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I would like to dive into the depths of the blues...
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HOWARD LEVY ♦️ (Brooklyn, NY, 31-07-1951)
Americ. 🇱🇷 harm. & keyb. 🎹
Band: Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Years active: 1970s-present
{New York/jazz fusion, latin, folk, funk, blues}

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December 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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FRENCHIE MOE 👠 (1986)
French 🇫🇷 sing. & guit.
🎙️🎸
Rel. Art.: Victor Brox, Coco Robicheaux, Walter “Wolfman” Washington
Geograph. zone: New Orleans
Y. A.: 2000s-pres
{France/blues, R&B}

youtu.be/8cgF7XfUJL0?... ♥️
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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JOSH WHITE JR. ♦️
(NY city, 30-11-1940/Rochester, Michigan, 28-12-2024)
Joshua Donald White Jr.
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit.🎙️🎸
Rel. Art.: Josh White (father), Carol Carr White (mother)
Y. A.: 1945-2024
{blues, folk}

"Careless love"
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December 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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051 - MS
BO DIDDLEY ♦️
(McComb, 39-12-1928/Archer, Florida, 2-06-2008)
Ellas McDaniel (born Ellas Otha Bates)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. 🎤 guit. 🎻 violin. & drum. 🥁
Years active: 1943-2007
{Miss./R&B, R&R, blues}

"I'm a man"
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December 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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050 - MS
BO CARTER ♦️ (Bolton, 1893-94/Memphis, TN, 1964)
Armenter (or Armentia) Chatmon
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit. 🎙️🎸
Band: The Mississippi Sheiks
Years active: 1928-1944
{Hinds C., Miss./delta & country blues, dirty blues}

"Cigarette blues"
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December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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013 - MO
JEREMIAH JOHNSON ♦️ (1972)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit. 🎙️🎸
Discography: 8 studio albums
Years active: 2000s-present
{St. Louis, Missouri/St. Louis blues, Southern rock & country}

"Straitjacket"
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December 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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049 - MS
"BLIND" WILLIE DAVIS ♦️ (1890-1930s)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit.🎙️🎸
Years active: 1920s
{Bude, Lincoln County/gospel blues}

"Rock of ages"
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December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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012 - MO
GENE PHILLIPS 💎 (St. Louis, 25-05-1915/Lakewood, CA, 10-01-1990)
Eugene Floyd Phillips
Americ. sing. & guit.🎙️🎸
Y. A. : 1930s-1950s
{Missouri/jump blues}

"Cherry red"
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December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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011 - MO
CHUCK NORRIS ♦️ (Kansas City, 11-08-1921/Tustin, CA, 26-08-1989)
Charles Eldridge Norris
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit.
🎙️🎸
Geographical zone: Chicago
Years active: 1940s-1980s
{Jackson County, Missouri/blues & jazz}

"Messin' up"
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December 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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10 - MO
CHUCK BERRY ♦️ (St. Louis, 18-10-1926/Wentzville, MO, 18-03-2017)
Charles Edward Anderson Berry
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit.
🎙️🎸
Years active: 1950s-2017
{St. Louis, Missouri/R&R, R&B, blues}

"The blues"
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December 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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048 - MS
BLIND ROOSEVELT GRAVES ♦️ (9-12-1909/Gulfport, MS, 30-12-1962)
Le Moise Roosevelt Graves
🇱🇷 sing. & guit.🎙️🎸
Rel. Art.: Uaroi Graves
Band: Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother
Y. A. : 20-30s
{Rose Hill or Summerland, MS/blues}

"NY blues"
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December 7, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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268 - TX
"LEFTY" FRIZZELL ♦️ (Corsicana, 31-03-1928/Nashville, TN, 19-07-1975)
William Orville Frizzell
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit. 🎙️🎸
Years active: 1940s-1970s
{Navarro County/country, honky tonk, western, folk, blues}

"California blues"
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December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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PERVIS STAPLES ♦️
(Drew, 18-11-1935/Dolton, IL, 6-05-2021)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️
Band: The Staple Singers (1948-1960s)
{Sunflower County, Miss./gospel, soul, R&B, funk, pop}

