Jimmy Witherspoon, Blues singer ( and a good one ), and the Ike Isaacs Trio, which has done such wonderful work for two afternoons now, helping him with the musical examples.

Blues Singer # 4 shows a female singer on stage with a white flower on her shoulder and a bold red dress, reminisecent of Ella Fitzgerald.

Joplin first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band.

Joplin's early performances from when she was a folk-blues singer have been released on several well received compilations through the years, one such compilation is the nine disc Blow All My Blues Away.

In 1955 she played an alcoholic blues singer in Pete Kelly's Blues, for which she received an Academy Awards nomination.

Blues singer Alger " Texas " Alexander wrote a song called the " Sabine River Blues ".

** Justin Hayward, English rock singer and songwriter ( The Moody Blues )

In her most notable screen role, Fitzgerald played the part of singer Maggie Jackson in Jack Webb's 1955 jazz film Pete Kelly's Blues.

The opening scene of the film also served as a kind of music video for Dylan's song " Subterranean Homesick Blues ", in which the singer displays and discards a series of cue cards bearing selected words and phrases from the lyrics ( including intentional misspellings and puns ).

* Cora Walton, birth name of renowned Blues singer Koko Taylor.

Blues singer John Lee Hooker had a limited education, and such is reflected in his handwriting.

Blues singer Bessie Smith appeared in a two-reel short film called St. Louis Blues ( 1929 ) featuring a dramatized performance of the hit song.

* Etta Baker, ( 1913 – 2006 ), Piedmont Blues guitarist and singer

Some famous residents of Sebastopol include: The horticulturist Luther Burbank who established an Gold Ridge Environmental Farm in the township in the late 19th century ; Johnny Otis, Rhythm and Blues pioneer ; Willard Libby, inventor of carbon dating went to Analy High School ; the cartoonist Charles Schulz ; rapper Smoov-E ; actress Karen Valentine of the television show Room 222 ; actress Schuyler Grant of the 1985 adaptation of Anne of Green Gables ; and the musicians Les Claypool of Primus, singer / songwriters Nick Gravenites, and both Jerry Garcia and Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead ; novelist Francine Rivers ; actor Peter Krause.

Blues singer Gladys Bentley performed in male attire in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco from the 1920s through 1940s.

* Rosa Henderson, American Jazz and Blues singer

* Henry Townsend-Blues singer most associated with St. Louis, Missouri on the St. Louis Walk of Fame and a Mississippi Blues Trail marker.

* Denise LaSalle, Blues singer

B. Lenoir, Blues singer

* Jimmy Rogers, Blues singer and musician

* Etta Baker, guitarist and singer of the Piedmont Blues.

* Lew Jetton-known as a Blues guitarist / singer, while also spending many years as a meteorologist and local television personality, was raised near Trenton.

* Blues Boy Willie, Blues singer

Jazz pianist and composer, Frank Signorelli, who collaborated on the jazz standards " A Blues Serenade ", recorded by Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington, " Gypsy ", and " Stairway to the Stars ", joined ODJB for a brief time in 1921.

* Sonny Boy Williamson II aka Rice Miller, Blues Harmonica player

Glenn Miller and Teagarden collaborated to provide lyrics and a verse to Spencer Williams ' Basin Street Blues, which in that amended form became one of the numbers that Teagarden played until the end of his days.

In John Fahey's " Screaming and Hollerin ' the Blues " there is an interview conducted with Booker Miller, who was a contemporary of Charlie Patton, he makes mention of someone who is most likely Tommy McClennan, though he does not know his name:

In 1965, Miller and keyboardist Barry Goldberg formed the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band and began playing on the Chicago club scene.

In 1967, he formed the Steve Miller Band ( at first called The Steve Miller Blues Band ), with Miller also handling vocals.

So to beef up the Blues, Mulligan signed five new players: back Obie Bristow and guard Steve Owen from the Kansas City Cowboys which ended its season in Hartford ; fullback Roy Mackert from the Rochester Jeffersons ; end Herb Kopf, and, most newsworthy, halfback Don Miller, became the third Horsemen to sign a contract with Mulligan.

