Yazoo Collector's Get-Together. NJ, summer '97 (l to r) back: Chris Moreton, Pat Conte, Steve Calt (†), Bernie Klatzko (†), Don Kent (†), Sherwin Dunner, Howard Berg (†); front: Richard Nevins, Russ Shor, Ken Romanowski, Rob Fleder; source: Sing Out! Vol. 43 No. 3 (Winter 1999), p. 64; photographer: John Cohen

Persons behind the 'American Music' scene record label founders/owners, producers, promoters, researchers, discographers, collectors, photographers, movie makers, etc. All information on this page is gathered from publicly accessible sources as indicated in the individual case. Nevertheless I will respect if anyone - especially a person still under the living - wants "her"/"his" data to be erased (as a whole or partially) - just drop me a line specifying your wishes !!!

Memphis, 1980
(l to r): Gayle Dean Wardlow, Bruce Bastin, Cheryl Evans (now Cheryl Thurber), David Evans,
Bob Vinisky, Jim O'Neal, Kip Lornell, Doug Seroff, Paul Oliver
photographer: Amy van Singel (†)(Courtesy of Jim O'Neal)

 

At the 2002 Chicago Blues Festival
(Front row, left to right): Bob Koester, Dick Shurman, Jim O'Neal, Larry Hoffman, Scott Barretta
(Back rows, from left): Steve Tomashefsky, Justin O'Brien, Dawayne Gilley, Amy van Singel (†), Robert Pruter, Chris Strachwitz
photographer: Robert Barclay (Courtesy of Jim O'Neal)

 

At the ARSC (Association for Recorded Sound Collections) conference in Chapel Hill, NC, May 17, 2014
(l to r): Richard Weize (Bear Family), David Giovannoni (First Sounds), Rich Nevins (Shanachie/Yazoo), Lance Ledbetter
(Dust-to-Digital), David Freeman (County), Cary Ginell (Origin Jazz Library), Chris Strachwitz (Arhoolie), Richard Martin (Archeophone)
source: Cary Ginell @ facebook; photographer: Mike Devecka

 

sorted alphabetically by family name
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Bernard Isaac Abrams b. July 3, 1919 on Maxwell Street, Chicago, Illinois d. December 14, 1997 (78) in Scottsdale, Arizona (on vacation) buried in Waldheim Cemetery, west of Chicago

founder and owner of Maxwell Radio Record Company / Ora Nelle label Bernard Abrams' Maxwell Radio, TV, and Record Mart at 831/833 Maxwell St., Chicago, Illinois in 1976, Bernard Abrams' store moved down the street to 805 W. Maxwell

Radio shop and record store at 830/832 Maxwell St., October 1, 1950 source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/...; photographer: Charles W. Cushman Bernard Abrams' Maxwell Radio, TV, and Record Mart at 831/833 - directly across the street - might have looked similar

Herb Abramson b. November 16, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York City d. November 9, 1999 in Henderson, Nevada

record company executive and producer; co-founder of Atlantic Records Herb Abramson @ Wikipedia

Herb Abramson, Jerry Wexler & Ahmet Ertegun source: www.disco-disco.com

Joris Adins a/k/a Georges Adins b. October 16, 1932 in Kortrijk, Belgium d. May 5, 1999 in Kortrijk, Belgium

made trips to the USA in November 1959 (Houston - Lightnin' Hopkins; St. Louis - Sonny Boy Williamson; Chicago - Muddy Waters), November 1962 (Tennessee - Howlin' Wolf), 1966 (California - Lightnin' Hopkins, T-Bone Walker, L.C. Robinson), 1968 and 1969 (see also Guido van Rijn in Encyclopedia of the Blues, A-J, p. 9)

Andre van Meenen (a childhood friend of Georges Adins), Big Bill Broonzy & Georges Adins, mid 1950s source: Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 53; photographer: "Georges Adins"   Howling Wolf, Georges Adins & Sonny Boy Williamson source: http://blog.seniorennet.be/cowboy/ Georges Adins 1983 source: Rien Wisse: Georges Adins (1932-1999) "Blues-toerist van de eerste generatie".- Block #110 (zomer 1999), p. 35 photographer: Robert Sacre   Georges Adins source: http://blog.seniorennet.be/cowboy/

Christiern Gunnar Chris Albertson b. October 18, 1931 in Reykjavík, Iceland found dead April 24, 2019 at his home in Manhattan, New York City

New York City-based jazz journalist, writer and record producer Chris Albertson's blog @ stomp-off.blogspot.de Chris Albertson @ Wikipedia obituary @ The New York Times

Lonnie Johnson, Chris Albertson, John Hammond & Elmer Snowden in Albertson's Chester Ave. apartment, Philadelphia, 1959 source: stomp-off.blogspot.de Chris Albertson 2006 source: en.wikipedia.org; photographer: Bernard Weston

'You-Know-Who'

a very busy person who doesn't even want her name to be written here

John G. Allinson

founder and owner of Neshoba Records Neshoba Records @ www.wirz.de

Roy C. Ames b. April 8, 1937 in Beaumont, Texas d. August 14, 2003 in West University Place, Texas

"record producer", founder of Home Cooking Records, co-owner [?] of Collectable Records, who ripped off musicians for decades exhaustive info about Roy C. Ames @ www.vinylrecords.ch Houston Press articles @ www.houstonpress.com

Roy C. Ames mug shot source: Blues Access #20 (winter 1995), p. 10 Roy C. Ames 1990s source: Blues Access #30 (summer 1997), p. 54

Jean-Pierre Arniac b. 1946 d. January 28, 2017

"Grand expert en blues, Jean-Pierre était bien connu de nos lecteurs pour son talent de photographe (qui illustre notamment l'Encyclopédie du Blues de Gérard Herzhaft) et pour ses conseils de disquaire passionné chez Boogie à Levallois-Perret." obituary @ soulbag.fr par Jacques Périn

Jean-Pierre Arniac source: www.soulbag.fr/news/index/type/news/id/3610

Charles & Evelyn Aron Charles Aron   b. 1907 in Romania; d. 1974 in Miami, Florida Evelyn Aron (formerly Evelyn Marks)   b. 1919 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 1997 in Boulder, Colorado

original founders of Aristocrat Records Aristocrat Records @ Wikipedia The Aristocrat label @ hubcap.clemson.edu

