This week’s Classic Americana pick spotlights a massively influential blues guitarist: T-Bone Walker.

the guitar has got to support the vocals, which, as in any folk song, is the focal point. Fortunately, in all kinds of folk music, you get quite a few once-in-a -eneration players and singers, of ...

Both his brother and an uncle played guitar, He first started playing in 1932 and early influences included Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Scrapper Blackwell and Charlie Patton, before he ...

The “Big” comprises just three people: the Reverend on vocals and finger-picked guitar, his wife ... s tunes are mixed with a few blues classics from Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind ...

Blind Lemon Jefferson, Booker T and the MGs ... James & Ben Hernandez is a roots blues duo featuring James on vocals, guitar, tincane, etc., and Hernandez on vocals, harp, jug, washboard, and ...

After local bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson helped create the style in the early 20th century, Dallas icon T-Bone Walker introduced the electric guitar and rock ‘n’ roll showmanship to the ...

Local bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson helped build the style in the early 20th century, and Dallas legend T-Bone Walker introduced the electric guitar and rock ’n’ roll showmanship to the Blues ...

“Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Blake ... His father made a hobby out of jazz guitar and, the young Mayall, at age 12, had likewise begun to play the instrument, along with the piano.

Condolence cards were tucked into each one, marking the death of Eddie Sheppard, who owned the Bar & Grill, as well as its sister bar, The Blind Lemon right next door. Sheppard died on June 3 ...

CINCINNATI — The longtime owner of Cincinnati staple The Blind Lemon has died. Ed Sheppard died on June 3. He leaves behind his wife, Pat, of 40 years. Sheppard opened the Mount Adams bar in 1963.