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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
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
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
Haskel “Whistlin’ Britches” Thompson
Acoustic Blues
“He is the only fellow I have heard who can pop and click his tongue like a bushman.” – Tim…
Haskel “Whistlin’ Britches” Thompson
Harvey Dalton Arnold
Electric Blues
Harvey Dalton Arnold is a singer, guitarist and North Carolina-native who has a passion for the blues. He sold millions…
Harvey Dalton Arnold
Guitar Lightnin’ Lee
Electric Blues
Guitar Lightnin’ Lee, a multi-talented rhythm and blues purist, has defied all rational logic by assembling his band with a…
Guitar Lightnin’ Lee
Guitar Gabriel
Electric Blues
Drink houses in Winston-Salem, North Carolina’s black community, like juke joints in the Mississippi Delta, remain a vigorous setting for…
Guitar Gabriel
George Higgs
Acoustic Blues
“Higgs is a moving singer, powerful harp blower and has a gentle, propulsive guitar style that make for engaging listening.”…
George Higgs
George Daniels
Electric Blues
George Daniels was born April 27, 1929 in Macon County, Alabama. George remained close the area that he was raised…
George Daniels
George Conner
Electric Blues
“Birmingham” George Washington Conner moved from Pickens County, Alabama to Chicago and stayed there close to 30 years where he…
George Conner
Freeman Vines
Electric Blues
Immerse yourself in the world of Freeman Vines through the Hanging Tree Guitars virtual exhibition An artist, a luthier and…
Freeman Vines
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Elder Anderson Johnson
Gospel Music
Elder Anderson Johnson spent his career preaching and playing his steel guitar on the streets of America. He made a…
Elder Anderson Johnson
Eddie Tigner
Electric Blues
Eddie Tigner plays the piano with a smooth, strong base that rolls along below the weave of the soulful notes…
Eddie Tigner
Drink Small
Acoustic Blues
“Drink Small has the biggest, deepest bass voice in the blues. His amazingly expressive sound falls right in between B.B.…
Drink Small
Dr. G.B. Burt
Acoustic Blues
It was thanks to an argument with his wife – married to the same woman since 1957 with seven children…
Dr. G.B. Burt
Dr. Dixon
Active Touring Artists
Born in Atlanta in 1947, Dr. Dixon grew up listening to his dad’s record collection. It wasn’t until he heard…
Dr. Dixon
Dom Flemons
Folk
Dom Flemons is a native Arizonan and a true modern Songster, engaging audiences from the green Carolinas to the ruddy…
Dom Flemons
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
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
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
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
