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Aaron Moore

Aaron Moore

Aaron Moore is one of the survivors of the classic boogie-woogie piano style that permeated the 1950s Chicago blues scene. At age 93, he is just beginning to gain the notoriety that eluded him throughout most of his career. Known primarily as a backing...
Blind Mississippi Morris

Blind Mississippi Morris

The hot, dusty Mississippi Delta and Memphis, TN, known alternatively as “the Eden of the Blues” and “the Home of the Blues”, are prolific and legendary producers of unique and diverse Blues’ greats like Robert Johnson, Elmore...
Jody Williams

Jody Williams

“The first great stringbender on the Chicago blues scene, Williams provided the stylistic bridge between B.B. King and T-Bone Walker and young firebrands Otis Rush and Buddy Guy, both of whom wholeheartedly absorbed his innovations” - Bill...
DuWayne Burnside

DuWayne Burnside

Duwayne Burnside plays as intensely as he talks. But, to the average person, his playing is a bit easier to understand than his Mississippi speech–or maybe not. His latest, Under Pressure,sure sounds like a Hendrix tribute. But Burnside says it isn’t....
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