Viewing by month: July 2002
Myra Taylor Wins Two Living Blues Awards
Myra Taylor continues to top even the most optimistic expectations. At 85 and with her career recently revived from a nearly-50-year hiatus, it's astounding how much of a wave Myra has made on this year's blues and jazz scenes. The most recent accolades, and perhaps the most substantial in her seasoned life, come with the August issue of the bimonthly magazine Living Blues
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Bluesman Jimmie Lee Robinson Dead at 71
Blues legend Jimmie Lee Robinson, known to fans as The Lonely Traveller,
died July 6 in Chicago following his battle with cancer. He was 71.
Robinson, a Chicago native and lifelong resident whose legal and Muslim
name was JL Latif Aliomar, began playing guitar in Chicago's famed
open-air market on Maxwell Street in 1942 along with the likes 
of Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Nighthawk.
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