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 1989

Country Blues-Biographien

p. 161 In:
Moll, Dieter
Das Buch des Blues
Konigswinter: Heel, 1989, 245 p.


The above item has biographical information on:

  Ace, Johnny (b. 1929 d. 1954)   singer
  Alexander, Alger "Texas" (b. 1880 d. 1955)   blues singer
  Arnold, Billy Boy [William] (b. 1935)   guitar, piano
  Arnold, Kokomo (b. 1901 d. 1968)   blues singer, guitar
  Barbecue Bob (b. 1902 d. 1931)   blues singer, guitar
  Broonzy, Big Bill (b. 1893 d. 1958)   blues singer, guitar
  Brown, Charles (Mose) (b. 1920)   piano, organ
  Brown, Clarence "Gatemouth" (b. 1924)   string bass, vocals
  Brown, Richard "Rabbit" (b. 1880 d. 1937)   guitar
  Brown, Roy James (b. 1925 d. 1981)   rhythm & blues singer
  Bumble Bee Slim (b. 1905 d. 1968)   blues guitar, vocals
  Carr, Leroy (b. 1905 d. 1935)   blues singer, piano
  Carter, Bo (b. 1893 d. 1964)   blues singer, guitar
  Chenier, Clifton (b. 1925 d. 1987)   accordion vocalist, accordion
  Clayton, Peter Joe "Doc" (b. 1898 d. 1947)   blues singer
  Collins, Albert (b. 1932 d. 1993)   guitar, vocals
  Crudup, Big Boy [Arthur] (b. 1905 d. 1974)   guitar, singer
  Davis, Walter (b. 1912 d. 1963)   piano
  Dixon, Floyd (b. 1929)   piano, vocals
  Dixon, Willie James (b. 1915 d. 1993)   bass (instrument), bass
  Dorsey, Thomas A. [Thomas Andrew] (b. 1899 d. 1993)   blues singer, piano
  Dupree, Champion Jack (b. 1910 d. 1992)   blues singer, piano
  Estes, Sleepy John (b. 1899 d. 1977)   blues singer, vocals
  Fuller, Blind Boy (b. 1909 d. 1941)   blues singer, vocals
  Fuller, Johnny (b. 1929 d. 1985)   guitar, vocals
  Fulson, Lowell (b. 1921)   singer, vocals
  Garlow, Clarence Joseph "Bon Ton" (b. 1911 d. 1986)   singer, vocals
  Gunter, Arthur Neal (b. 1926 d. 1976)   guitar
  Harris, Wynonie "Mr. Blues" (b. 1915 d. 1969)   singer, vocals
  Hooker, John Lee (b. 1917)   blues singer, vocals
  Hopkins, Lightnin' (b. 1912 d. 1982)   blues singer, guitar
  House, Son [Eddie James] (b. 1902 d. 1988)   blues singer, blues guitar
  Howlin' Wolf (b. 1910 d. 1976)   blues singer, harmonica
  Hurt, Mississippi John [John Smith] (b. 1893 d. 1966)   blues singer
  Jackson, Papa Charlie (d. 1938)   banjo, composer
  James, Elmore (b. 1918 d. 1963)   blues singer, vocals
  James, Homesick (b. 1910)   singer, guitar
  Jefferson, Blind Lemon (b. 1897 d. 1930)   country bluesman
  Johnson, Lonnie (b. 1889 d. 1970)   banjo, guitar
  Johnson, Robert (b. 1891 d. 1938)   blues singer, blues guitar
  Jordan, Louis Thomas (b. 1908 d. 1975)   alto saxophone, clarinet
  King, Albert (b. 1923 d. 1992)   bluesman, guitar
  King, B.B. (b. 1925)   blues singer, guitar
  King, Freddie (b. 1934 d. 1976)   bluesman, vocals
  Korner, Alexis (b. 1928 d. 1984)   electric guitar, piano
  Ledbetter, Huddie (b. 1885 d. 1949)   songster, vocals