Charles & Evelyn Aron source: www.history-of-rock.com

Rolf von Arx   →→→   Rolf von Arx

Moses 'Moe' Asch b. December 2, 1905 in Warsaw, Poland d. October 19, 1986 in New York City

founder and owner of Asch Records & Folkways Records Moses Asch @ Wikipedia

Moses Asch source: front cover of Sing Out! Volume 26, Number 1 (May/June 1977) www.petrillabooks.com; photographer: David Gahr

Cary Baker b. November 14, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois

music journalist and publicist, who since 2004 operates the music PR firm Conqueroo in the early 1970s editor of Chicagoan "Blue Flame" magazine Cary Baker @ Wikipedia Conqueroo Conjuroo Records interview with Cary Baker by Larry LeBlancs, 2011 @ www.celebrityaccess.com Arvella Gray discography @ www.wirz.de

Cary Baker Cary Baker 2011 source: www.celebrityaccess.com

Alan Balfour b. December 15, 1946 in Soho, London, UK

liner notes writer; "consultant" of 'Talking Blues' magazine; co-editor of 'Blues Link' magazine 'Soul Bag', 'Blues & Rhythm' magazines contributor

Yeats' assistant "Shirley", David Yeats (DJM Records) & Alan Balfour December 19, 1976 at Charlie Gillett's 1st Honky Tonk Christmas Party held at the London School of Economics "Three Tuns Bar" (courtesy Alan Balfour; photographer: Paul Harris)   Alan Balfour 1979 source: Soul Bag #100 (septembre/octobre 1984), p. 5   Neil Slaven, John Broven, Simon Napier & Alan Balfour at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott   Larry Johnson, Bill Rowe & Alan Balfour, October 1, 1989 at The Onslow, Southampton source: http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=1753.30 Alan Balfour (left) at "Euroweenie" 2010 Alan Balfour giving a lecture at "Euroweenie" 2010

Ivin Ballen

co-founder (1946) and - since 1948 - sole owner of Gotham Records Gotham Records @ Wikipedia

Ivin Ballen at his pressing plant source: Bruce Bastin: The Gotham Gallery.- Juke Blues #11 Winter 1987/88), p. 14-17 Ivin Ballen's labels source: Bruce Bastin: The Gotham Gallery.- Juke Blues #11 (Winter 1987/88), p. 14-17

Scott Barretta b. in Virginia

writer and researcher for the Mississippi Blues Trail, former editor of Living Blues magazine, and host of the radio show Highway 61 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and Radio Free Amsterdam

Paul Garon, Jim O'Neal, Amy van Singel, Mark Camarrig, Scott Barretta at Living Blues Magazine Panel during Blues Symposium at Dominican University, 2010 source: Alex Thomas' facebook photo (brightness enhanced by Stefan Wirz)

William Henry 'Bill' Barth b. December 13, 1942 in New York City d. July 14, 2000 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Bill Barth @ Wikipedia

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Ralph Bass b. Ralph Basso, May 1, 1911 in The Bronx, New York City d. March 5, 1997 (85) on a plane between Chicago, Illinois and Nassau, Bahamas

record producer, talent scout for Black & White Records, Savoy Records, King Records, Federal Records and Chess Records Ralph Bass @ Wikipedia Black & White Records @ Wikipedia Savoy Records @ Wikipedia King Records @ Wikipedia Federal Records @ Wikipedia Chess Records @ Wikipedia

Phil Chess, Etta James & Ralph Bass, 1960 source: www.nytimes.com ("Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images") Ralph Bass, James Cleveland & Freddy Mendelsohn, 1970s source: Blues Unlimited #119 (May/June 1976), p. 21; photographer: Norbert Hess

Bruce Bastin b. September 19, 1939, in Chelmsford, England

Interstate Music Ltd. @ www.interstate-music.co.uk Portugal kauft 8.000 Fado-Aufnahmen @ www.portugalmania.de Flyright Records discography @ www.wirz.de Krazy Kat Records discography @ www.wirz.de Magpie Records discography @ www.wirz.de Travelin' Man Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Bruce Bastin 1980(?) source: Evening Argus (newspaper for Brighton and surrounding area) of October 23, 1980, as reproduced in Sailor's Delight No.10 (1981), p. 57   Bruce Bastin 2007(?) source: www.library.ucsb.edu   Bruce Bastin / Interstate Music Collection arriving at the University of California Santa Barbara Library source: www.library.ucsb.edu

Joe Von Battle   →→→   Joe Von Battle

Daniel 'Dan' Beaumont

Associate Professor in History and Religion & Classics at the University of Rochester author of "Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House" www.preachingtheblues.com

Daniel Beaumont, Clarksdale, Mississippi, May 2007 source: www.preachingtheblues.com photographer: Julia Rabkin

Chris Bentley b. May 30, 1947 in London, UK

contributor of 'Blues Unlimited', 'Roll Street Journal', 'Blues & Rhythm' & 'Juke Blues' magazines writer of liner notes

Joachim-Ernst 'J.E.' Berendt b. July 20, 1922 in Berlin, Germany d. February 4, 2000 in Hamburg, Germany

www.j-e-berendt.de Joachim-Ernst Berendt @ Wikipedia

Joachim-Ernst Berendt & Sun Ra source: www.jazzpages.com, photographer: Hans Kumpf Joachim-Ernst Berendt source: dothephantomlimbo.blogspot.de

Bess and Isaac 'Ike' Berman

co-founders (1944) and -owners of Apollo Records Apollo Records @ Wikipedia Apollo Records Story @ www.bsnpubs.com

Bess Berman source: www.uncamarvy.com

Jonas Bernholm b. November 25, 1946 in Stockholm, Sweden

Jonas Bernholm Rhythm and Blues Collection, 1976-1991 @ Smithsonian

Mr. R&B Jonas Bernholm, Stockholm, July 5, 1986 source: Blues Forum #20 (May 1987), p. 34; photographer: Norbert Hess Charles Brown, Jonas Bernholm & Ruth Brown source: www.smokestackblues.com photographer: Hans Ekestang   Jonas Bernholm with Mike Sanchez and Friends, Stockholm source: www.myspace.com/mikesanchezandhisband photographer's name not given

Bihari brothers

Bihari brothers @ Wikipedia

Lester Louis Bihari b. May 12, 1912 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania d. September 9, 1983 in Los Angeles, California   Lester Bihari & possibly his secretary Leona Wynn, 1950s www.706unionavenue.nl

