Musical Birthday Notes – March 6th
Walter “Furry” Lewis – country-Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – (3/6/1883 or 1889 – 9/14/1981) James Robert โBobโ Wills โ โKing of Western Swingโ โ western swing
Musician Birthdays – Artists – Entertainment – Information
Walter “Furry” Lewis – country-Delta blues guitarist/singer/songwriter – (3/6/1883 or 1889 – 9/14/1981) James Robert โBobโ Wills โ โKing of Western Swingโ โ western swing
J.B. Lenoir โ blues singer/songwriter/guitarist โ active in the 50โs/60โs โ (3/5/1929 – 4/29/1967) Hayden Thompson – singer/songwriter/rockabilly musician – Booneville, MS native – best
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis – blues singer/songwriter/guitarist – (3/2/1925 – 12/28/1995) Lawrence Albert Payton – singer/songwriter/vocal arranger/record producer – The Four Tops – (3/2/1938 –
Glenn Miller – big band musician/arranger/composer/bandleader – best known for – In The Mood – The Glenn Miller Orchestra – (3/1/1904 – missing in action
Etta Baker โ award winning blues guitarist/singer/banjo โ long time player of the Piedmont blues – (3/31/1913 – 9/23/2006) William Orville โLeftyโ Frizzell โ country
John Lee Curtis โSonny Boyโ Williamson โ blues harmonica/singer/songwriter โ best known for โ Good Morning, School Girl โ Sugar Mama โ Early In The
James “Jimmy” Dorsey – jazz clarinet/saxophone/composer/big band leader – (3/29/1904 – 6/12/1957) Donny Conn โ drummer โ The Playmates โ 1950โs hits include โ Jo-Ann
Robert Junior Lockwood โ Delta blues guitarist โ 1989 Blues Hall of Fame – (3/27/1915 – 11/21/2006) Herman “Junior” Parker – Memphis blues singer/musician –