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Early country blues and Delta blues guitarist and vocalist. [7] Willie Brown (August 6, 1900 – December 30, 1952). Guitarist, singer and songwriter. [8] R. L. Burnside (November 23, 1926, Oxford, Mississippi – September 1, 2005). Acoustic and electric North Mississippi hill country blues, Delta blues, and juke joint blues guitarist and ...
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 .
Robert Johnson (1911–1938) – blues and Delta blues musician ; Syl Johnson (1936–2022) – blues and soul singer (Holly Springs) Margie Joseph (born 1950) – R&B and soul singer ; Junior Kimbrough (1930–1998) – blues artist (Hudsonville) Albert King (1923–1992) – blues guitarist and singer
Blues music can't be explained in just a few words. It's a way of life and it comes from the heart. These 25 songs show the breadth and depth of the genre.
Mississippi is best known as the home of the blues which developed among the freed African Americans in the latter half of the 19th century and beginning 20th century. The Delta blues is the style most closely associated with the state, and includes performers like Charley Patton, Robert Johnson (buried in Greenwood, MS), David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Willie Brown, Tommy Johnson, Ishmon Bracey, Bo ...
Robert Leroy Johnson was born in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, possibly on May 8, 1911, [4] to Julia Major Dodds (born October 1874) and Noah Johnson (born December 1884). Julia was married to Charles Dodds (born February 1865), a relatively prosperous landowner and furniture maker, with whom she had ten children.
Mississippi Blues musician, singer and composer Bobby Rush won his third Grammy Award on Sunday at the 66th annual Grammy awards that took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Greatest Hits: The latest album on the list Mississippi Fred McDowell: I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll: Capitol Records: 1970 Studio: McDowell's first album that featured electric guitar: Etta James: Tell Mama: Cadet Records: 1968 Studio: 2007 Junior Parker: Driving Wheel: Duke Records: 1962 Studio: Sonny Boy Williamson II: Down and Out Blues ...