Jimmy Rogers was born on June 3, 1924 and he passed away on December 19, 1997. He was a blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, who was best known as a member of Muddy Waters' band. According to Wikipedia; Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi, on June 3, 1924, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and Memphis, Tennessee. He adapted the professional surname 'Rogers' from his stepfather's last name. Rogers learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, [...]
ESPECIAL JIMMY ROGERS James A. Lane más conocido como Jimmy Rogers nación un 3 de junio de 1924 en el pueblo de Ruleville, Mississippi, su madre se llamaba Grazie Jackson y su padre Roscoe Lane. A la muerte de este, el joven Jimmy quedo bajo la tutela de la abuela materna Leanna Jackson. Durante su infancia y adolescencia vivió en sitios como Atlanta, West Memphis, Memphis, St. Louis e incluso Chicago. En Vance, Mississippi con tan sólo nueve años conoce al armonicista Snooky Pryor, este tiene trece años y le enseña lo que sabe sobre la armónica. [...]
A solid record from a blues giant...
Some great covers as well as a pure, original from Charlie Musselwhite in this week's BPR 6 Pack... Robert Lockwood Jr - Joe Satriani - Steve Miller - Charlie Musselwhite - Albert Castiglia
that Thelma made a wreck out of poor me. Here's Jimmy Rogers... How about Lynyrd Skynyrd. Geez I haven't listened to that band in a very long time...
Jimmy Rogers was born on June 3, 1924 and he passed away on December 19, 1997. He was a blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player, who was best known as a member of Muddy Waters' band. According to Wikipedia; Jimmy Rogers was born James A. Lane in Ruleville, Mississippi, on June 3, 1924, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia and Memphis, Tennessee. He adapted the professional surname 'Rogers' from his stepfather's last name. Rogers learned the harmonica alongside his childhood friend Snooky Pryor, and as a teenager took up the guitar and played professionally in East St. Louis, [...]
chicago's got a lot going for it right about now; the summer's officially begun, blues fest is in full swing, the cubs have the best record in baseball, the bulls are looking at the number one pick in a couple weeks, our chances of hosting the 2016 olympics keep looking better, & the next president of the united states calls the city home...plus it's a pretty great place to live...so in honor, i've put together a little chicago mix for all of you...but in trying to focus on songs about the city, as opposed to those that just take place [...]
I'm veering a little off course with this post, as I get ready for two awesome shows coming to Northwestern. We've got Wilco coming Friday (about to release Sky Blue Sky ...more on that soon) and then we've got His Birdness (Andrew Bird) coming on Monday night. But I'm in a Chicago kind of mood tonight, and so I figured I'd give a little taste of some cool Chicago blues from Jimmy Rogers' "Chicago Bound" and the harmonica stylings of Charlie Musselwhite on "Chicago Sunset". I'm [...]
Welcome to week two of the Prohibition-busting Big Rock Candy Mountain Top 100 Drinking Songs list. We'll be counting down from 50 to 1 over the next five days, a veritable bender. If you don't like what you see here, crawl over to Barstool Mountain for a list of all the tunes that got votes but didn't make the Top 100. Maybe you'll find your favorite song over there. You can tell us how we
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