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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.
Blind Blues Darby: 1906 1975 Kentucky St. Louis blues [29] Reverend Gary Davis: 1896 1972 South Carolina Piedmont blues [30] Walter Davis: 1911* 1963 Mississippi St. Louis blues [31] Tom Delaney: 1889 1963 South Carolina Urban blues [32] Georgia Tom Dorsey: 1899 1993 Georgia Urban blues [33] Little Buddy Doyle: 1911* 1960* Tennessee Memphis ...
Articles about historical and contemporary musicians, music venues, recordings, and events that were or are based in St. Louis, Missouri and the Greater St. Louis area. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
An allegorical figure of music is on The Arts Fountain at the Missouri State Capitol. 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.
Originally concentrating on jazz while at college and later rock music, Johnson met blues playing musicians in Soulard, St. Louis. [4] For most of his performing career, Johnson has also worked in his day job as a billboard labourer. [3] He spent a decade living and working on the Gulf Coast in Texas. Johnson was a first place finalist in the ...
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. [1] His sound was emblematic of a St. Louis blues music that he helped define in over half a century practicing his trade.
James Crutchfield (May 25, 1912 – December 7, 2001) was a St. Louis barrelhouse blues singer, piano player and songwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His repertoire consisted of original and classic blues and boogie-woogie and Depression-era popular songs.
"The Saint Louis Blues" (or "St. Louis Blues") is a popular American song composed by W. C. Handy in the blues style and published in September 1914. It was one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song and remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians' repertoire.