Julius Jeramiah 'Jules' Bihari b. September 9, 1913 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania d. November 17, 1984 in Los Angeles, California (pseudonym "Jules Taub") Jules Bihari, January 11, 1981 source: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/bluesphoto_one/56/; photographer: Jim O'Neal

Saul Samuel Bihari b. March 9, 1918 in St. Louis, Missouri d. February 22, 1975 in Los Angeles, California (pseudonym "Sam Ling") Saul Bihari source: www.vocalgroupharmony.com   Saul Bihari source: Blues Unlimited # 142 (Summer 1982), p. 20

Joseph 'Joe' Bihari b. May 30, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee (pseudonym "Joe Josea") Joe Bihari, B.B. King, Hunter Hancock, unidentified man, 1964 www.gettyimages.ie

Les Blank b. November 27, 1935 in Tampa, Florida d. April 7, 2013 in Berkeley, California

Les Blank @ Wikipedia

Les Blank during the production of "Blues According to Lightnin' Hopkins", 1967 source: http://photos2.hi5.com/0055/362/037/ikXhQ4362037-01.jpg photographer: Skip Gerson Les Blank at 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 4.-12. 7. 2008 source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Les_Blank.jpg

Allan Block

Allan Block discography @ www.wirz.de

Rory Block with son Thiele in front of her father's Sandal Shop in Greenwich Village, New York City (West 4th St.) source: Front cover of 'Rory Block - The Early Tapes 1975 / 1976'; photographer: David Gahr

Günter 'Bessie' Boas b. Februar 15, 1920 in Dessau, Germany d. Dezember 14, 1993 in Selm, Germany

musician (pianist, vocalist), jazz journalist, promoter Günter Boas @ Wikipedia (de)

Günter Boas source: Front cover of LP "Oscar Klein's Bluesmen & Günter Boas" Joke JLP 204 (Germany 1977) Günter Boas source: www.zeit.de

Marina Bokelman

teacher of American and European folklore and folksongs, photographer The Coon Can Gam - A Blues Ballad Tradition.- Masters Thesis, Los Angeles: University of California UCLA, 1968. 277 pp. Finding Aid for the Marina Bokelman Collection @ www.olemiss.edu

Marina Bokelman & Lucinda deLorimier, 2012 source: www.zoomaru.net

Brett Bonner

writer, editor of "Living Blues" magazine

Floyd Dixon & Brett Bonner, June 2006 source: www.bobcorritore.com; photographer: Bob Corritore

Vivian Carter Bracken & James C. 'Jimmy' Bracken Vivian Bracken, née Carter   b. March 25, 1921 in Tunica, Mississippi; d. June 12, 1989 in Gary, Indiana James Bracken   b. May 23, 1909 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, but grew up in Kansas City; d. February 20, 1972 in Chicago, Illinois

co-founders (1953) and co-owners of Vee-Jay Records with Vivian's brother, Calvin Carter Vivian Carter @ Wikipedia James Bracken @ Wikipedia The Vee-Jay Story @ www.bsnpubs.com

James Bracken, Ewert Abner, Vivian Carter & Calvin Carter source: www.fineprintheroes.com Vivian Carter & James Bracken source: http://www.bsnpubs.com

Ernst Bornemann, later changed his name to Ernest Borneman b. April 12, 1915 in Berlin, Germany d. June 4, 1995 in Scharten, Upper Austria

German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst, sexologist, and committed socialist Ernst Bornemann @ de.Wikipedia Ernest Borneman @ en.Wikipedia http://www.jazzzeitung.de/jazz/2003/12/dossier-bornemann.shtml

"In Christmas mood, collectors and artist meet. Derrick Stewart-Baxter, Ernest Borneman, Chicago Bill (Broonzy) and Albert McCarthy." source: Bob Groom: The Blues Revival.- London (Studio Vista) 1971, p. 90 (The photo appeared on p. 19 of the Melody Maker on December 15, 1951)

Keith Briggs b. July 15 , 1943 in London, England d. March 6, 2005 (61) in Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

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Bruce Bromberg b. October 31, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois d. December 26, 2021

record producer, co-founder of HighTone Records Bruce Bromberg @ Wikipedia HighTone Records @ Wikipedia

Bruce Bromberg 2010 source: www.bobcorritore.com; photographer: Bob Corritore

Don Bronstein

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John Broven b. November 4, 1942 in Maidstone, England

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Blues Unlimited team, 1964 Neil Paterson, Simon Napier, John Broven, Graham Ackers, Rose & Mike Leadbitter, Anna & Dave Williams source: http://johnbroven.com/jjb/biography.html   John Broven 1978(?) source: Evening Argus (newspaper for Brighton and surrounding area) 1978?, as reproduced in Sailor's Delight No.8 (198?)   Neil Slaven, John Broven, Simon Napier & Alan Balfour at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott   Ahmet Ertegun & John Broven in the Atlantic Records office, October 2006 source: www.thebluegrassspecial.com ("courtesy John Broven")

Ian Brown

co-founder and owner of Revival Records Revival Records @ Wikipedia Revival Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Joe Brown

JOB, Abco Records

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Peter Brown b. June 2, 1945 in England (?)

'Jazz Record Mart' employee, founder and owner of Down With The Game Records Down With The Game discography @ www.wirz.de

Peter Brown 2012 (in all probability) source: Peter Brown @ facebook.com

Walter Bruyninckx b. August 27, 1932 in Belgium, living in Mechelen, Belgium

jazz discographer Walter Bruyninckx @ Wikipedia (de)

Yannick & Margo Bruynoghe Yannick Bruynoghe   b. 1924 in Louvain, Belgium; d. March 30, 1984 in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium

author of "Big Bill Blues - William Broonzy's Story As Told To Yannick Bruynoghe" co-author (with Stanley Dance) of "Jazz Era - The Forties"

Yannick Bruynoghe, Brussels, 1983 source: Robert Sacré: Yannick Bruynoghe obituary Living Blues 60/61 (Summer/Fall 1984), pp. 71-72 (and other mags) photographer: Robert Sacré

Jim Bulleit

co-founder of Bullet Records Bullet Records @ Wikipedia (en) Bullet Records @ Wikipedia (de) Number One With a Bulleit @ www.iwu.edu

