@Connect Savannah : A jovial fellow with a sunny disposition that belies a life peppered with hardship, Bell made a name for himself in the ‘60s as a band leader (and later as a solo artist), but fell into obscurity in the ‘80s.

@Kennedy Center : Aretha Franklin is its defining artist, giving voice to a black sense of identity at the time of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American civil rights movement.

@Gracyk.com : : Ry Cooder said “In the years where he was on top, he was fabulous. Blind Blake just had a good touch. He played quietly, and he didn’t hit the guitar too hard”.

@Answers.com : Willie Nix came out of the rural South with a great beat and a way with lyrics that made him something of a topical urban poet.

@Popa Chubby : His early memories of hearing the jukebox in his parents’ candy store playing the hits of early Sixties soul and R&B and the neighborhood teens flocking around it made a lasting impression on him.

@Amazon : Johnny Woods was a scrapper who somehow cobbled out a living between gambling and drinking and playing harp.

@Delta Groove Productions : : Johnny Dyer is one of those guys who is so steady, and has been doing what he does for so well for so long, that he’s sometimes overlooked.

@Telarc : John Primer recalls hearing the music of Muddy Waters as a youngster where he played a one-string instrument before moving to Chicago in 1963 and acquiring a guitar.

@Floyd Dixon : Playing piano and singing in the “jump” style of early rhythm-and-blues, Floyd made early road forays with B.B. King and Ray Charles, whom he encouraged away from crooning and towards church-based styles.

@Bluesnet : Blind Willie Johnson had two distinct vocal styles and two distinct playing styles. His gruff false bass voice is heard more frequently than his incredible natural tenor, yet both convey the amazing emotional intensity of his singing.to be continued… probably