Blues music

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Guitarist Christone “Kingfish” Ingram took home five Blues Music Awards in an online ceremony that featured appearances by Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray and other musicians. The awards show Sunday was moved online due to the coronanavirus outbreak. The program included performances recorded by nominees at home and flashbacks from past shows, […]

Among the great lineage of Blues guitarists, few wield the level of influence of Buddy Guy. The Louisiana native was born July 30, 1936. George Guy was born to sharecropper parents in the town of Lettsworth, first learning to play the guitar via a homemade two-string diddley bow before getting a Harmony acoustic guitar. Guy […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Medical examiners found no evidence to prove the allegation that blues legend B.B. King was poisoned before he died of natural causes in May, according to autopsy findings made public Monday. Tests conducted after two of the musical icon’s 11 adult children said their father had been murdered showed the cause […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four of B.B. King’s 11 surviving adult children are raising the possibility that a second will exists, and they’re again accusing the blues legend’s longtime business manager of stealing his wealth and endangering his health in his dying days. Probate court documents filed Tuesday in Las Vegas by a lawyer for […]

  Blues legend Ma Rainey was bestowed with the title of “Mother Of The Blues,” as she was largely responsible for bringing the genre to prominence during the early 20th century. The Columbus, Ga. native was an influence on future Blues singers and other great creative minds such as Alice Walker and Langston Hughes. Born […]

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Blues musician Melvin Jackson, who performed for years with legends B.B. King and Bobby “Blue” Bland, has died. He was 79. Jackson died Tuesday evening at a hospice facility in Las Vegas after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, said his niece, Valerie Jordan. The trumpeter and saxophone player started performing as a […]