Monthly Archives: July 2012
This Historic Day In Music: A Jazz Guitarist Was Born
A Jazz guitarist was born on this day, July 31, in 1931. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, this Jazz guitarist started to play at the age of 12. He was inspired to play guitar, instead of tenor sax (his … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Charlie Christian
Jazz musician & electric guitarist Charlie Christian was born on this day, July 29, in 1916 in Bonham, Texas. Charlie became a member of the Benny Goodman Quintet on August 16, 1939. Through his resultant 23-month career that included recordings, … Continue reading
a sixstr stories “interview”
Today, we’re talking with Alan Lomax. Mr. Lomax is the founder of The Association for Cultural Equity and former Assistant in Charge of the Archive of Folk Song of the Library of Congress. He is a highly respected folklorist, ethnomusicologist … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Woody Guthrie – Take 2
When he was born, he was the third child of Nora Belle Sherman Guthrie. Nora, 24, soon started singing to her newborn son and as she had with her other children – 8-year-old Clara and 6-year-old Lee Roy – filled his childhood … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Paul Met John
Of all the historic days in music that I have celebrated in this blog, few, in my mind, are of a level of significance equal to that of this day. 55 years ago, on Saturday, July 6, 1957, 16-year-old John Lennon and … Continue reading
This Historic Day In Music: Mississippi John Hurt
This is my third post celebrating the anniversary of the birthday of Mississippi John Hurt. Last year, in my post of July 3, 2011, I included a link to a video of John playing and singing “You Got To Walk … Continue reading
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