SPCD 1329: First release in the Mentor Series. 2008: Country Blues Guitar - Rare Archival Recordings 1963-1971: Guitar Workshop: SGGW103: With Stefan Grossman, reissue of How to Play Blues Guitar plus 16 additional tracks 2011
Huddie William Ledbetter (/ ˈ h j uː d i / HYOO-dee; January 1888 [1] [2] or 1889 [3] – December 6, 1949), [1] better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines", "Pick a Bale of Cotton", "Goodnight, Irene ...
Kalb continued to play the vintage early 1960s Gibson J-200 with which he began his career. He also used a Mexican-made Martin acoustic-electric and a Greco Les Paul-style electric guitar. His solo projects included Livin' with the Blues (Legend 1995), All Together Now ( [ 6 ] self-released 2002), Live in Princeton (self-released 2003), and ...
Doug MacLeod (born April 21, 1946) is an American storytelling blues musician and was the voice for the Blues Showcase of Continental Airlines. [1] Doug MacLeod is a multiple Blues Music Awards winner, including the 2024 Blues Music Award for Acoustic Album Of The Year for his album Raw Blues 1 [2] and 2023 the Blues Music Award for Acoustic Artist Of The Year. [3]