Author: C.C. Rider
C.C. Rider
C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues. She’s walked the crooked highways of this singing country to resurrect the voices of the past. With the dirt of the Delta on her hands, she sleeps in the shadow of the giants on whose shoulders popular music now stands.
February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017
B.B King brought the blues to the people. Dosen’t matter your country, your language, how you look. Everybody loves B.B…
Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971)
“I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear.”
Remembering Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004)
Jamesetta Hawkins was born to a Los Angeles prostitute, brought up by an abusive preacher, tossed around foster homes. And was just a teenager in 1954 when she scored her first chart-topping hit. It all moved pretty fast after that…
Remember this name: Hubert Sumlin. You’ve heard his incredible guitar sound. All that started when Hubert was just eight years old, and he broke the one string on his brother’s homemade guitar…
Sonny Terry never thought about a music career. He did well in school, and liked farming. Wanted to grow up, continue his education and have his own farm. But by 18, two separate accidents left him completely blind. All that was left for him job-wise was music…
Chuck Berry took country, combined it with blues, and made a whole new genre. You might have heard of it. Rock n’ Roll…
She was born Cora Walton, but she loved chocolate so much she changed her name to Koko. Growing up outside of Memphis, she and her husband “Pops” Taylor set off for the North to look for a new life. And boy did Koko and Pops Taylor find it…