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Robert Lee "Smokey" Wilson (July 11, 1936 – September 8, 2015) [1] [2] was an American West Coast blues guitarist. He spent most of his career performing West Coast blues and juke joint blues in Los Angeles, California. He recorded a number of albums for record labels such as P-Vine Records, Bullseye Blues and Texmuse Records. His career got ...
Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born January 26, 1989) [1] is an American musician from Los Angeles.A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's style draws from blues and jazz music before World War II and was influenced by Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Acoustic blues [10] Ed Bell: 1905 1960s Alabama Piedmont blues [11] Gladys Bentley: 1907 1960 Pennsylvania Vaudeville blues [12] Black Ace: 1905 1972 Texas Country blues [13] Scrapper Blackwell: 1903 1962 North Carolina Urban blues [14] Blind Blake: 1896 1934 Florida Piedmont blues [15] Lucille Bogan: 1897 1948 Mississippi Classic female blues ...
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From approximately 1920 to 1955, Central Avenue was the heart of the African-American community in Los Angeles, with active rhythm and blues and jazz music scenes. [2] [3] Local luminaries included Eric Dolphy, Art Pepper, Chico Hamilton, Clora Bryant, and Charles Mingus.
John Mortimer Boudreaux, Jr. (December 10, 1936, New Roads, Louisiana – January 14, 2017, Los Angeles) was an American drummer who was active in jazz, soul, and rhythm & blues idioms. [ 1 ] Early years
The Barrelhouse Club, at 107th and Wilmington in Watts, Los Angeles, was a rhythm and blues nightclub opened in 1948 [1] and co-owned by Johnny Otis, and Bardu and Tila Ali. [2] It was named in honour of the Barrel House in Omaha, Nebraska, the first club in that district to welcome black and white customers. [3]
The John Mayer Trio is a blues rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2005. Comprising singer-songwriter and guitarist John Mayer, bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan, the band has released one live album, Try! in 2005. Three of the songs on the album were co-written by Jordan, Mayer, and Palladino, and the album was co ...