Deep Blues by Robert Palmer
Deep Blues, by Robert Palmer, New York: Viking Press, 1981. In one of the most widely read books on blues ever published, Robert Palmer delineates the 'deep blues' stream that flowed from the Delta up [...]
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry's greatest fame came as a rock 'n' pioneer, but his blues roots go deep. Born October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Berry combined blues, country, and boogie-woogie with a lyrical flair keenly attuned [...]
John R. (Richbourg)
Bill “Hoss” Allen, Gene “Daddy” Nobles, and “John R.” (John Richbourg), the late-night announcing crew of WLAC radio in Nashville, were inducted together into the Hall of Fame in 1994 for their groundbreaking work in [...]
J.B. Hutto
Joseph Benjamin Hutto's potent slide guitar and blustering roar made him a favorite with national and international boogie-blues audiences after he broke out of Chicago's South Side ghetto. Hutto started as a gospel singer in [...]
Dick Waterman
Agent, manager, producer, promoter, Dick Waterman established himself in the Blues community as a diligent advocate for the artist and the art. Waterman is primarily known today as a photographer and archivist for his commitment [...]
Blues Hit Big Town–Junior Wells (Delmark, 1977)
Junior Wells' sweeping harp solos and his whiskey-soaked vocals propelled him into a position at the pinnacle of the post war Chicago Blues scene. Junior Wells has been previously inducted into the Blues Hall of [...]
Stormy Monday: The T-Bone Walker Story, by Helen Dance
New York: Da Capo Books. Helen Oakley Dance has been an active part of the music scene since the 1930s as an observer, promoter and record producer. Her marriage to noted jazz authority Stanley Dance [...]
Stevie Ray Vaughan
A major contributor to the resurgence of interest in the blues in the 1980s, Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired a new generation of blues and rock guitarists to follow his lead. Drawing on a variety of [...]
Blind Blake
One of the biggest 'guitar stars' of the first generation of blues recording artists was Blind Blake, whose facile, fingerpicked rags and blues set the standard for guitarists who played in the genre later geographically [...]
Bill ‘Hoss’ Allen
Bill “Hoss” Allen, Gene “Daddy” Nobles, and “John R.” (John Richbourg), the late-night announcing crew of WLAC radio in Nashville, were inducted together into the Hall of Fame in 1994 for their groundbreaking work in [...]