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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] In addition to his own albums, musicians he has recorded with include Eric Gales, Buddy Guy and Keb Mo.
Johnny "Man" Young (January 1, 1917 – April 18, 1974) [1] was an American blues singer, mandolin player and guitarist, significant as one of the first of the new generation of electric blues artists to record in Chicago after the Second World War. He was one of the few mandolin players active in blues music in the postwar era.
[3] The Washington Post said, "Jarekus Singleton is an exciting new young blues guitarist with melody, hooks, swagger and a strong, original voice. His lyrics are modern, personal, acutely poetic and deeply mature." [4] USA Today said of Singleton, "Stinging blues guitar and potent, original songs herald the emergence of a major new talent." [5]
Kimbrough recorded little in the 1970s, contributing an early version of "Meet Me in the City" to a European blues anthology. With his band, the Soul Blues Boys (then consisting of bassist George Scales and drummer Calvin Jackson ), he recorded again in the 1980s for High Water , releasing a single in 1982 ("Keep Your Hands off Her" backed with ...
Howlin' Wolf (1910–1976) – blues singer, guitarist, harmonica player Cary Hudson – lead singer and guitarist for alternative country band Blue Mountain ( Sumrall ) Mississippi John Hurt (c. 1893–1966) – country blues singer and guitarist ( Teoc )
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 .
Around this time he was reportedly married to St. Louis blues singer Bessie Mae Smith, [9] who he sometimes credited with writing "Baby, Please Don't Go". [10] During the early 1930s, Williams was accompanied on his travels through the Mississippi Delta by a young Muddy Waters. Williams recounted to Blewett Thomas, "I picked Muddy up in Rolling ...
Two of Sam's brothers, the fiddler Lonnie Chatmon and the guitarist Bo Carter, performed with the guitarist Walter Vinson as the Mississippi Sheiks. Chatmon played the banjo, mandolin and harmonica in addition to the guitar. He performed at parties and on street corners throughout Mississippi for small pay and tips.