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…
Category: Music Makers
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…
Levon Helm
Mark Lavon(Levon) Helm was born on May 26, 1940 outside Elaine in Phillips County, Arkansas to Nell and Diamond Helm. He had two sisters and one brother. The Helms…
Robert Nighthawk
“Nobody else could play a slide like him. They think they can but they can’t…. I ain’t never heard anybody play a slide like Robert Nighthawk. It’s wailin’ man.” Thats…
Sam Carr
Sam Carr was born April 17, 1926 in Marvel, Arkansas. Marvel is a small town in Phillips County, just west of Helena. His parents were Robert Lee and…
Frank Frost
Frank Frost was born on April 15, 1936 in Auvergne, Arkansas. Like a lot of people, it was his family that inspired him to get into music. His Father…
