Born in The Rock 2/7/1934: The late, great Earl King, Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his singles ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Big Chief’ and ‘Come On’ covered by Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.#EarlKing #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
February 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Born in The Rock 2/7/1934: The late, great Earl King, Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his singles ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Big Chief’ and ‘Come On’ covered by Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.#EarlKing #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Roots 1/27/1918: The late great Elmore James, legendary purveyor of slide guitar, blues singer, songwriter and bandleader. James may not have invented playing loud, but he damn sure perfected it - “King of the slide guitar”. #ElmoreJames #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 26, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Born In The Roots 1/27/1918: The late great Elmore James, legendary purveyor of slide guitar, blues singer, songwriter and bandleader. James may not have invented playing loud, but he damn sure perfected it - “King of the slide guitar”. #ElmoreJames #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Roots 1/20/1889: The late, great Lead Belly, born Huddie William Ledbetter. Seminal Blues musician, writer of dozens of standards including ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, and ‘The Midnight Special’. #LeadBelly #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Born In The Roots 1/20/1889: The late, great Lead Belly, born Huddie William Ledbetter. Seminal Blues musician, writer of dozens of standards including ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, and ‘The Midnight Special’. #LeadBelly #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 1/10/1976: Howlin’ Wolf shuffles off this mortal coil and heads for the big juke joint in the sky. #HowlinWolf #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 10, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Bummerversary 1/10/1976: Howlin’ Wolf shuffles off this mortal coil and heads for the big juke joint in the sky. #HowlinWolf #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 11/23/1936: Robert Johnson begins his first recording sessions in room 414 at the Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. Johnson records sixteen songs during the 3 day session. #RobertJohnson #TheBlues #CrossRoadBlues #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
In The Rock 11/23/1936: Robert Johnson begins his first recording sessions in room 414 at the Gunter Hotel, San Antonio, Texas. Johnson records sixteen songs during the 3 day session. #RobertJohnson #TheBlues #CrossRoadBlues #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
In The Rock 11/22/1981: Muddy Waters Appears at the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood join him onstage during his set - it’s phenomenal to watch. #MuddyWaters #RollingStones #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
November 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
In The Rock 11/22/1981: Muddy Waters Appears at the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood join him onstage during his set - it’s phenomenal to watch. #MuddyWaters #RollingStones #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Happy Birthday to Kevin Roosevelt Moore, or better know to fans, @kebmomusic Keb’ Mo’, blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, Grammy winner, linking delta blues to post-modern jazz, rock and more, born in the rock 10/3/1951. #KebMo #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Happy Birthday to Kevin Roosevelt Moore, or better know to fans, @kebmomusic Keb’ Mo’, blues singer, guitarist, songwriter, Grammy winner, linking delta blues to post-modern jazz, rock and more, born in the rock 10/3/1951. #KebMo #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Happy Birthday to the late, great B.B. King, blues guitarist and vocalist, one of the 3 Kings of Blues Guitar, born in Berclair, Mississippi, 9/16/1925. #BBKing #BluesHonorRoll
September 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Happy Birthday to the late, great B.B. King, blues guitarist and vocalist, one of the 3 Kings of Blues Guitar, born in Berclair, Mississippi, 9/16/1925. #BBKing #BluesHonorRoll
In The Rock 8/13/1938: Robert Johnson plays his final show at Three Forks, a juke joint in Greenwood, Mississippi. It’s rumored his tab with the devil came due that night, whether cashed in via poisoned whiskey, stabbing or Marian’s Syndrome, we’ll never know. #27Club #RobertJohnson #BluesHonorRoll
August 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
In The Rock 8/13/1938: Robert Johnson plays his final show at Three Forks, a juke joint in Greenwood, Mississippi. It’s rumored his tab with the devil came due that night, whether cashed in via poisoned whiskey, stabbing or Marian’s Syndrome, we’ll never know. #27Club #RobertJohnson #BluesHonorRoll
In The Rock, Roots edition 6/11/1928: Jelly-Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers record “Kansas City Stomp” and “Georgia Blues”. #JellyRollMorton #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
June 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In The Rock, Roots edition 6/11/1928: Jelly-Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers record “Kansas City Stomp” and “Georgia Blues”. #JellyRollMorton #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Roots 5/8/1911: The late, great Robert Johnson, blues man, maker of deals with the devil, crossroads goer downer, duster of brooms, charter member of the 27 club.m, gone before his time. #RobertJohnson #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
May 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Born In The Roots 5/8/1911: The late, great Robert Johnson, blues man, maker of deals with the devil, crossroads goer downer, duster of brooms, charter member of the 27 club.m, gone before his time. #RobertJohnson #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
Bummerversary 4/21/1970: Earl Zebedee Hooker joins that blues rave up in the sky. Earl was a Chicago blues player, best known for his slide guitar style. He performed with Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. #EarlHooker #BluesHonorRoll
