Musical Birthday Notes – August 11th
Sam Collins – blues singer/guitarist – best known for – The Jailhouse Blues – (8/11/1887 – 10/20/1949) Mike Hugg – British songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/singer – Manfred Mann
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Sam Collins – blues singer/guitarist – best known for – The Jailhouse Blues – (8/11/1887 – 10/20/1949) Mike Hugg – British songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/singer – Manfred Mann
Irving Burgie (aka – Lord Burgess) – calypso songwriter/singer – best known for writing songs for Harry Belafonte – (7/28/1924 – 11/29/2019) David “Junior” Kimbrough
Woody Guthrie – folk-protest singer/songwriter/guitar/harmonica/mandolin/fiddle – nicknamed “Dust Bowl Troubadour” – songs include – This Land Is Your Land – (7/14/1912 – 10/3/1967) Lowman “Pete”
Big Joe Turner – blues shouter – “Boss of the Blues” – best known for – Shake, Rattle & Roll – Corrine Corrina – Honey
On This Day… 2014 – Bob Casale dies of heart failure in Los Angeles. The multi-instrumentalist – producer – audio engineer is best known with