Jim Bulleit source: www.iwu.edu

Tony Burke b. April 9, 1952 in Manchester, England

editor of "Blues & Rhythm - The Gospel Truth" Blues & Rhythm @ www.bluesandrhythm.co.uk

Tony Burke, 1980s source: Blues & Rhythm #26 (Jan./Febr. 1987), p. 18 photographer's name not given

Jean 'Buz' Buzelin b. 1947 in Paris, France

graphist, drawer, painter, and jazz journalist, jazz critic, liner notes writer, "Soul Bag" contributor short bio @ www.festivaldejazzdeserres.com

Jean Buzelin 1980s source: Soul Bag #100 (septembre/octobre 1984), p. 5 Jean Buzelin 2011(?) source: www.festivaldejazzdeserres.com Jean Buzelin 2011(?) source: www.festivaldejazzdeserres.com

Stephen Calt a/k/a Steve Calt b. March 14, 1946 in New York City d. October 17, 2010 (64) at Middle Village, Queens County, New York

obituary @ thedeltablues

Steve Calt and his (2 years younger) sister Maggie visiting Gary Davis, early 1964 source: Stephen Calt: I'd Rather Be The Devil - Skip James + The Blues New York (Capo Press) 1994, p. 263 Steve Calt & Dave Mann: Looney Tunes Blue Goose BG 2017 (1975) Stephen Calt 1997 source: Yazoo Collector's Get-Together. NJ, summer '97 [see photo top left]

Arnold S. 'Arnie' Caplin b. Mai 8, 1929 in Brooklyn, New York City d. Dezember 25, 2009 at Kimball Farms Nursing Care Center in Pittsfield, Massachusetts

jazz drummer and artist, record producer, founder and owner of Historical Records and Biograph Records Arnold S. Caplin @ Wikipedia Historical Records @ www.wirz.de Biograph Records @ www.wirz.de

Arnold S. Caplin 1969 & 1976   (courtesy Alan Caplin)

Vivian Carter   →→→   Vivian & James Bracken

Samuel Barclay Charters a/k/a Sam Charters b. August 1, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania d. March 18, 2015 at his home in Arsta, Sweden

Samuel Charters @ Wikipedia obituary by Larry Rohter @ The New York Times

Samuel B. Charters & Larry Johnson source: booklet of Armadillo CD ARMD 00013 (2002); photographer: Brian Kramer

Marcel Chauvard b. August 8, 1926 in Paris, France d. August 17, 1968 in Paris, France

obituary by Jacques Demêtre in Blues Unlimited 57 (November 1968), p. 10

Vivian Carter and Marcel Chauvard in Paris, France (flea market), 1960 source: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 30; photographer: Jacques Demêtre

Leonard, Phil & Marshall Chess Leonard Chess, b. Lejzor Shmuel Czyz, March 12, 1917 in Motal, Poland (now in Belarus); d. October 16, 1969 in Chicago, IL Phil Chess, b. Fiszel Czyz, March 27, 1921 in Czestochowa, Poland; d. October 18, 2016 in Tucson, AZ Marshall Chess, b. March 13, 1942 in Chicago, IL

Chess Records @ Wikipedia

Leonard, Marshall (Leonard's son) & Phil Chess, mid 1960s source: Block #102 (apr/mei/juni 1997), p. 8; photographer's name not given

Siegfried A. "Ziggy" Christmann

record producer, founder and owner of Ornament Records Ornament Records discography L+R Records discography (Living Country Blues USA series) @ www.wirz.de

Othar Turner & Ziggy Christmann 1980 source: notes to L+R 42.030; photographer: Axel Küstner

Dave Clarke a/k/a "Latchford Slim" a/k/a "Duncan Disorderly" a/k/a "Dick Scography"

cartoonist of "Sailor's Delight" magazine

Eddie Boyd signing autographs for some British blues fans in Manchester, 1965: Rick Green, Neil Carter, Dave Clarke source: Blues & Rhythm #260 (June 2011), p. 5; photographer: Brian Smith

Lawrence 'Larry' Cohn b. October 4, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York

record producer, writer, critic and jurist best known as one of the creators of Legacy Recordings, a branch of Sony Music Entertainment and as the originator and producer of the Roots 'N' Blues series Lawrence Cohn @ Wikipedia Lawrence Cohn @ discogs.com

Lawrence Cohn source: Cohn's facebook page

Bob Corritore b.

musician, founder of Blues Over Blues Records @

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Dr. John H. Cowley

John Cowley: West Indies Blues: an historical overview 1920s-1950s - blues and music from the English-speaking West Indies.- in: Robert Springer, ed., "Nobody Knows Where the Blues Came From": Lyrics and History, Jackson, University Press of Mississippi, 2006, pp. 187-263 @ sas-space.sas.ac.uk

John Cowley, Nancy Scott & Dave Peabody (standing) at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott AFC 1996/021: Music and Migration: Aspects of Black Music in the British Caribbean, the United States, and Britain...[1750-1950] by John H. Cowley Doctoral dissertation entitled, "Music & Migration: Aspects of Black Music in the British Caribbean, the United States, and Britain, before the Independence of Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago." Two volumes. Discusses the development and impact of calypso and related music. University of Warwick, Coventry, England. 1992. "John Cowley Blues Talk - Americana @ The Chapel" April 27, 2012 source: photostream of "pixelwitch" @ www.flickr.com

Robert Crumb

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Louis F. 'Lou' Curtiss b.

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Michael Cuscuna

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Bill Dahl

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Norman Darwen

contributor, member of the editorial committee of 'Blues & Rhythm' magazine @

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Joe Davis b. October 6, 1896 in New York City, New York

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John R.T. (Ross Twiston) Davies b. March 20, 1927 in Wivelsfield, East Sussex, UK d. May 25, 2004 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, UK

musician (reeds,trumpet, cornet, trombone)/discographer, vocal, recording engineer John R.T. Davies - The Ultimate Preservationist by Nick Dellow @ www.vjm.biz

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Norman Dayron

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Marc de Jonghe / Robert 'Bob' Vanderschueren

Belgian blues photographers

Marc de Jonghe, Fred Below, a fan & Bob Vanderschueren, 1970s source: www.bobcorritore.com; photographer: André Hobus

Jacques Demêtre b. Dimitri Wyschnegradsky, February 16, 1924 in Paris, France later Frenchified his name to Dimitri Vicheney (his father was composer Ivan Wyschnegradsky) d. June 24, 2020 (96) in Paris, France

