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The label is dedicated to blues music from the Mississippi Delta. Rooster Blues was co-founded by Jim O'Neal in Chicago, and initially released 14 albums by South Side blues musicians. In 1986, O'Neal moved the label to Clarksdale, Mississippi and began focusing on the area's Delta blues performers. [1]
Jim O'Neal (born November 25, 1948, [1] Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States) [2] is an American blues expert, writer, record producer, and record company executive. He co-founded America's first blues magazine, Living Blues, in Chicago in 1970, and wrote the column "BluEsoterica".
Barrelhouse Records was an American blues and rockabilly record label, set up by George Paulus in 1974. [1] Roster of musicians
A trumpet player and composer, W.C. Handy — who titled his 1941 autobiography "Father of the Blues" — was born in Florence, Alabama, but became famous after relocating to Memphis in 1909 and ...
More than 158 acts from 32 states and 12 countries will take part in the 2024 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.
In the days before the first Memphis Country Blues Society festival in July 1966, some 400 members of the KKK marched at Overton Park, even burning a cross at the parking lot. That didn’t stop ...
The recording session took place on December 10, 1927, in Memphis, Tennessee. The musicians present were listed as Walter Rhodes (vocals, accordion, vocal effects); plus 'Pet' and 'Can' (Maylon and Richard "Hacksaw" Harney), (guitars, speech). The songs were "The Crowing Rooster", "Leaving Home Blues", "She's A Girl of Mine" and "Left My Baby ...
Lonnie Shields (born April 17, 1956) [1] is an American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His primary influence was B.B. King. [2] He has released seven albums to date, and one publication described his music as "bewitching, funk-influenced variations on the oldest country blues".