Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Bukka White – Delta blues gutarist/slide guitar/singer/songwriter – albums include – Mississippi Blues – Memphis Hot Shots – Big Daddy – (11/12/1909 – 2/26/1977) William
Gene Autry – country-western singer/musician/actor – known as – “The Singing Cowboy” – best known for – Back In The Saddle Again – several traditional
Bill Monroe – multi-award winner country singer/songwriter/mandolin – often referred to as “The Father Of Bluegrass” – best known for – Blue Moon of Kentucky
Danny Barcelona – Filipino-American jazz drummer – best known with Louis Armstrong’s All-Stars – (7/23/1929 – 4/1/2007) Ronny Cox – singer/songwriter/musician/storyteller/actor – 1938 Gary Stites
Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist/bass/banjo/drums – songs include – Bumble Bee – Nothing In Rambling – Me and My Chauffeur Blues – (6/3/1897
John “Ace” Cannon – saxophonist – best known for songs – Tuff – Blues (Stay Away From Me) – (5/5/1934 – 12/6/2018) Johnnie Taylor –
Frederick “Fred” Neil – singer/songwriter – best known for writing songs for others – including – Everybody’s Talking – a hit for Harry Nilsson –
Walter “Furry” Lewis – country-Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – (3/6/1883 or 1889 – 9/14/1981) James Robert “Bob” Wills – “King of Western Swing” – western swing