In the 1980s he was also a member of an all-star band called Olympic Rock & Blues Circus fronted by Pete York and featuring a rotating line-up of the likes of Miller Anderson, Tony Ashton, Brian Auger, Zoot Money, Colin Hodgkinson, Chris Farlowe and many others.

Miller is little-remembered today, however in the 1920s he recorded the song, " Lovesick Blues " which was later a major hit for country singer Hank Williams.

*" Doin ' the Jive " b / w " Dipper Mouth Blues " by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra, Vocalion 5131, 1937

In 1965, Steve Miller and keyboardist Barry Goldberg founded the Goldberg-Miller Blues Band along with bassist Shawn Yoder, rhythm guitarist Craymore Stevens, and drummer Lance Haas after moving to Chicago to play the blues.

He then formed the Steve Miller Blues Band which, when they contracted with Capitol Records in 1967, they shortened to the Steve Miller Band.

Churches include St Mary's Catholic Church on Miller Street, St Francis Xavier's War Memorial Church in Mackenzie Street, St Thomas Anglican Church on West and Church Streets, Christ Church on Walker and Lavender Streets, St Peter's Presbyterian Church and Manse on Blues Point Road and Chinese Christian Church on Alfred Street.

Pena is probably best known for writing the song " Jet Airliner ," a major 1977 hit for the Steve Miller Band and a staple of classic rock radio ; and for appearing in the 1999 documentary film Genghis Blues, wherein he displayed his abilities in the field of Tuvan throat singing.

With her band ( featuring guitarist and producer Shane O ' Mara ), Miller has been a sporadic live performer in and around Melbourne, with forays up the east coast of Australia, including the Byron Bay Blues Festival.

In 1990 he starred as Earl Bassett in the cult classic monster movie Tremors ( with Kevin Bacon ), as the American erotic writer Henry Miller in Henry & June ( with Uma Thurman ) and as cop Hoke Moseley, whose gun, badge and dentures are stolen, in Ward's own-produced motion picture Miami Blues ( with Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh ).

Helms presented top blues performers including Country Joe and The Fish ; Howlin ' Wolf ; Bo Diddley ; Muddy Waters ; Little Walter ; Buddy Guy ; Junior Wells ; the Paul Butterfield Blues Band ; Buddy Miles ; James Cotton Blues Band ; John Mayall ; Big Mama Thornton ; Albert Collins ; Steve Miller ( musician ); Mike Bloomfield ; Elvin Bishop ; Blues Project, with Al Kooper ; John Hammond ; Charlie Musselwhite ; Siegal Schwall ; rock bands like the Doors ; Buffalo Springfield ; the Byrds ; Bill Haley & His Comets ; The Kinks ; The Edwin Hawkins Singers ; the Animals ' Eric Burdon & War ; Mothers of Invention ); Lovin ' Spoonful ; The Carlos Santana Blues Band ; Sir Douglas Quintet ; the Soul Survivors ; the Fugs ; Blood, Sweat & Tears ; The Association ; Shorty Featuring Georgie Fame ; Iron Butterfly ; the Youngbloods, with Jesse Colin Young ; Vanilla Fudge ; Steppenwolf ( band ); Poco ; Love, with Arthur Lee ( musician ); sarode-player and Indian music teacher, Ali Akbar Khan ; Sandy Bull ; Blue Cheer ; the Leaves ; New Riders of the Purple Sage ; Barry McGuire ; Flamin ' Groovies ; the Loading Zone ; It's a Beautiful Day ; Joy of Cooking ; the Grass Roots ; the Sons of Adam ; Sons of Champlin ; Captain Beefheart ; the Electric Flag ; Son House ; Velvet Underground ; Pacific Gas and Electric ; Moby Grape ; the Sopwith Camel ; 13th Floor Elevators ; The Charlatans ( U. S. band ); Allmen Joy ( see http :// wingswest. net ); Mother Earth ; Southern Comfort ; The Ace of Cups ; Tyrannosaurus Rex ; Cleanliness and Godliness Skiffle Band ; Flying Burrito Brothers ; Congress of Love ; Notes From the Underground ; Chrome Circus ; Initial Shock ; Oxford Circle ; Daily Flash ; Electric Train ; Sparrow ; the Orchestra ; Hourglass ; Kaleidoscope ; Mt.

