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Pages in category "Detroit blues musicians" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alberta Adams; B.
The International Blues Duo Meets Blues Wire - Truly International (1987 / 2014) Bobby McFerrin feat. Detroit Gary Wiggins: Bobby's Thing and Lady Fair (1988) The International Blues Duo Featuring Katie Webster (1989) Time For Saxin’ (1990) Detroit Gary Wiggins & C.C. the Boogieman: Acoustic Soul (1992) I Got Up (1996)
Blues musicians are musical artists who are primarily recognized as writing, ... Detroit blues [155] R. L. Burnside: 1926 2005 Mississippi Hill country blues [156]
The genesis of blues music in Detroit occurred as a result of the first wave of the Great Migration of African Americans from the Deep South.In the 1920s, Detroit was home to a number of pianists who performed in the clubs of Black Bottom and played in the boogie-woogie style, such as Speckled Red, Charlie Spand, William Ezell, and most prominently, Big Maceo Merriweather.
Calvin H. Frazier (February 16, 1915 – September 23, 1972) [2] was an American Detroit blues and country blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Despite leaving a fragmented recording history, both as a singer and guitarist, Frazier was an associate of Robert Johnson, and recorded alongside Johnny Shines, Sampson Pittman, T.J. Fowler, Alberta Adams, Jimmy Milner, Baby Boy Warren, Boogie ...
In 2011, the Detroit Blues Society granted Murray their Lifetime Achievement Award. Murray currently leads his own band in Metro Detroit and has won several Detroit Music Awards. His latest solo recording, Love Letters From Detroit, was released in 2021 and was granted the Outstanding Blues Recording of the Year at the Detroit Music Awards.
Joe Weaver (August 27, 1934 – July 5, 2006) was an American Detroit blues, electric blues and R&B pianist, singer and bandleader. His best known recording was "Baby I Love You So" (1955), and he was a founding member of both the Blue Note Orchestra and the Motor City Rhythm & Blues Pioneers.
William Paden Hensley (July 24, 1906 [1] or 1909 – August 24, 1991), [2] known as Washboard Willie, was an American Detroit blues musician, who specialised in playing the washboard. He recorded tracks including "A Fool on a Mule in the Middle of The Road" plus "Cherry Red Blues", and worked variously with Eddie "Guitar" Burns , Baby Boy ...