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Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies. From left: Greg Hirte, T. Carrier, Mojo, Beau Brian Burke & Tee John Moser. Most classifications of their genre include zydeco and Cajun. [1] [2] "His music reflects the Louisiana and Cajun zydeco tradition, as well as New Orleans two-steps, rock & roll and blues rhythms". [1]
Jack Bonus – saxophone on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac" and "St. Louis Blues" Nick Buck – piano on "Papa John's Down Home Blues" Dave Brown – bass on "Soul Fever" Jack Casady – bass on "Plunk a Little Funk", "String Jet Rock", and "Every Time I Hear Her Name" John Cipollina – guitar on "The Janitor Drives a Cadillac"
John Henry Creach (May 28, 1917 – February 22, 1994), [1] better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. [2] Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong , Fats Waller , Stuff Smith , Charlie Christian , Big Joe Turner , T-Bone ...
This fusion was birthed in the Creole la la, jazz and blues halls (joints) of Frenchtown, Houston, Texas which were frequented by Creole immigrants from southwestern Louisiana. [15] Clifton Chenier , born near Opelousas , Louisiana, is regarded as the "King of Zydeco" and was largely responsible for defining and popularizing the genre in the ...
However, blues rock soon distinguished itself from hard rock and acts continued to play or rewrite blues standards, as well as write their own songs in the same idiom. In the 1980s and 1990s, blues rock was more roots-oriented than in the 1960s and 1970s, even when artists such as the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Stevie Ray Vaughan flirted with ...
The International Blues Duo [30] produced and released three albums, and Wiggins has recorded with, among others, Bobby McFerrin, [31] Robert Covington, [32] and Roy Gaines. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ]
Brown appeared at the 1973 Montreux Jazz Festival, where he jammed with American blues rock band Canned Heat, [5] playing guitar and harmonica. In 1974, he recorded as a sideman with the New Orleans pianist Professor Longhair on his album, Rock 'N' Roll Gumbo (originally a Blue Star Records release). He moved to New Orleans in the late 1970s.
Barry Goldberg (December 25, 1942 – January 22, 2025) was an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Goldberg co-produced albums by Percy Sledge , Charlie Musselwhite , James Cotton , and the Textones, plus Bob Dylan's version of Curtis Mayfield 's " People Get Ready ".