In 1927, when Williams moved to OKeh Records, he took Jefferson with him, and OKeh quickly recorded and released Jefferson's " Matchbox Blues " backed with " Black Snake Moan ," which was to be his only OKeh recording, probably because of contractual obligations with Paramount.

Another of his tunes, " Matchbox Blues ", was recorded more than 30 years later by The Beatles, albeit in a rockabilly version credited to Carl Perkins, who himself did not credit Jefferson on his 1955 recording.

Little Milton recorded " Grits Ain't Groceries " on his Rockin ' the Blues album.

A number of Blues musicians have also used proverbs extensively., The frequent use of proverbs in Country music has led to published studies of proverbs in this genre., The Reggae artist Jahdan Blakkamoore has recorded a piece titled Proverbs Remix.

The first musician to be recorded using the style was Sylvester Weaver who recorded two solo pieces " Guitar Blues " and " Guitar Rag " in 1923.

The final song the group recorded together was their 1999 cover of Bob Dylan's " One Too Many Mornings ", which they contributed to the Dylan tribute album Tangled Up in Blues.

In subsequent years, " Davenport Blues " has been recorded by musicians from Bunny Berigan to Ry Cooder to Geoff Muldaur.

For instance, on February 4, 1927, Frank Trumbauer and His Orchestra recorded " Trumbology ", " Clarinet Marmalade ", and " Singin ' the Blues ", all three of which featured some of Beiderbecke's best work.

Beiderbecke's most famous solo was on " Singin ' the Blues ", recorded February 4, 1927.

Some critics have highlighted " Jazz Me Blues ," recorded with the Wolverines on February 18, 1924, as being particularly important to understanding Beiderbecke's style.

* " Fidgety Feet " / " Jazz Me Blues ," recorded on February 18, 1924, in Richmond, Indiana, and released as Gennett 5408

* " Toddlin ' Blues " / " Davenport Blues ", recorded on January 26, 1925, in Richmond, Indiana, and released as Gennett 5654

* " Clarinet Marmalade " / " Singin ' the Blues ", recorded on February 4, 1927, in New York and released as Okeh 40772

* " At the Jazz Band Ball " / " Jazz Me Blues ", recorded on October 5, 1927, in New York and released as Okeh 40923

* " Royal Garden Blues " / " Goose Pimples ", recorded on October 5, 1927, in New York and released as Okeh 8544

The performance at the House of Blues in Las Vegas on the 1999 – 2000 tour was filmed and recorded for the DVD and live album release, House of Yes: Live from House of Blues.

Many great blues artists recorded there, such as W. C. Handy, Father of the Blues.

Williams ' song was very similar to Charley Patton's " Going to Move to Alabama ", recorded in 1929 – which itself was at least partly derived from Jim Jackson's " Kansas City Blues " from 1927.

The band then recorded two sides for the Victor Talking Machine Company, " Livery Stable Blues " and " Dixie Jass Band One Step ", on February 26, 1917, for the Victor label.

W. C. Handy recorded one of the earliest cover versions of a ODJB song when he released a recording of " Livery Stable Blues " by Handy's Orchestra of Memphis on Columbia Records in 1917, as Columbia A2419 and Columbia 2912, recorded on September 25, 1917.

#" Oriental Jazz " ( or " Jass "), 1919, recorded November 24, 1917 and issued as Aeolian Vocalion 12097 in April 1919 with " Indigo Blues " by Ford Dabney's Band