Jacques Demêtre @ bluesagain.com Jacques Demêtre @ en.wikipedia.com

Little Sonny Willis, Jacques Demêtre, John Lee Hooker and Emmet Slay at Joe von Battle's recording studio, 1959 source: Blues Unlimited 139 (Autumn 1980), p. 28; photographer: "Jacques Demêtre" Marcel Chauvard   Jacques Demêtre ~2007 source: http://www.bluesagain.com/p_interviews/jacque%20demetre%20part1.html

ED Denson

Takoma Records discography @ www.wirz.de

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Scott Dirks b. March 5, 1958 in Moses Lake, WA

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Robert (Malcolm Ward) M.W. Dixon b. January 25, 1939 in Gloucester, England

Professor of Linguistics at The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Queensland, and formerly Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia co-author, with John Godrich (and later Howard W. Rye), of the definitive discography of American prewar blues and gospel recordings, "Blues and Gospel Records: 1890-1943" Robert M.W. Dixon @ Wikipedia

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Doug Dobell b. 1917 in London, England d. July 10, 1987 in Nice, France

record store proprietor and record producer assistant: Ray Bolden "Dobell's parents ran a bookshop at 77and sometime in late forties their jazz loving son gradually changed the focus to selling jazz 78s etc. In the 50s he and another began a jazz mail order-cum-distribution outfit named Agate which operated out of a premises at 10 Rathbone Place. With the folk/blues boom of late 50s/early sixties Dobell began selling folk/blues and related from this address under the auspices of a guy named Jerry. When the shop next door to 77 C X Rd became vacant in 1965 Doug took up the lease and moved the folk & blues into 75 in October that year. Xmas Eve 1980 the leases to both shops expired and weren't renewed due to the proposed redevelopment of that side of Charing Cross Road. It took Dobell about a year to find other suitable premises (21 Tower Street)." (Alan Balfour @ www.charliegillett.com) Doug Dobell @ Wikipedia 77 Records @ Wikipedia 77 Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Doug Dobell at The Roundhouse in Soho, 1957 source: www.charliegillett.com (posted 2009 by Ian A. Anderson as "from Eric Winter's archive") [cropped from the original photo by Stefan Wirz] Dobell's Folk/Jazz Record Shop at 75/77 Charing Cross, London source: Christopher Booker & Candida Lycett Green: "Goodbye London - An illustrated Guide To The Threatened Buildings".- London (Fontana) 1973, p. 62 (scan courtesy Alan Balfour)

Paul Duvivié

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Tim Duffy

founder and executive director of the Music Maker Relief Foundation @

Guitar Gabriel and Tim Duffy in Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1991 source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/capturing-the-blues-in-black-and-white/ ("Photo courtesy Tim and Denise Duffy")

Bob Eagle b. April 19, 1945 in Melbourne, Australia

lawyer and music researcher; started magazine "Alley Music", has written numerous articles for magazines wrote (with Eric S. LeBlanc) "Blues - A Regional Experience" short Bob Eagle bio @ chicagosouthsidepiano.com

Bob Eagle source: Bob Eagle @ facebook (cropped by Stefan Wirz)

Ahmet & Nesuhi Ertegun Ahmet Ertegun, b. July 31, 1923 in Istanbul, Turkey; moved to Washington, D.C. in 1935 d. December 14, 2006 in New York City

co-founder / owner of Atlantic Records Ahmet Ertegun @ Wikipedia

Ahmet Ertegun, Big Joe Turner & Jerry Wexler source: Blues & Rhythm #27 (March 1987), p. 27; photographer: Dan Nooger

Dr. David Evans b. January 22, 1944 in Boston, Massachusetts

David Evans @ Wikipedia High Water Records @ highwaterrecords.com High Water Recording Company discography @ www.wirz.de

David Evans, Berlin, November 6, 1980 source: Blues Forum #2 (März/April/Mai 1981), p. 22; photographer: M. Klose David Evans, g & Axel Küstner, hca; June 21, 2011 at Fête de la musique Hannover, Germany photographer: Stefan Wirz

Hans W. Ewert

Hans W. Ewert @ www.wdr3.de

Phillip Walker, Hans W. Ewert, Jimmy Rogers, Johnny Littlejohn, Robert Cray; Blues Fest Bonn, July 21, 1985 source: Blues Forum #19 (February 1986), p. 15; photographer: Norbert Hess Hans W. Ewert 2010s(?) source: www.amigos-mallorca.com

John Fahey

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Leslie 'Les' Fancourt b. August 5, 1952, in London, UK

The guy responsible for the blues department of Dobell's record shop from its 1981 relocation from Charing Cross Rd. to Tower St., London, until Dobell's closure in 1992 Record producer/compiler; (co-)author of several discographies: - Leslie Fancourt: Chess R&B - A Discography of the R&B Artists on the Chess Labels (1947-1975).- Faversham 1984 & (2nd ed.) 1991 - Leslie Fancourt: Chess Blues - A Discography of the Blues Artists on the Chess Label (1947-1975).- Faversham 1989 - Les Fancourt: British Blues on Record (1957-1970), Faversham (Retrack Books) 1989 - Leslie Fancourt: Blue Horizon Records 1965-1972 - A discography.- Faversham (Retrack Books) 1992 - Les Fancourt: Boogie Chillen - A Guide to John Lee Hooker on Disc.- Cheadle (A Blues & Rhythm Publication, ed. by Tony Burke) 1992 - Mike Leadbitter, Leslie Fancourt & Paul Pelletier: Blues Records 1943-70, Vol. 2, L-Z.- London (Record Information Services) 1994 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006 & (2nd ed.) 2012 Les Fancourt @ allmusic. com Les Fancourt @ discogs. com

Monica and Don Sollash, Les Fancourt and Leon Parker at exhibition "Dobells Jazz Folk Blues" (10.04.13 - 18.05.13) Private view: Tuesday 9th April 2013 6 - 8.30pm source: www.chelseaspace.org/archive/dobells-pv.html

Renaud Kriger & André Fanelli

co-founders and co-editors of "Blues and Swing Magazine"

Renaud Kriger, André Fanelli, Claude Gazengel, T-Bone Walker & Koko Taylor, Montreux 1972 bluesandswing.over-blog.com

Leonard Feather b. September 13, 1914 in London, England d. September 22, 1994 in Encino, California

Leonard Feather @ Wikipedia

Robert Goffin, Benny Carter, Louis Armstrong, Leonard Feather, 1942 source: Wikipedia

William Ferris Jr.

