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Bishop Dready Manning
Gospel Music
You may have been going to church all your life, but chances are you have never attended a church with…
Bishop Dready Manning
Dave McGrew
Folk
The Okies and the Arkies used to do it. Now the Mexicans do it. In August they follow the pears…
Dave McGrew
Essie Mae Brooks
Gospel Music
Essie Mae Brooks is a powerhouse gospel singer born in 1930 in Houston County, Georgia. How We Helped: Music…
Essie Mae Brooks
James “Guitar Slim” Stephens
Acoustic Blues
James “Guitar Slim” Stephens was born on March 10, 1915, near Spartanburg, South Carolina. He began to play the pump…
James “Guitar Slim” Stephens
Marie Manning
Acoustic Blues
Marie Manning lives in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, where her husband, Bishop Dready Manning, heads a Holiness Church. Marie sings…
Marie Manning
Robert “Wolfman” Belfour
Acoustic Blues
Robert “Wolfman” Belfour was born on September 11th, 1940, in Holly Springs, Mississippi. His deep blues style and husky voice…
Robert “Wolfman” Belfour
William Maxwell
Acoustic Blues
“You can’t predict what life will bring you. We’re not in control of that; the Lord is. We pray every…
William Maxwell
Boo Hanks
Acoustic Blues
“Most people, when they hear me play, they think it’s two guitars, because I play the bass and the other…
Boo Hanks
David Bryant
Acoustic Blues
Music Maker worked with David Bryant’s mother, Cora Mae Bryant for many years until her passing. David’s Grandfather Curley Weaver…
David Bryant
Etta Baker
Acoustic Blues
Etta Baker’s music reflects the open atmosphere in which she learned to play. African-American blues, white country picking and English…
Etta Baker
James Davis
Electric Blues
James Davis (1931-2007) was from Perry, Georgia. Mid-Georgia remains a vast untapped area of undocumented musical traditions. His music stemmed…
James Davis
Mudcat
Electric Blues
“Mudcat is a tremendous slide guitarist, and most of all, a God-gifted entertainer.” – Tim Duffy How We Helped:…
Mudcat
Robert Finley
Active Touring Artists
Robert Finley of Bernice, Louisiana, has been playing the guitar nearly all his life. At the age of 11, his…
Robert Finley
Willie James Williams
Electric Blues
Willie James Williams played drums for Willie King for 36 years. When King died, Willie James was put out of…
Willie James Williams
Bubba Norwood
Electric Blues
Drummer James “Bubba” Norwood’s credentials are among the brightest of any Music Maker artist. Known mostly for his long-time association…
Bubba Norwood
David Butler
Acoustic Blues
David Butler was born in 1930 in Macon, Georgia and grew up in Sanford, Florida. He played baseball in the…
David Butler
Eugene Powell
Electric Blues
You couldn’t meet a more welcoming; friendly and communicative man that Eugene. He certainly enjoyed company and sharing his musical…
Eugene Powell
Jerry “Boogie” McCain
Electric Blues
Jerry “Boogie” McCain is among the greatest post war harp players alive today. He remains at the height of his…
Jerry “Boogie” McCain
Music Maker Blues Revue
Active Touring Artists
The Music Maker Blues Revue is an all-star band and a thriving musical institution. It was born in the early…
Music Maker Blues Revue
Robert Lee Coleman
Active Touring Artists
Robert Lee Coleman of Macon, Georgia played guitar for Percy Sledge from 1964 to 1969. In 1970, James Brown hired…
Robert Lee Coleman
Willie King
Electric Blues
Willie King lives in Pickens County Alabama, just a few miles from Mississippi, several miles from Aliceville. He envisioned and…
Willie King
Captain Luke
Electric Blues
“In his own low-key way, Captain Luke Mayer is one of the most versatile and entertaining ‘discoveries’ that Music Maker…
Captain Luke
David Johnson
Acoustic Blues
David Johnson (1930 – 1997) lived in Elba, Alabama and was a musician and a visionary artist. How We Helped:…
David Johnson
Mr. Frank Edwards
Electric Blues
Mr. Frank Edwards, elder statesman of Atlanta’s blues community, died Friday, March 22, 2002 in Greenville, SC. He was 93.…
Mr. Frank Edwards
Jimmie Lee Williams
Acoustic Blues
Jimmie Lee Williams (1925-1999) lived way out in the country. He had recorded for George Mitchell years ago. Denise and…
Jimmie Lee Williams
Neal Pattman
Acoustic Blues
Nobody made moonshine, worked a cakewalk, chopped wood or played a harmonica like Neal Pattman (1926-2005). How We Helped: Since…
Neal Pattman
Rufus McKenzie
Acoustic Blues
Rufus McKenzie was born to a sharecropping family in Perry, Georgia, in 1927. As a child he worked in the…
Rufus McKenzie
The Glorifying Vines Sisters
Active Touring Artists
The Glorifying Vines Sisters are a thriving musical institution. Based in Eastern North Carolina, they’ve been tearing up the road…
The Glorifying Vines Sisters
Carl Hodges
Acoustic Blues
Carl Hodges of Saluda, Virginia was born in 1931 and is among the few Chesapeake Bay blues artists performing today.…
Carl Hodges
Deer Clan Singers
Native American
The Deer Clan Singers of the Tuscarora Nation are lead by Dave Locklear with Mark Deese, Pura Fé,Chad Locklear and…
Deer Clan Singers