  Lenoir, J.B. (b. 1929 d. 1967)   blues singer, vocals
  Liggins, Joe [Joseph Christopher] (b. 1915 d. 1987 a. 1945)   piano, bandleader
  Lipscomb, Mance (b. 1895 d. 1976)   blues singer, guitar
  Little Richard (b. 1935)   composer, lyricist
  Mabon, Willie (b. 1925 d. 1986)   piano, rhythm & blues singer
  McCoy, Charles [Papa] (b. 1909 d. 1950)   guitar, harmonica
  McCoy, Joe (b. 1905 d. 1950)   guitar, mandolin
  McGhee, Brownie (b. 1915)   banjo, cast
  McGhee, Stick [Granville] (b. 1917 d. 1961)   guitar, vocals
  McTell, Blind Willie (b. 1901 d. 1959)   blues singer, vocals
  Merriweather, Major [Big Maceo] (b. 1905 d. 1953)   piano
  Milton, Roy (b. 1907 d. 1983)   drummer, drums
  Montgomery, Little Brother [Eurreal Wilford] (b. 1906 d. 1985)   blues pianist, jazz piano
  Moss, Eugene (b. 1914 d. 1984)   guitar, harmonica
  Muddy Waters (b. 1915 d. 1983)   blues singer, vocals
  Nixon, Hammie (b. 1908 d. 1984)   bluesman, vocals
  Oden, James Burke (b. 1903 d. 1977)   piano
  Page, Hot Lips [Oran Thaddeus] (b. 1908 d. 1954)   trumpet, trumpeter
  Parker, Junior (b. 1932 d. 1971)   harmonica
  Patton, Charley (b. 1887 d. 1934)   blues singer, blues guitar
  Perryman, Rufus G. (b. 1892 d. 1973)   organ, piano
  Perryman, William Lee (b. 1911 d. 1985)   piano, singer
  Reed, Jimmy [Mathis James] (b. 1925 d. 1976)   blues singer, guitar
  Rogers, Jimmy [James] (b. 1924)   blues singer, director
  Rushing, Jimmy [James Andrew] (b. 1903 d. 1972)   blues singer, vocals
  Semien, Sidney (b. 1938)   guitar, harmonica
  Smith, Clarence (b. 1904 d. 1929)   blues singer, piano
  Smith, George "Harmonica" (b. 1924 d. 1983)   harmonica
  Spann, Otis (b. 1930 d. 1970)   blues pianist, piano
  Stokes, Frank (b. 1888 d. 1955)   blues singer, guitar
  Sunnyland Slim (b. 1907)   piano, vocals
  Sykes, Roosevelt (b. 1906 d. 1983)   blues singer, piano
  Tampa Red (b. 1900 d. 1981)   guitar, kazoo
  Terry, Sonny (b. 1911 d. 1986)   book seller, cast
  Thomas, Henry "Ragtime" (b. 1874 d. 1950)   guitar, harmonica
  Thomas, Rufus (b. 1917)   composer, vocals
  Turner, Big Joe (b. 1911 d. 1985)   jazz bluesman
  Walker, T-Bone (b. 1910 d. 1975)   guitar, singer
  Watson, Johnny "Guitar" (b. 1935)   arranger, guitar
  Weaver, Curley James (b. 1906 d. 1962)   guitar
  Wheatstraw, Peetie (b. 1902 d. 1941)   blues singer, piano
  White, Bukka (b. 1909 d. 1977)   book seller, guitar
  White, Josh [Joshua Daniel] (b. 1915 d. 1969)   blues singer, gospel singer
  Williams, Joe (b. 1918)   banjo, bass (instrument)
  Williams, Joe Lee [Big Joe] (b. 1903 d. 1982)   blues singer, vocals
  Williamson, Sonny Boy (b. 1897 d. 1965)   blues singer, harmonica
  Williamson, Sonny Boy (b. 1914 d. 1948)   blues singer, harmonica
  Yancey, Jimmy [James Edward] (b. 1898 d. 1951)   piano, vocals

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