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Raeburn 'Ray' Flerlage b. July 13, 1915 in Cincinnati, Ohio d. September 28, 2002 in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago based independent photojournalist Ray Flerlage @ www.bluesworld.com The photographs of Ray Flerlage @ users.rcn.com/cowdery Ray Flerlage obituary @ www.delmark.com

Marc PoKempner & Ray Flerlage, Chicago, September 3, 2000 source: Block #115 (herfst 2000), p. 40; photographer: Rien Wisse

Robert Ford

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Byron Foulger

contributor, member of the editorial committee of 'Blues & Rhythm' magazine

Byron Foulger, Henry Qualls & Phil Wight at the Utrecht Blues Estafette, 1994 source: www.flickr.com ("Never Slim"); photographer: Mike Rainsford

James Fraher photographer

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Michael Frank b. May 5, 1949 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

founder and owner of Earwig Music http://www.earwigmusic.com/ Earwig Story par Jean-Luc Varres in 'Soul Bag' magazine #140 (Automne 1995). p. 6-8

Bruce Iglauer, Jerry Del Guidice, Bob Koester & Michael Frank, 2012 source: www.thebluesblast.com; photographer: Bob Kieser

Steve Franz

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David Gahr b. September 18, 1922 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin d. May 25, 2008 (85) in Brooklyn, New York

David Gahr @ Wikipedia obituary @ New York Times

David Gahr at work 1964 Newport Folk Festival source: http://www.cookephoto.com/davidgahr.html photographer: John Byrne Cooke David Gahr 2004 source: "Ameliaaah"'s photostream at flickr

Paul Garon b. July 7, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky

Paul Garon @ Wikipedia www.beasleybooks.com

Paul Garon, Jim O'Neal, Amy van Singel, Mark Camarrig, Scott Barretta at Living Blues Magazine Panel during Blues Symposium at Dominican University, 2010 source: Alex Thomas' facebook photo (brightness enhanced by Stefan Wirz)

Galen Gart

Editor, writer, publisher

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Robert L. 'Bob' Geddins b. February 6, 1913 in Highbank, Texas d. February 16, 1991 in Oakland, California

San Francisco Bay Area blues and rhythm and blues musician and record producer Bob Geddins @ en.wikipedia.com Bob Geddins @ discogs.com

Bob Geddins source: http://thepioneeronline.com/7330/artsentertainment/oakland%E2%80%99s-blues-walk-of-fame-to-open-soon/

Rudy van Gelder   →→→   Rudy van Gelder

Lawrence 'Lou' Gellert b. September 14, 1898 in Budapest, Hungaria d. 1979, exact date and location unknown

Lawrence Gellert @ Wikipedia discography of Lawrence Gellert recordings @ www.wirz.de

Lawrence Gellert collecting songs, 1930s source: back cover of Rounder LP 4004

Jean Georgakarakos

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Charlie Gillett

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Bill Givens b. 1930 in Morristown, New Jersey his family resided in Louisville by 1940 d. January 23, 1999 (68)

co-founder (1960, with Pete Whelan) of "Origin Jazz Library" label originjazz.com Origin Jazz Library discography @ www.wirz.de

Bill Givens source: web.archive.org/web/20110715015108/http://www.originjazz.com

John Godrich b. ~1927 in Swansea, Wales d. January 13, 1991 (64) in Swansea, Wales

co-author, with M.W. Dixon (and later Howard W. Rye), of the definitive discography of American prewar blues and gospel recordings, "Blues and Gospel Records: 1890-1943"

John Godrich source: Steve Cushing: Pioneers of the Blues Revival.- Urbana, Chicago & Springfield (University of Illinois Press) 2014, p. 122 ("Courtesy Godrich Family")

Kenneth S. Goldstein

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Kazuyuki Goto

Trio Records discography @ www.wirz.de

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Alan Govenar

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Bill Graham

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Bill Grauer d. December 16, 1963 in New York City

co-founder of Riverside Records target="_blank"> @

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Michael Gray

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Manuel A. 'Manny' Greenhill b. March 10, 1916 in New York d. April 14, 1996 (80) in Los Angeles; California

union activist who later became a folk music manager, establishing Folklore Productions in 1958 Manuel Greenhill @ folkloreproductions.com

Manny Greenhill source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down - The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York 1979, p. 220 photographer: David Gahr Newport 1967: Joni Mitchell, unknown, unknown, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Manny Greenhill, unknown source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down - The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York 1979, p. 299 photographer: David Gahr

Bill Greensmith b. August 8, 1949 in the UK

Jim O'Neal, Neil Slaven, Bob Hall, Bill Greensmith, Mike Rowe at 3rd Annual Blues Today Symposium, Oxford Mississippi, February 26, 2005 photographer: Bob Riesman

Ted Griffiths

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Bob Groom

blues historian and writer; founder (March 1965) and editor of "Blues World" magazine

Bob Groom - "Founder of the Knutsford Blues" source: cover of "Sailor's Delight" #15 (1983)   Bob Groom & Sleepy John Estes source: Bob Groom: The Blues Revival.- London (Studio Vista) 1971, p. 52 (Bob Groom collection) Bob Groom & Karl Gert zur Heide at Blues Convention, London, 1969 source: Blues & Rhythm #259 (May 2011), p. 18 photographer: Charles Colquhoun

Albert Grossman

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Stefan Grossman

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Peter Guralnick

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John Henry Hammond II b. Dezember 15, 1910 in New York City d. Juli 10, 1987 in Manhattan, New York City

talent scout, record producer and music critic John Hammond @ Wikipedia

Lonnie Johnson, Chris Albertson, John Hammond & Elmer Snowden in Albertson's Chester Ave. apartment, Philadelphia, 1959 source: stomp-off.blogspot.de John Hammond source: frozengrin.blogspot.de cartoonist: Peter Dunlap-Shohl

John Harmer

record shop co-owner ("J & F"), record producer

John Breckow & John Harmer circa 1975 (courtesy Frank Scott)

Mark Sinclair Harris b. May 24, 1955 in Merton, SW London, England

editor and publisher of "Pickin' The Blues" (1982-1984) reviews editor for "Juke Blues" (1989-2000) contributor to "The New Blackwell Guide To Recorded Blues" (1996) Pickin' The Blues @ www.wirz.de

