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Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born January 26, 1989) [1] is an American musician from Los Angeles.A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's style draws from blues and jazz music before World War II and was influenced by Fats Waller and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Leon Thomas was born Amos Thomas, Jr. on October 4, 1937, in East St. Louis, Illinois. [2] He studied music at Tennessee State University.At the time of his studies, he had begun a singing career as a guest vocalist for the jazz bands of percussionist Armando Peraza, saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, and guitarist Grant Green.
Benjamin Charles Harper [1] (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. [2] Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, [3] and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. [4]
20th-century African-American male singers (1 C, 1,001 P) 21st-century African-American male singers (654 P) O. African-American male opera singers (43 P) R.
Acoustic blues [9] Barbecue Bob: 1902 1931 Georgia Acoustic blues [10] Ed Bell: 1905 1960s Alabama Piedmont blues [11] Gladys Bentley: 1907 1960 Pennsylvania Vaudeville blues [12] Black Ace: 1905 1972 Texas Country blues [13] Scrapper Blackwell: 1903 1962 North Carolina Urban blues [14] Blind Blake: 1896 1934 Florida Piedmont blues [15] Lucille ...
John Clyde Copeland (March 27, 1937 – July 3, 1997) [1] [2] was an American Texas blues guitarist and singer. In 1983, he was named Blues Entertainer of the Year by the Blues Foundation. [3] He is the father of blues singer Shemekia Copeland. In 2017, Copeland was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. [4]
Piedmont blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. His most notable song was "Statesboro Blues", which has been covered by several musicians. [57] [58] Kid Prince Moore (Active 1936 – 1938). Guitarist and singer, who recorded 17 songs from 1936 to 1938. [59] William Moore (March 3, 1893 – November 22, 1951). Guitarist and singer.
Between 1996 and 2000, he was nominated for eight W. C. Handy/Blues Music Awards, including for his albums White Windows, The World Don't Owe Me Nothin', Mississippi Delta Blues Man, and a 2007 album on which he appears with Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Townsend and Pinetop Perkins titled Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live In ...