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Big Ron Hunter
Active Touring Artists
Ron is called the world’s happiest Bluesman. He owns a voice that gives people chills. It’s the kind of voice…
Big Ron Hunter
Mr. Q (Cueselle Settle)
Acoustic Blues
Mr. Q was born in 1913. He is an old hep-cat whose music just makes you have to smile. A…
Mr. Q (Cueselle Settle)
Ernie Vincent
Electric Blues
New Orleans own Funk’n Blues living legend Ernie Vincent is mounting a powerful resurgence in the Crescent City as of…
Ernie Vincent
Jahue Rorie
Acoustic Blues
Jahue Rorie was born in 1936 in the country outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Jahue has a great repertoire of…
Jahue Rorie
Major Handy
Active Touring Artists
Major Handy is a Zydeco musician and blues accordion player who was born in 1947 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Surrounded by…
Major Handy
Reverend Perry Tillis
Acoustic Blues
Blind from birth, Perry spent his youth learning from older bluesmen and as a young man he traveled throughout the…
Reverend Perry Tillis
Willa Mae Buckner
Acoustic Blues
Willa Mae Buckner was born on June 15th, 1922 in Augusta, Georgia. In her days as a touring performer, Buckner…
Willa Mae Buckner
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
