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Today in Blues Music History George Wild Child Butler is born - October 1st, 1936   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Butler lived most of his childhood in Alabama, save for a few years in the 1940s when he lived with his sister and mother in

Today in Blues History Sonny Terry passes away - March 11th, 1986   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Sonny Terry bio Harmonica player Sonny Terry was one of the initial bluesmen who crossed over into areas not normally associated with the genre before he came along. Along with his

Today in Blues History Ronnie Earl is born - March 10th, 1953   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Ronnie Earl bio Ronnie Earl Horvath Ronnie Earl was born Ronald Horvath in Queens, New York, on March 10, 1953.  After picking up his first guitar twenty years later, he went on

Today in Blues History Lloyd Price is born - March 9th, 1933   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Lloyd Price bio Singer Lloyd Price was born on March 9, 1933 in Kenner, Louisiana to Beatrice Nicholas and Louis Price. Price received formal musical training in the trumpet

Today in Blues History Bob Brozman is born - March 8th, 1954   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Bob Brozman bio Biography: Bob Brozman, 1954 - 2013 Redefining musical diversity worldwide, Bob Brozman is a remarkably prolific artist whose wit, energy, and musical technique combine powerfully to create

Today in Blues History Jesse Fuller is born - March 7th, 1896   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Jesse Fuller bio American blues singer, songwriter, and guitar, harmonica, kazoo & fotdella (a musical instrument of Fuller's own creation and construction which he played with his shoeless right

Today in Blues History Furry Lewis is born - March 6th, 1899   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! Furry Lewis bio Furry Lewis was the only blues singer of the 1920s to achieve major media attention in the '60s and '70s. One of the most recorded Memphis-based guitarists

Today in Blues History J.B. Lenoir is born - March 5th, 1929   www.mojohand.com is your home for Everything Blues, Blues t-shirt sale going on now! JB Lenoir bio Monticello area native J. B. Lenoir (1929-1967) was best known during his lifetime for his 1955 hit “Mama, Talk to Your Daughter,” but he also played