Ronnie Hawkins
Ronnie Hawkins was born in Huntsville, Arkansas on January 10, 1935. His parents soon moved to Fayetteville where he attended school. It was in high school where he formed his…
Category: Music Makers
"The Silver Fox" Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich was born December 14, 1932 at Colt, Arkansas in St. Francis county. He grew up learning music in the Baptist Church where his mother played the piano and…
Big Jack Johnson
Big Jack Johnson played his juke joint style guitar music all over the world, but always remembered where home was. From Helena to Clarksdale he played the festivals and the…
Charley Patton
Charley Patton, known as Father of the Delta Blues, was born near Bolton in southern Mississippi in 1891. Charley and his family relocated to the delta around 1900 to the…
Sonny Boy Williamson
There were two Sonny Boy Williamson blues performers. The first Sonny Boy was John Lee Williamson. He rose to prominence before World War II as a harmonica player and actually…
William Warfield
William C. Warfield was a well known bass-baritone concert artist, who had a long career that included stage, song and film. William was born January 22, 1920 to Robert Warfield…
James Cotton
James Cotton was known as one of the world’s most popular and renowned harmonica players in the world. He managed to have one of the longest blues careers around and…
Bertha Lee Pate
Remembering Bertha Lee from Fanny Baker in the book Chasin’ that Devil Music: Searching for the Blues by Gayle Wardlow written in 1998. Bertha Lee was a fine looking woman…