Mark Harris 1982 Ike Turner & Mark Harris mid 1990s Mark Harris 2012 (all photos courtesy Mark Sinclair Harris)

Paul Harris

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Sheldon Harris b. August 13 1924 in Cleveland, Ohio, raised and educated in Brooklyn, New York d. September 8, 2005 (81) in Wall Township, New Jersey

short bio @ clio.lib.olemiss.edu credits @ www.allmusic.com

Sheldon Harris with Jimmy Rushing, late 1960s source: Living Blues #181 (Nov./Dec. 2005), p. 87 ("courtesy: Blues Archive") Sheldon Harris, Brooklyn, April 30, 1981 source: Blues Forum #5 (1.Quartal 1982), p. 34 photographer: Norbert Hess

Karl Gert zur Heide   →→→   Karl Gert zur Heide

Horst "Mr. St. Louis Blues" Herling b. 1933 in Germany

Horst & Ingrid Herling - Sammlung @ www.archive-in-thueringen.de

Horst Herling & Earthquake, St. Louis, April 19, 1981 source: Blues Forum #5 (1.Quartal 1982), p. 24; photographer: Ray Gehl

Sjef Hermans b. August 26, 1954 in The Netherlands

musician, "Block - Tijdschrift voor blues" stuff member Champagne Charlie @ www.champagnecharlie.nl

Sjef Hermans late 1990s source: Block 105 (jan/feb/mrt 1998), p. 51 photographer: Rien Wisse Sjef Hermans 2011 source: www.thebluegrassspecial.com photographer: Jan van der Beek

Gérard Herzhaft b. November 8, 1943 in Meyzieu, France

ecrivain, musicologue, historien, conférencier, musicien "Blues Unlimited", "Living Blues" and "Soul Bag" contributor Gérard Herzhaft @ www.gerardherzhaft.com

Gérard Herzhaft 1980s source: Soul Bag #100 (septembre/octobre 1984), p. 6 Gérard Herzhaft source: www.blogger.com

Norbert Hess

Louisiana Red, Karlheinz Drechsel, Norbert Hess, Doctor Ross, Tommy Tucker East-Berlin, Hochschule für Ökonomie, November 24, 1977 source: Blues Forum #6 (2. Quartal 1982), p. 15; photographer: Uli Pschewoschny ["highlight" by Stefan Wirz}

Yasufumi Higurashi

founder and owner of P-Vine Records

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Lee Hildebrand

Images of the Blues (1998) @ jazztimes.com

Lee Tanner & Lee Hildebrand, late 1990s source: Block #110 (somer 1998), p. 29; photographer: Chris Duffey

Dr. Donald R. Hill b. November 21, 19?? in Palos Verdes Estates, California

Prof. of Africana and Latino Studies and Anthropology at State University College at Oneonta, New York Donald Hill @ oneonta.edu Donald Hill @ facebook

Don Hill & Bob Koester, early 1960s when Seymour's Record Mart became The Jazz Record Mart source: bluesrevue.com

Jaap Hindriks b. September 1, 1950

Blues Estafette @ www.bluesworld.com

Blues Estafette promoter Jaap Hindriks & Long John Hunter source: Block #106 (april/mei/juni 1998), p. 38; photographer: Marc Frijlink

Jac Holzman b. September 15, 1931 in New York City

founder, chief executive officer and head of both Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records Jac Holzman @ Wikipedia Elektra Records @ Wikipedia

Jac Holzman, Theo Bikel, Pete & Toshi Seeger, Harold Leventhal, Fred Hellerman, Maynard Solomon, 1965 source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down. The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York (Anchor Books) 1979, p. 264; photographer: David Gahr

André Hobus

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Michael Hortig b. July 19, 1958 in Graz, Austria

Austrian boogie woogie and blues pianist; photographer; field recordings 1980 & 1981 in the south of the USA; magazine contributor; organizer (since 2002) of the annual Steirische Boogie Woogie Festival in Arnfels, Austria Michael Hortig @ facebook.com Michael Hortig @ discogs.com Michael Hortig @ allmusic.com

Michael Hortig & Mott Willis near Chrystal Springs, Mississippi, October 1981 Courtesy of Michael Hortig Michael Hortig 2016 source: Michael Hortig's facebook page

Thomas Tom Byrd Hoskins a/k/a "Fang" b. February 3, 1941 in Charlottesville, Virginia d. January 27, 2002

rediscoverer and for a while manager of Mississippi John Hurt "Fang" @ www.bluesworld.com

Tom Hoskins source: http://myforum.mississippijohnhurtnews.com/... (courtesy Fred Bolden)

Cilla & Mick Huggins Cilla Huggins b. November 20, 19?? in Bristol, England Mick Huggins b. December 27, 1947 in Hitchin, England

www.jukeblues.com

Bez Turner, Cilla Huggins & Chris Strachwitz at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott Cilla Huggins, Ike & Jeannette Turner and Mick Huggins at the London Television Studios on the South Bank, 1997 source: www.bobcorritore.com ("photo by Nigel Cawthorne courtesy Cilla Huggins")

Terence "Terry" Ibbott

record cover designer, photographer @

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Bruce Iglauer b. July 10, 1947 in Ann Arbor, Michigan

founder and owner of Alligator Records www.alligator.com

Bruce Iglauer, Jerry Del Guidice, Bob Koester & Michael Frank, 2012 source: www.thebluesblast.com; photographer: Bob Kieser

Carl Jones aka C.J., Jump Jones, Morris Jones and Carl O'Jones b. June 9, 1913 in Waxahatchie, Texas d. September 24, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois

musician; owner of C.J., Colt, Firma Records C.J. Records @ rateyourmusic.com Colt Records @ rateyourmusic.com Firma Records @ rateyourmusic.com

source: Living Blues # 30 (nov.-dec. 1976), p. 9 ("Courtesy Carl Jones")

Max Jones

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Marc de Jonghe   →→→   Marc de Jonghe

