Famous Birthdays
1903-08-26 - Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer
1917-08-22 - John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat)
1928-08-16 - Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy)
1953-08-01 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter(1987 Grammy)
1953-08-27 - Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], US blues/rock singer (Hey! Joe)
Famous Deaths
1938-08-16 - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1949-08-18 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1958-08-15 - William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
1988-08-15 - Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
1990-08-27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1995-08-13 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84
1997-08-12 - Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
2008-08-15 - Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
1903-08-26 - Jimmy Rushing, US blues singer
1917-08-22 - John Lee Hooker, Clarksdale Mississippi, blues guitarist (Canned Heat)
1928-08-16 - Eddie Kirkland, Jamaican/US blues guitarist (Have Mercy)
1953-08-01 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter(1987 Grammy)
1953-08-27 - Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], US blues/rock singer (Hey! Joe)
Famous Deaths
1938-08-16 - Robert Johnson, US Delta-blues singer/guitarist, poisoned at 27
1949-08-18 - Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
1958-08-15 - William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65
1988-08-15 - Ray Buchanan, US blues gitarist, dies at about 48
1990-08-27 - Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues guitarist, dies in a helicopter crash at 35
1995-08-13 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer, dies at 84
1997-08-12 - Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57
2008-08-15 - Jerry Wexler, music producer and coiner of the term "Rhythm & Blues"
VooDoo Blues Krewe
Welcomes you to the New Orleans Blues Society
Welcomes you to the New Orleans Blues Society
