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James Arthur "Boo" Hanks [2] (April 30, 1928 – April 15, 2016) [3] was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer. He was billed as the last of the Piedmont blues musicians. [4] Hanks recorded two albums in his lifetime, Pickin' Low Cotton (2007) and Buffalo Junction (2012), both released by the Music Maker record label. [5]
In July 2002, Bryant appeared at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, accompanied by the guitarist Josh Jacobson, performing songs from Born with the Blues. [10] Her song "You Was Born to Die" had previously appeared on the compilation album , fRoots 7 (1996), [ citation needed ] while "It Was Weaver" appeared on Soul Bag N°192 (2008).
Jimmy "Duck" Holmes (born July 28, 1947) [1] is an American blues musician and proprietor of the Blue Front Cafe on the Mississippi Blues Trail, the oldest surviving juke joint in Mississippi. [2] Holmes is known as the last of the Bentonia bluesmen, as he is the last blues musician to play the Bentonia School .
He has performed at many major music festivals and clubs over the years including: B.B. Kings Blues Club in Memphis, Blues Excreta Club in Chicago, Illinois, the Kansas City Blues and Jazz Festival, Beale Street Music Festival, Buddy Guy's Legends Blues Fest (Chicago Blues Festival, 1990), Ribfest-Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Mississippi Valley ...
He is booked to perform at a number of blues festivals in the summer of 2014, including The North Atlantic Blues Festival, Cincinnati Blues Festival, The PA Blues Festival, Flood City Music Festival, The Heritage Blues Festival, The Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, The Blues at the Beach Festival and the Mighty Mississippi Blues Festival.
Blues has since evolved from unaccompanied vocal music and oral traditions of slaves into a wide variety of styles and subgenres, such as country blues, Delta and Piedmont, Chicago, West Coast blues. World War II marked the transition from acoustic to electric blues and the progressive opening of blues music to a wider audience, especially ...
A 107-48 victory over Mississippi Valley State on Friday night closed out 35 years of games in the arena where the banners commemorate the 2021 national championship and 10 other NCAA Tournament ...
The Mississippi Valley Blues Society, headquartered in Davenport, is an organization promoting the knowledge and appreciation of blues music in the Quad Cities area. In addition to school programs and other activities, the organization sponsors an annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival held each July; it is considered one of the major blues ...