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Benton Flippen
Folk
“Benton Flippen is a one-time phenomenon. Ambling quietly forth from a musical family, he has taken the traditions around him…
Benton Flippen
Cool John Ferguson
Active Touring Artists
“It didn’t matter where the music came from. I just learned it all – TV themes, blues, R&B, jazz, gospel…
Cool John Ferguson
Elder James Goins
Gospel Music
Elder James Goins born July 18th, 1921 was Pastor for the Spiritual Holiness Church in Simpson, South Carolina. He and…
Elder James Goins
Haskel “Whistlin’ Britches” Thompson
Folk
“He is the only fellow I have heard who can pop and click his tongue like a bushman.” – Tim…
Haskel “Whistlin’ Britches” Thompson
Little Freddie King
Electric Blues
“If you want the real blues – and I’m not talkin’ about some long-haired hippy beatin’ on a National Resonator…
Little Freddie King
Precious Bryant
Featured
Precious Bryant hails from Waverly Hall, GA. She is an honest, wonderful songwriter and a spellbinding performer. I met her…
Precious Bryant
Sweet Betty
Electric Blues
“When Sweet Betty sings there is an inevitable roar of pleasure from the crowd!” -Bob Margolin Born in Duluth, GA,…
Sweet Betty
Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
Electric Blues
“My style is real Lightnin’ Hopkins lowdown blues. I call it hard classic blues, stompin’ blues, railroad smokin’ blues.” –…
Beverly “Guitar” Watkins
Cootie Stark
Acoustic Blues
Cootie Stark was one of the last authentic Piedmont blues guitarists/singers and provided a direct link to a South long…
Cootie Stark
Elnora Spencer
Electric Blues
Raised north of Birmingham in Adamsville, AL, Elnora Spencer began singing at the age of four. Female singers in her…
Elnora Spencer
Ironing Board Sam
Electric Blues
After playing professionally for more than 55 years, Ironing Board Sam has amassed a staggering repertoire of both originals and…
Ironing Board Sam
Little Pink Anderson
Acoustic Blues
Alvin “Little Pink” Anderson was born on July 13, 1954, in South Carolina. His father, blues legend Pink Anderson, raised…
Little Pink Anderson
Preston Fulp
Acoustic Blues
Preston Fulp, born in 1915, was a sawmill worker, a tobacco sharecropper, moonshiner, and blues and old-time guitarist. He made…
Preston Fulp
Tad Walters
Electric Blues
Born in Canton, Ohio, and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina, Tad Walters began playing the guitar at age 12. As…
Tad Walters
Pat Wilder
Active Touring Artists
Pat began playing the guitar as a teen after her mother encouraged her to develop an interest in any instrument…
Pat Wilder
Cora Fluker
Gospel Music
Cora Fluker was born in Livingston, Alabama, around 1920. When Denise and I visited her in 1997 it was a…
Cora Fluker
Ernest Fontenot
Electric Blues
Ernest “Box” Fontenot was Fats Domino’s drummer for over 20 years. A respected individual in the New Orleans musical community,…
Ernest Fontenot
J.W. Warren
Acoustic Blues
J.W. Warren was born on June 22nd, 1921, in Enterprise, AL. At 16 years old he picked up the guitar,…
J.W. Warren
Lucille Lindsay
Acoustic Blues
“I asked Guitar Gabriel one day if he had any brothers or sisters. He mentioned that he had a sister…
Lucille Lindsay
Pura Fé
Native American
“With her voice soaring, foot stomping, this beautiful songbird transcends time and brings the message of our ancestors who have…
Pura Fé
The Branchettes
Gospel Music
The Branchettes of Johnston County, North Carolina (Ethel Eliot and Lena Mae Perry) have been performing hymns and gospel songs…
The Branchettes
Big Boy Henry
Acoustic Blues
Although Richard “Big Boy” Henry was an imposing figure at first glance, he was one of the sweetest, most gentle…
Big Boy Henry
Cora Mae Bryant
Acoustic Blues
Cora Mae Bryant was the daughter of Georgia guitar legend Curley Weaver. She remembers, “When the weekend came, Daddy would…
Cora Mae Bryant
Ernie K Doe
Electric Blues
Ernie K-Doe had a huge hit with the novelty song “Mother-in-Law” in 1961. He and his wife Antoinette opened their…
Ernie K Doe
Jack Owens
Acoustic Blues
Jack Owens (1904-1997) was a farmer his entire life in the small town of Bentonia, Mississippi where he ran a…
Jack Owens
Macavine Hayes
Acoustic Blues
Macavine Hayes was born in Tampa, Florida on June 3rd 1943. His family farmed and he was the oldest of…
Macavine Hayes
Red Rover
Folk
Red Rover is part of Music Maker’s Next Generation Artists program. Tim and Susan Wells grew up listening to traditional…
Red Rover
The Como Mamas
Gospel Music
The Como Mamas are three lifelong Gospel singers from the small town of Como, Mississippi. Esther Smith Wilbourn, Della Daniels…
The Como Mamas
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)