April 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Bummerversary 4/21/1970: Earl Zebedee Hooker joins that blues rave up in the sky. Earl was a Chicago blues player, best known for his slide guitar style. He performed with Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. #EarlHooker #BluesHonorRoll
Bummerversary 3/28/1974: Delta blues man Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, singer, guitarist, songwriter - he penned 'That's All Right (Mama)' and 'My Baby Left Me' and more - heads to that juke joint in the sky. #ArthurBigBoyCrudup #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
March 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Bummerversary 3/28/1974: Delta blues man Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup, singer, guitarist, songwriter - he penned 'That's All Right (Mama)' and 'My Baby Left Me' and more - heads to that juke joint in the sky. #ArthurBigBoyCrudup #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
#BluesHonorRoll Amazing Performers: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, singing during the first two decades of the twentieth century, Ma was known as the “Mother of the Blues”. She made 100s of recordings in the 1920s, influencing countless women in blues and rock. #MaRainey #RockHonorRoll #GreatWomenOfRock 3/16
March 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#BluesHonorRoll Amazing Performers: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, singing during the first two decades of the twentieth century, Ma was known as the “Mother of the Blues”. She made 100s of recordings in the 1920s, influencing countless women in blues and rock. #MaRainey #RockHonorRoll #GreatWomenOfRock 3/16
Born in the blues 3/6/1893: The late, great Memphis blues man Walter ‘Furry’ Lewis. Pioneer of the bottleneck slide, Furry lost a leg to a train, and once opened for The Stones. #FurryLewis #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
March 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Born in the blues 3/6/1893: The late, great Memphis blues man Walter ‘Furry’ Lewis. Pioneer of the bottleneck slide, Furry lost a leg to a train, and once opened for The Stones. #FurryLewis #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock, Roots Edition 2/14/1920: Mamie Smith, jazz and blues singer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, becomes the first black artist to make a vocal blues recording when she cuts 2 sides for Okeh Records. #mamiesmith #cincinnati #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
February 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In The Rock, Roots Edition 2/14/1920: Mamie Smith, jazz and blues singer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, becomes the first black artist to make a vocal blues recording when she cuts 2 sides for Okeh Records. #mamiesmith #cincinnati #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born in The Rock 2/7/1934: The late, great Earl King, Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his singles ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Big Chief’ and ‘Come On’ covered by Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.#EarlKing #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
February 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Born in The Rock 2/7/1934: The late, great Earl King, Blues guitarist, singer and songwriter, best known for his singles ‘Trick Bag’, ‘Big Chief’ and ‘Come On’ covered by Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan.#EarlKing #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Roots 1/27/1918: The late great Elmore James, legendary purveyor of slide guitar, blues singer, songwriter and bandleader. James may not have invented playing loud, but he damn sure perfected it - King of the slide guitar. #ElmoreJames #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Born In The Roots 1/27/1918: The late great Elmore James, legendary purveyor of slide guitar, blues singer, songwriter and bandleader. James may not have invented playing loud, but he damn sure perfected it - King of the slide guitar. #ElmoreJames #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Born In The Roots 1/20/1889: The late, great Lead Belly, born Huddie William Ledbetter. Seminal Blues musician, writer of dozens of standards including ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, and ‘The Midnight Special’. #LeadBelly #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Born In The Roots 1/20/1889: The late, great Lead Belly, born Huddie William Ledbetter. Seminal Blues musician, writer of dozens of standards including ‘Goodnight Irene’, ‘The Rock Island Line’, and ‘The Midnight Special’. #LeadBelly #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
Bummerversary 1/10/1976: Howlin’ Wolf shuffles off this mortal coil and heads for the big juke joint in the sky. #HowlinWolf #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Bummerversary 1/10/1976: Howlin’ Wolf shuffles off this mortal coil and heads for the big juke joint in the sky. #HowlinWolf #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
In The Rock 11/23/1936: Robert Johnson begins his first recording sessions in San Antonio, Texas, in room 414 at the Gunter Hotel. Johnson records sixteen songs during the 3 day session. #RobertJohnson #TheBlues #CrossRoadBlues #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
November 23, 2024 at 9:16 AM
In The Rock 11/23/1936: Robert Johnson begins his first recording sessions in San Antonio, Texas, in room 414 at the Gunter Hotel. Johnson records sixteen songs during the 3 day session. #RobertJohnson #TheBlues #CrossRoadBlues #RockHonorRoll #BluesHonorRoll
In The Rock 11/22/1981: Muddy Waters Appears at the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood join him onstage during his set - it’s phenomenal to watch. #MuddyWaters #RollingStones #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll
November 22, 2024 at 12:37 AM
In The Rock 11/22/1981: Muddy Waters Appears at the Checkerboard Lounge in Chicago. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards & Ron Wood join him onstage during his set - it’s phenomenal to watch. #MuddyWaters #RollingStones #BluesHonorRoll #RockHonorRoll