"Respect yourself"
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December 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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047 - MS
MERLIN "BRONCO" BRUNKOW ♦️
(Grenada, 15-02-1941/6-05-2020)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sax. 🎷
Bands: Inside Straight Blues Band, Willie & The Bees, Down Right Tight
Geographical area: Minnesota
{funk, R&B, blues, soul, jazz}

"Honky tonk"
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December 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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JOHN MAYALL ♦️
(Macclesfield, Cheshir, 29-11-1933/CA, 22-07-2024)
John Brumwell Mayall
English 🇬🇧 sing.🎙️, guit. 🎸, keyb. 🎹 & harm.
Band: The Bluesbreakers
Years active: 1950s-2020s
{England/British blues, blues rock, jazz rock}

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December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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RAYMOND GEORGE ♦️
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit.
🎙️🎸
{Alabama/blues, swamp pop, R&B}

"Blues man"
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December 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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267 - TX
HENRY "RAGTIME TEXAS" THOMAS ♦️ (Big Sandy, 1874-1950?)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️& music. (quills, guit.) 🎸
Years active: 1890-1920s
Discogr.: 23 songs (1927-29)
{Upshur County, TX/country blues, ragtime}

"Bull doze blues"
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December 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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266 - TX
CHRIS WHITLEY ♦️ (Houston, 31-08-1960/Houston, TX, 20-11-2005)
Christopher Becker Whitley
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing., guit., dobro, foot stomp🎙️🎸
Y. A.: 1980s-2005
{TX/blues rock}

"Poison girl"
youtu.be/hNtUvbtIwl0?... 💣‼️
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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L. V. JOHNSON ♦️ (Chicago, 25-12-1946/Chicago, Il., 22-11-1994)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. & guit. 🎙️🎸
Rel. Art.: BB King, Soul Children, The Bar-Keys, Johnnie Taylor
Years active: 1960s-1994
{Illinois/Chicago blues, soul blues}

"Don't mess with my baby"
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December 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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ROBBIN KAPSALIS 👠
(Chicago, 12-04-1965)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️
Vintage #18 (band) & solo
Solo discogr.: "Grit" (17), "Soul shaker" (21)
Year active: 2010s-pres.
{Cook County, Illinois/blues, soul}

"The blues is in the house"
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December 6, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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"DETROIT" GARY WIGGINS ♦️ (Inkster, 10-11-1952/Germany, 22-11-2020)
Gary Allen Wiggins
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️sax. 🎷 & bandlead.
Y. A.: 1960s-2010s
{Wayne County, Michigan/Chicago, Detroit & electric blues, R&B, funk, jazz, soul}

With Big Jay McNeely
youtu.be/F8QIsQO7DIg?... 💣‼️
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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JERRY PORTNOY ♦️
(Evanston, 25-11-1943)
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing.🎙️ & harm.
The Legendary Blues Band
Rel. Art.: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton
Y. A.: 1970s-pres.
{Cook County, Il./Chicago blues, jazz}

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December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH♦️
(Goshen, 23-11-1893/NY city, 18-04-1973)
William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith
Americ. 🇱🇷 pian. 🎹
Y. A.: 1920s-1970s
{Orange County, NY/blues, jazz, stride}

"Carolina shout"
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December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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COCO ROBICHEAUX ♦️
(Merced, 25-10-1947/N. Orleans, LA, 25-11-2011)
Curtis John Arceneaux
🇱🇷 sing.🎙️guit. 🎸 & tromb.
Y. A.: 1965-2010
Discog.: 6 studio albums (1994-2010)
Rel. Art.: Dr. John, Willy DeVille
{Merced C., CA/blues, R&B}

"3:33 blues"
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December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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"LITTLE KATIE" CRIPPEN (ELLA WHITE) 👠
(Philadelphia, 17-11-1895/NY, 1929)
Catherine Crippen
Americ. 🇱🇷 sing. 🎙️
Rel. Art.: Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie
Y. A.: 1920s
{Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania/classic female blues, jazz}
"When it's too late"
youtu.be/NlStcaeftLg?... ♥️
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM