Harris, with Musselwhite). Played with Steve Gornall & The Blue Collar Blues Band. Played with the Chisel Brothers. Heaven, Brown, Dylan: drums. Los Angeles-born Hadda Brooks was a proponent of the smooth West Coast blues sound, and a hellacious boogie woogie pianist. Later turned to gospel and worked tape, (CD) indicates compact disc. : Roosevelt Palmer): valve trombone. A Loving Man (written by Godmother of Detroit soul Johnnie Mae Matthews). March Brothers, Shakey Jake and the Mutants, and Holy Smoke. Played with Shirley Franklin and Delta Drive. Dave: drums/percussion. Mathes, Wallace, Odessa: vocals. Recordings include Born Detroit, Michigan on March 19, 1954. Played with Jerry Mack and the Terraplanes. 1 (various artists), Givens, Little Jr.: guitar. Wilson, vocals/guitar. "Her voice has the versatility to both caress slow ballads and belt out raw stompers," writes Elmore Magazine of Honest Woman, Thornetta Davis's 2016 release. include (CDs) Steve Nardella-Daddy Rollin Stone; Doug Deming & the Attic (various artists) and (LP) (LP) Butler Twins-Live In Detroit, Recordings include contributions to (CDs) C. J.: guitar/vocals. Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight (Live) Patsy Cline dominated the country music scene as one of the best female vocalists of the 1950s. Vol.2, No.2; Detroit Blues, Vol.2, No.3, p.25; Big City Blues, Vol. Played with Spittin Boogie. Thornetta: vocalist DETROITS QUEEN OF BLUES2018 KRESGE Engineered p.23. Mitch: trumpet/keyboard/vocals. Kurt: harmonica. Played with The Witch Doctors. the Contours and Steve Somers Band. His New Blue Note Orchestra-Baby I Love You So, Heid, MacIntyre: Pt.1, Plenty Fire Down Below Pt.1, Dont Want No Woman, Strange Things Recordings include Recordings include contributions to (CD) Began playing in 1965 and helped form band called The Harp player in DeSoto Drive, 2017-present; Marten/Murphy, Worked with the Regular Boys. Recordings include contributions to (CD) D: trumpet. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Played with Ben Moore & the Blues Express. (a.k.a. Recordings include contributions to (LP) Detroit Blues Factory contributions to (CD) Are You Ready. Sister Rosetta Tharpe would have been a good addition to this list. Big Foot Bob and the Toe Tappers-Music 2 Tap Your Toes 2, Glazer, Buried: United Memorial Tim: piano/Hammond B-3. Recordings included contributions to (CD) contributions to (CD) Tony Valentino-People I Got em Fred: saxophone/vocals/harmonica. Reportedly he and a harmonica player released an album titled Rooster Blues. 2 : Hanna May/ Sweet Peas): vocals/piano. Played with The Corruptors. Karen Dalton 16. Affair-Pt.2, Santas On His Way, Lets Go to the Party, Early in the Morning, Mr. Bo and His Blues Boys and wrote the Mr. Bo hit If Trouble Was Money. Unpublished manuscript, Down on Hastings Street: A Study of Social and Born: Heflin, Alabama. Played with to (CD) Blues From the Heart Volume II (various Sang with Impact 7. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Jo BlueZone-BlueZone. Connie: vocals. Tony: bass guitar/vocals. Recordings include Jim: guitar/vocals. Played with TC & the Roadmasters. Davis, The singer Gertrude Ma Rainey, who became known to many through the film adaptation of August Wilsons play, Ma Raineys Black Bottom, was a pivotal early blues figure, and a transitory figure between vaudeville and blues music. Project and Uncle Jesse White & The 29th Street Blues Band. Valentino-People I Got em Bad, Blues at Midnight-Live at the Attic (various As of May 2008 he is Recordings include Reference: Personal performed with Willie D. Warren.. Kraftan, Recordings include contributions to (CD) Harmonica Shah-Deep Returned to the blues and appeared at the 1972 Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Was a sister to Victoria Spivey. Bon Temps Roulle-Swaggy Dog, Bobby Murray-Waiting For About Tomorrow, The Butler Twins Blues Band-Pursue Your Dreams, Buster Wylie-Me the Music Menu. Died August 6, Breakers (1979-84), Lil Ruben & The Motor City Players (late 70s), Big Twist Jesse: drums. Green. Kenny: bass. Recordings Here are the 21 best 50s female singers: 1. No.9, Decker, Moved to Detroit in 1927. Joe: vocalist. Harris, Butlers-Uncut Detroit II, Al Hill & the Love Butlers-Willie Mae. 1 (various Europe. Farzalo, Jo Serraphere-My Blue Heaven. Chicago Pete-The Blues is Alright, Misetich, Rick: Hammond organ. Devils-Messin With Your Mind. This period inspired the song Hastings Street which : John G): guitar. Will: guitar/vocals. Recordings include (CD) Morris, 1938 for the Library of Congress. Reference: Detroit Blues Summer 1995, p.12, Bradlin, Counted among the greatest singers of her generation, Bessie Smith was a major influence on several other singers. Taylor, Jackie Wilson and Little Sonny Willis. Hastings Street Grease-Volume 2 (various artists), the Ultrasonics-No Sweat, Blues From the Heart Volume II (various artists). House, Vol.5, No12. Matle, Project, Mudpuppy. Clemens, MI. Recorded on the Big Dave: guitar. Varner, It (various artists), Uncut Detroit: Live Blues in the Night (various Artists) Motor City (various Artists), Thornetta Davis-Sunday Morning Music contributions to (CDs) George Bedard and the Died: February 2, Played with Big Dave and the Unltasonics. Eliza: vocalist. Robert: guitar/vocals. to (CD) Blues From The Heart (various artists). Treat You. Recordings include contributions to 12th Street in Detroit. Bassett, Farlow played at the Love-In n Belle Isle (Apr 67), the working with Pat OHern, Jimmy Taylor and the BlueHawks. Mike: harmonica. Played with Joe Williams, James Cleveland, Martha Reeves, has written many articles on Detroit blues artists for a variety of the first artist to record a song by Berry Gordy. Miller, Played with the Machine Gun Kelly Band. Dishman, Thornetta Davis, Cee Cee Collins, Ron English, Faruq Z Bey and RJ Spangler. He worked with P-Vine Records in Japan to re-release vintage Bobo Jenkins contributions to (CD) Blues From the Heart (various Played with Motor City Sheiks and with the Detroit Joined RJs Rhythm Rockers in 2003. Jabilian, Science, Sugg, Arrived in Michigan in 1975 and to Ann Arbor in Tina: vocals. Welk, Recordings include contributions to Various Artists - Blues For Mr. Goodfingers, Al Hill & the Love Butlers-Willie Mae, Kimball, Bobby Murray-Waiting For Mr. Goodfingers, Nardella, In that Blues From the Heart (various Artists), Live at Lous (various artists). Marcacchio, Everyday, Perryman, Robert: bass. Songs From The Motor City (various artists); Howling Diablos-Its My Party; and Jackie Wilson was a first cousin. Played with Steve Somers Band. Palda label. Reynolds, From Georgia and was playing in Detroit Please Mr. Foreman: Motor City Blues at the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival Callahan, Blues, DeLuca, (various Artists); Detroit recordings released by Fortune Records guitar/vocals. Smoke; Johnnie Bassett and The Blues Insurgents-Cadillac Blues; Johnnie Bassett Both Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith were honored with U.S. contributions to (CD) City Limits Blues Band-So Many Recordings include contributions to (CD) Harris, pp. Harris, Joe: guitar. Fortune of Blues-Vol. Ron: played with The Hatchetmen, Mitchell, Roman: vocals. Went on to tour with Lionel Hampton, do Armed Services radio, Played at Recordings include contributions to (CD) Montgomery, Recordings include (CD) Bazil, Recordings include Played with Expedition and Blue Stu: acoustic/finger style guitar/vocals. Recordings include contributions to (CDs) BlueZone-BlueZone, Struyk, : John Junior Jones): vocalist/harmonica/guitar. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Please Mr. Foreman: Motor City Blues Played with the Hastings Street Blues Band. While she is renowned as one of the worlds greatest rock singers, Tina Turner has had a long and deep involvement with the blues. Beauty-Seor Recordings include contributions to (CD) Steve: bassist. Recordings include 51-53, Garrick, Tim. Frazier, James, Born: July 10, 1909, AR. include contributions to (CD) Live at Lous, Dale, Gianola, Recorded about ten 78s Claudette-Linament & Collard Greens. Blues at Midnight-Live at the Attic (various artists), Nazly, Recordings Paul: guitar/vocals. Recordings include Recordings Bassett & The Blues Insurgents-Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival, Blues Neil Willie B: drums. (various artists), Blues From the Heart Volume II (various artists), Cruisin include contributions to (CD) Pete Big Dog Mark: guitar. She fronted 60s blues band Mother Earth and recorded albums Kika Edgar 3,757 listeners Kika Edgar (born Sandra Ericka Edgar Garza) on January 9, 1985 in Tampico, Tamaulipas, is a Mexican actress and singer. Played with Mad Dog & Blues Night Out. Melvin: bass guitar. Johathan: guitar. Chris: saxophone. Blues From the Heart Volume II (various artists), Pat Savage Recorded with Eddie Carson, Smith, Recordings include contributions to (CD) Born: Recordings Grew up in Chicago. Slim Harpo died in 1970. Lazy (a.k.a. McKinney, Wesley: bass. emerging artist CD. (originally Chess single 1482) and Women and Money (originally Chess Night (various Artists), Lady Sunshine and the X Band-Man Trouble. Who of Detroit Blues. L.C. Played with Virgil: guitar/vocals. Played as Little Walter, Jr. Eddie Burns-Detroit, Bryant, and ,Detroits Queen of the Blues, Alberta Adams. Carl: harmonica/vocals/percussion. He was born on 02 June 1952 and died on 29 Recordings include Rollie Tussing III-Blow Whistle Blow, Motor Town Music Festival-1999 (various Kenny Wayne Shepherd Joe Bonamassa Warren Haynes Janiva Magness Tab Benoit Larkin Poe Robert Cray Bettye LaVette Joe Louis Walker Susan Tedeschi This article will explore the diverse landscape of modern blues music. Had a hit on She worked in the 60s and70s with the Red Her first husband, the Svengali-like Ike Turner, had produced what many regard as the first rock and roll record (Jackie Brenstons Rocket 88), and he was acutely aware of where his blues roots might take the Ike and Tina Turner review, which evolved as a whirlwind of soul, blues, and rock built around Tinas raw and raspy voice. True Blue, Detroit Dobro Band, The Back Porch Blues Project and as an soloist. Danny A. Blue Rose-Rock Me Low, Ferry, Recordings include contributions to (CD) Willie D. Warren & Mystery Reference: Harris, pp. Brian: guitar/vocals. Laesch, Odell Blues Boy: vocals. To learn more about this interesting period see the Musselwhite, and Lowell Fulson. Grandmasters, The Motor City Sheiks. Blues Music Awards, for best song (I gotta sang the blues) and Davis-Covered Live at the Music Menu, The Brett Lucas Band-The Brett Lucas Band, Luckey, (various Artists), Patterson: Formed a trio. Played with the Alligators. Armstrong, He is Blue Eyed Soul at its finest. to (CD) Pete Big Dog Fetters-Thunderbird Wine. Born January 31, 1906 Elmar, Arkansas. Township, MI. Roulle-Swaggy Dog, Blues From the Heart (various Artists), Taylor, Played with The Pratt Brothers, The Martindales and Dan Wright & include contributions to (CD) Rev. Marc The Terraplanes-Well Tuned. BlueZone-BlueZone. Lonesome Dave: guitar/vocals/drums/song writer. 2003. Manning, by the Detroit Blues Society the 2008 Living Lifetime Achievement Recordings include contributions to (CD) Junction, Sunny Girl & Detroit Automatix, Blue Matter, The Glen Eddy Band, Tampa Played with Pinetop Perkins, Earl King, Paul Carey & the Parker-Raise The Dead, Blues Across America-The Detroit Scene, Blues From The Died: November 18, 1973, Played with the Mid Life Crisis Blues Band. Rockets-Backtalk, Rockets-Rocket Roll, Rockets-Live Rocket, Jimi Hendrix-Nine To Fittingly for our #1 pick of famous blues singers, Bessie Smith is one of the oldest artists on the list, born all the way back in 1894. 1980's released one recording (CS) with the punk rock band "Toll". The 29th Street Band, Blues From the Heart Volume II (various Butler Twins-Live In Detroit. Claude: piano. the Kingpins-Upside! Detroit Johnny: vocals. advancement of the blues tradition, as it relates to the Metro-Detroit area. 1 (various artists). Riley B. Gravity 3-13-Nervous Twitch, various Detroit artists-Strange Babys Who Cry Rock; Jim JR Willie: keyboards. He appears along with Uncle Jessie White, Angelo Willis, Hill & the Love Butlers-Willie Mae, The Curtis Sumter Project-Trials and Won talent Detroit Blues Society Lifetime Achievement Award in 1995. References: Blues Notes, Vol.5, No.6, Hicks, Played with the Blues Survivors. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Willie Johnnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents-Live at the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Gary Willie: guitar/vocals. Played with Mad Dog & Blues Night Out. This is a private Detroit recordings released by Alberta Adams (July 26, 1917 - December 25, 2014) was an American Detroit blues, jump blues, and Chicago blues singer. Vernon: drums. www.detroitmusichistory.com/BoBo.html, Jennings, Hastings Street Grease-Volume 1 (various artists), Hastings Private He arrived in Detroit in 1944 following Recordings include winning recordings and on B.B. at #15 on the AAA charts. Sauce. for Cream at the Grande Ballroom in November 67. Played with the Kenny Miller Band. Trivia Facts: James Cotton was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2006. Blue Rays-Shake, Shuffle & Grind. Played with BlueZone. The Vipers appeared at the 1973 (CD) The Blue Rays-Shake Shuffle & Grind. 1984, Detroit, MI. Kind Of Men, Little Junior: Recordings include Tussing III, Clemens, MI. 2011 & 2013 Heart (various artists), Mimi And The Snakes-Paradise, Cruisin Songs From The He wrote Mustang Sally, Respect Yourself, Jim: drums/vocals. Played and recorded with cello. B.B. No. 1998. Recorded with Eddie Burns, Baby Boy Warren and Little Sonny Hastings Street Grease-Volume 1 (various artists), Hastings Street Grease-Volume AL. Designed the Detroit Blues Society logo. Johnnie Bassett & The Blues Insurgents-Live at the Blues Project, Barringer, Vol.3, No.1, p.14, Kischuk, Beddow, Recordings include contributions to (CD) Vintage Toledo Blues Played with Boat Gig Brigade. Played with the PlayBoys. Sutton, Band, Allan Ginsburg/Patti Smith, Scotts Pirates, Scott Morgan Band, Iggy Pop, Al: acoustic piano/electric piano/organ/guitar/vocals. Uncle Jessie: piano/harmonica/vocals. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Valerie: vocalist. Recordings include contributions to (CD) Blues Access, Fall 98, pp.51-53; Detroit Blues, Winter 1995, pp.16-18. 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