JAMES Son THOMAS of Leland, Mississippi

SON THOMAS was a Folk Artist – NYC Exhibition running August 2015 – and a Blues singer/performer  ~  he was lauded and applauded and since he left his earthly bonds, his son, Pat Thomas, has taken up the Folk Art and Blues guitar playing/singing performances in Mississippi.

the LAST of BENTONIA Bluesmen `

oldest juke in MS

JIMMY DUCK HOLMES

Jimmy Duck Holmes, the youngest of 14, is the last of the Bentonia Bluesman .. taught by Jack Owens .. same style as Skip James from Bentonia ~J

JIMMY DUCK HOLMES

 

JIMMY DUCK HOLMES

 

DELTA BLUES GRAVES

Very well kept up cemetery .. Booker T Washington White is laying in the first of the four w. flat ‘headstone’   ~  

aka BUKKA WHITE

THIS is a BLUES fan BELOW,  searching for the Grave of harmonica musician, ‘Alec Miller’  aka Sonny Boy Williamson II  ~ the two grave headstones on your right is where his sisters lay, both killed in a fire. 

ALBERT KING to your right.  

GRAVES of DELTA MUSICIANS

CO-FOUNDER OF DELTA BLUES

CASH McCALL – R.I.P. – aka Morris Dollison Jr. -Cash remarked recently that “the late great Willie Dixon taught me everything I know about the blues and I played with him for many many years.” Dixon wrote some of the most coveted songs in the history of popular music and enriched many a glittering career. In 1978 Cash performed with the Etta James band as the opening act for the Rolling Stones “Some Girls” album tour of America -Dixon wrote “Little Red Rooster”.

CASH McCALL RIP

ROBERT KIMBROUGH, SR.

 

 

 

ALBUM OF THE YEAR    

 

 

 

Robert Kimbrough Sr. PHOTO © Shein Die ~ All Rights Reserved.

 

 

LEO BUD WELCH has left us –

LEO BUD WELCH

SUPERSTAR LEO BUD WELCH BEGAN HIS INTERNATIONAL BLUES CAREER AT AGE 80! TRAVELED THE WORLD PERFORMING -WINNER OF AWARDS -RECORDED TWO ALBUMS WAS WORKING ON HIS THIRD.   ~ I MET HIM AT THE CLARKSDALE JUKE JOINT FESTIVAL SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND CONTINUED TO ATTEND EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF LEO PERFORMING  ~ He passed Dec. 20 2018 at home. 

LEO BUD WELCH – 85 year old Bluesman ~

LEO BUD WELCH

 

LEO BUD WELCH ~ 83 yr. old Super Star.

 

BILBO WALKER – ‘another’ Chuck Berry R.I.P.

BILBO WALKER died today ~ Nov. 29 2017 age 80 – of cancer.
R.I.P. One of the last true Mississippi Delta bluesmen has died. Walker, who was 80 years old, had been undergoing treatment for cancer in California.

BILBO WALKER

BILBO

BILBO WALKER

BLUES BLUES BLUES

BILBO WALKER plays several instruments, sings and does a mean DUCK WALK 

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on Sept. 27 2017 CeDELL DAVIS left us ~ R.I.P

STILL recording, touring and BLUESin

CeDELL DAVIS ~ Bluesman

CeDELL DAVIS and Binns buddies..

CeDELL DAVIS ~ @ 82!

CeDELL DAVIS and Binns buddies..

STILL recording, touring and BLUESin

CeDELL DAVIS ~ Bluesman

BILBO WALKER – ‘another’ Chuck Berry

BILBO WALKER plays several instruments, sings and does a mean DUCK WALK 

BILBO WALKER

BILBO WALKER