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Albert King (1923–1992) – blues guitarist and singer ; B. B. King (1925–2015) – blues guitarist and singer-songwriter ; Little Freddie King (born 1940, aka Fread Eugene Martin) – Delta blues guitarist ; Fern Kinney (born 1949) – rhythm & blues and disco music entertainer
He won Guitar Center's "King Of The Blues" contest for the state of Mississippi. In 2012, he received the Jackson Music Award for Blues Artist of the Year, as well as the award for 2013 Local Entertainer of the Year. In 2013, The Jackson Free Press named him as Best Local Blues Artist. [7]
Acoustic and electric guitarist and singer of North Mississippi hill country blues, Delta blues and juke joint blues. [27] Little Freddie King (born July 19, 1940, McComb, Mississippi). Guitarist. [28] He appears in the 2015 documentary film I Am the Blues. [29] King Solomon Hill (1897, McComb, Mississippi – 1949, Sibley, Louisiana). Singer ...
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (born January 19, 1999) is an American blues guitarist and singer from Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States, who became a well-known performer as a teenager. His debut album, Kingfish , was released in May 2019. [ 3 ]
Pages in category "Blues musicians from Mississippi" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 207 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians. Abbeville Press. ISBN 1-55859-271-7. Dicaire, David (1999). Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0606-2. Ewen, David (1957). Panorama of American Popular Music. Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-648360-7. Ferris, Jean (1993).
In 1999, he published the educational book, Guitar Roots: Delta Blues – The roots of great guitar playing. He has also penned a one-act play entitled, The Life and Times of Robert Johnson. [4] Also in 1999, Jackson was signed to a recording contract by Electro-Fi Records. [3] I Claim Nothing But the Blues (2000), was followed by Blues 2.0 ...
Thomas was born in Eden, Mississippi on October 14, 1926. [4] While working in the fields, he began listening to blues on the radio. As a self-taught guitarist, he learned to play songs from older blues guitarists Elmore Davis and Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. [5] He then worked as a gravedigger in Washington County. [4]