Category: Notices
David "Honeyboy" Edwards 1915-2011
Sadly, we report that our friend David "Honeyboy" Edwards died Monday morning. He was 96.
Honeyboy was a true blues legend and was the last performing
bluesman
of a generation that was among the first to record blues music.
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King Alex 1934 - 2008
King Alex was a bluesman for nearly 60 years. Primarily as a bass player, he was a sideman to Albert Collins, Claude "Fiddler" Williams and Little Hatch. He was also a member of The Kansas City Turnpikes, one of the few Kansas City blues acts of the '50s, '60s and '70s to actually record. He started leading his own band, The Untouchables, in the early 1970s. In the decade or so prior to his 2008 death, King Alex featured his B.B. King-like voice more than his bass. He released four CDs, his last, Sweet Banana Pie, recorded at Blue Heaven Studios.
Weepin' Willie Robinson 1926 - 2007
The both triumphant and turbulent blues life of Boston singer Weepin' Willie Robinson ended tragically Sunday, December 30 after a cigarette Robinson had been smoking in bed caused a fire that engulfed him in flames. Robinson was 81.
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Henry Townsend 1909-2006
Henry Townsend, the legendary bluesman from St. Louis, died Sunday, September 24 near Grafton, Wisconsin, where he helped to shape history on the famed Paramount Records label 75 years prior. He was 96.
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Roger Greene 1952-2006
Roger Greene listened mostly at 33 1/3 RPM, but he lived at 78. The 35-year veteran of the Hi-Fi business died Wednesday, March 1 at his home in Duluth, Minnesota. He had battled Leukemia since September 2004. Roger would have been 54 March 13.
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