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Johnny Burgin was a student and college radio DJ at the University of Chicago, where he earned his nickname "Rockin' Johnny". [2] In 1988, he encountered fellow DJ and harpist David Waldman, who played and recorded with Tail Dragger Jones, Smokey Smothers, and others, which led to a trip to Chicago's West Side to meet and sit in with Jones.
John Wesley Funchess (April 16, 1931 – February 1, 1994) [1] known professionally as John (or Johnny) Littlejohn, was an American electric blues slide guitarist. [2] He was active on the Chicago blues circuit from the 1950s to the 1980s.
However, blues rock soon distinguished itself from hard rock and acts continued to play or rewrite blues standards, as well as write their own songs in the same idiom. In the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock was more roots-oriented than in the 1960s and 1970s, even when artists such as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with ...
Studebaker John's father was an amateur musician, and he played early in life at the Maxwell Street flea market. [1] Grimaldi began playing harmonica at age seven. In the 1970s he put together his band, the Hawks, and worked as a construction worker while recording and performing on the side. [ 1 ]
Hank Williams III deemed Jolin “The Eddie Van Halen of Country Music" because of his blend of guitar solos and country classics which also garnered him the title Rockin' Rollin' Johnny Jolin. [9] He is known for his "raw, edgy vocal" [10] and is sometimes compared to Country Music great John Anderson. [11] In April 2004 Johnny was invited by ...
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) [1] was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time.
ABBA hits, including "The Winner Takes It All," "Money, Money, Money," and "Dancing Queen," were played at a rally held by Trump and his running mate JD Vance on July 27 in Minnesota accompanied ...
John James Sykes (29 July 1959 – 2024 [1]) was an English guitarist, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums.