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Harlem Slim houston, texas
Currently out of retirement after 25 years, Harlem Slim plays and sings delta blues and
ragtime blues solo, with an acoustic fingerstyle (both bottleneck slide and fretted) in
the traditional style on a variety of original 1920s and '30s vintage instruments.
Richard Harper Blues Band los angeles, california | pennsylvania roots
Harper moves easily from rocking bottleneck guitar to dobro, Delta-style,
and has moved up Rolling Stone's MP3 charts with his original songs.
Howlin' Wolf blues heaven | born in the mississippi delta
Thoughtful, extensive site dedicated to the late Chester Burnett, including bibliography,
bio and incredibly, transcribed lyrics. Anybody who has ever attempted to convert
Wolf's often unintelligible vocals to the printed word will applaud of the author of this
site.
Joe
"Guitar" Hughes blues
heaven as of 5/20/2006 | from houston, texas
For many years, Hughes was a well-kept secret as he played clubs in the Houston area.
Influenced by T-Bone Walker, Hughes backed up Bobby Blue Bland on guitar and collaborated
with his friend, Johnny Clyde Copeland.
Long John Hunter west texas border | born in louisiana
A premier bluesman, Long John Hunter has been playing his version of Texas blues from one
end of the state to the other and south of the border in Juarez, Mexico, for almost four
decades. Hunter initially had no interest in becoming a professional musician, until
at the age of 22, some friends took him to see B.B. King. He was so impressed with
the attention King was getting that the very next day, Hunter went out and bought himself
a guitar. Within a few weeks, he put a band together and very quickly developed his
own style -- a vibrant mix of jump blues, zydeco and razor-sharp guitar playing with some
rumba boogie mixed in.
