Doggone Blues

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Muddy Waters Blues Band, Chicago, 1953. From left: Muddy Waters (guitar), Henry Armstrong, Otis Spann (piano), Henry Strong (harmonica), Elga ‘‘Elgin’’ Edmonds (drums), Jimmy Rogers (guitar). (Image courtesy of Frank Driggs Collection)
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The Old Highway 61 Mississippi
(left) Pat Hare - guitar, Otis Spann- piano, Muddy Waters- vocal, unidentified bassist. @ Silvio’s Chicago blues club owned by Silvio Corrazo. December 1957- January 1958 © Yannick Bruynoghe
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Ground Zero Blues Club, Tunica Mississippi
Henry Gray, born Jan19, 1925 is an blues piano player and singer. He has been playing for more than seven decades, and has played with a multitude of artists including Robert Lockwood, Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, Morris Pejoe, the Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf among many others. He has more than 58 albums to his credit, including recordings for the Chess Records label. He is credited as helping to create the distinctive sound of the Chicago blues piano....
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Gateway to the Blues, Tunica Blues Center. One of the panels of the Blues Trail Mississippi (photo Sheila Scarborough)
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Ground Zero Blues Club Stage, Tunica Mississippi
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Front Porch Blues (photo Tim Duffy)
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John Lee Cole and his dog Bobo, outside Clarksdale (photo Tim Duffy)
Albums Blues, Rhythm n Love and Doggone It! available on your favourite internet stations. Jon Meyerjon and band (Greyhound Blues Band) and guests.