Muddy Waters

April 30 in music history

Happy birthday Willie Nelson (read more) We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we…

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Today: The late Otis Spann was born in 1930

.... so many aficionados considered him then and now Chicago's leading post-war blues pianist. Spann played on most of [Muddy]…

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Today:Art Blakey was born in 1919 94 years ago

Music washes away the dust of every day life. ~Art Blakey You can't seperate modern jazz from rock or from…

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Newport Jazz Festival 1960 (Videos)

The Newport Jazz Festival is a music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. It was established in 1954 by socialite Elaine Lorillard,…

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Muddy Waters recorded – At Newport 1960 – 53 years ago

For many back in the early '60s, this was their first exposure to live recorded blues, and it's still pretty…

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