Orrin Keepnews

@

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Charles Keil

author "Urban Blues" @

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Donald Theodore Don Kent b. April 20, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois Don & Sylvia Kent's house on Hudlow Road in Union Mills caught fire February 26, 2013; Don had 2nd degree burn wounds on his hands after he tried to rescue inventory - hence the gloves in the 2010s photo! Latest news as of March 28, 2013 d. August 9, 2015 at the Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Don Kent @ Wikipedia Don Kent obituary @ nytimes.com Mamlish Records discography @ www.wirz.de Country Turtle Records discography @ www.wirz.de Flying Crow Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Don Kent 1997 source: Yazoo Collector's Get-Together. NJ, summer '97 [see photo top left] Don Kent 2010s source: John [Heneghan]'s Old Time Radio Show

Karl Georg Günther Kieser b. March 24, 1930 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany

Günther Kieser @ Wikipedia (de)

Günther Kieser 19?? source: www.lr-musikarchiv.de Günther Kieser 2010 source: www.op-online.de; photographer: George

Klaus 'Mojo' Kilian

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Bernard S. "Bernie" Klatzko b. August 30, 1926 in Deer Park, New York d. November 15, 1999 (73) at North Shore Hospital in Glen Cove, New York

Herwin Records discography @ www.wirz.de obituary @ The New York Times

Bernie Klatzko at the Jazz Record Center in New York City source: 78 Quarterly #1 (1967), p. 30; no credit given Bernie Klatzko 1997 source: Yazoo Collector's Get-Together, NJ, summer '97 [see photo top left of this page]

Dan Kochakian

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Robert Gregg Bob Koester   R.I.P. b. October 30, 1932 in Wichita, Kansas d. May 12, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois

Bob Koester @ Wikipedia Delmark Records @ www.delmark.com History of Delmark Records by Sandra Pointer-Jones @ www.delmark.com A day in the life of Delmark Records by Andy Argyrakis @ www.concertlivewire.com

Don Hill & Bob Koester, early 1960s when Seymour's Record Mart became The Jazz Record Mart source: bluesrevue.com Bob Koester in the Jazz Record Mart source: indangerousrhythm.blogspot.de Bob Koester, 2008 source: www.concertlivewire.com; photographer: Andy Argyrakis Bob Koester, 2008 source: www.concertlivewire.com; photographer: Andy Argyrakis

Alexis Korner

@

Alexis Korner source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 2.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1992, p. 18; photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir

Edward Krehbiel

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Renaud Kriger & André Fanelli

co-founders and co-editors of "Blues and Swing Magazine"

Renaud Kriger, André Fanelli, Claude Gazengel, T-Bone Walker & Koko Taylor, Montreux 1972 bluesandswing.over-blog.com

Axel Küstner b. April 5, 1956 in Göttingen, Germany; lives in Bad Gandersheim, Germany

L+R Records discography (Living Country Blues USA series) @ www.wirz.de

Axel Küstner & Archie Edwards 1980 source: notes to L+R 42.030; photographer: Axel Küstner   Axel Küstner source: www.lr-musikarchiv.de David Evans, g & Axel Küstner, hca; June 21, 2011 at Fête de la musique Hannover, Germany photographer: Stefan Wirz   Axel Küstner at an exhibition of his photographs ("Images of the Deep South") in Aschersleben, Germany, October 2008 source: www.mz-web.de; photographer: Susanne Thon

Karl Emil Knudsen b. June 16, 1929 in Copenhagen(?), Denmark d. September 5, 2003 in Copenhagen, Denmark

Storyville Records Storyville Records @ Wikipedia Storyville Records (blues) discography @ www.wirz.de

Karl Emil Knudsen source: www.karl-emil-knudsen.dk

Michael 'Cub' Koda b. October 1, 1948 in Detroit, Michigan

Leonard Len Kunstadt a/k/a "Kazoo Papa" b. May 15, 1925 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City d. April 23, 1996 (70) in New York City

Len Kunstadt @ Wikipedia www.spiveyrecords.com Spivey Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Len Kunstadt & Victoria Spivey source: www.spiveyrecords.com   Len Kunstadt in his storage place, Brooklyn, May 2, 1981 source: Blues Forum #11 (3. Quartal 1983), p. 9; photographer: Norbert Hess "Kazoo Papa" Len Kunstadt Helmstedt, Germany, April 30, 1980 source: Blues Forum #11 (3. Quartal 1983), p. 14; photographer: Norbert Hess   Len Kunstadt, Brooklyn, February 19, 1983 with 30,000 newly acquired 78 rpm records source: Blues Forum #11 (3. Quartal 1983), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess

Arthur C. Art Laibly / Laibley / Leibley b. April 17, 1894 in Cincinnati, Ohio d. October 30, 1971 in Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois

Paramount Records' sales manager and recording director Arthur Laibley @ www.recordingpioneers.com

Arthur Laibly source: 78 Quarterly #7 (1992), p. 26 ("courtesy of Gayle Dean Wardlow")

Stephen C. [Charles] Steve LaVere b. December 11, 1943 in North Hollywood, California d. December 27, 2015 at his residence in Greenwood, Mississippi   R.I.P.

www.deltahaze.com

Willie Coffee & Stephen C. LaVere source: Blues & Rhythm 153 (October 2000), p. 23 (from Robert Mugge's film "Hellhounds on my Trail" Courtesy Charlotte Ferguson, Leeds International Film Festival)

Donald Firth Don Law b. February 24, 1902 in London, England d. December 20, 1982 in LaMarque, Texas

head of Columbia Records' "country music" division Don Law bio @ www.rockabilly.nl

Don Law source: countrymusichalloffame.org

Mike Andrew Leadbitter b. March 12, 1942 in Simla, India d. November 16, 1974 (32) in London, England

Mike Leadbitter and Blues Unlimited @ www.recordsbymail.com

Blues Unlimited team, 1964 Neil Paterson, Simon Napier, John Broven, Graham Ackers, Rose & Mike Leadbitter, Anna & Dave Williams source: http://johnbroven.com/jjb/biography.html   Mike Leadbitter source: Blues Unlimited #111 (December - January 1974/75), p. 3 photographer's name not given Jackie Wilson & Mike Leadbitter source: front cover of Blues Unlimited #111 (December - January 1974/75) photographer's name not given

Eric Stephen LeBlanc a/k/a eRIC LeBlanc b. March 19, 1946 in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada; raised in Montreal, Canada d. September 2, 2015 (69) in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada   R.I.P.

His research data have been published in the New Grove Dictionary of Jazz (2nd ed., 2002), The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues (2005) and numerous magazines, including Goldmine, Down Beat, Blues & Rhythm, Living Blues, and Juke Blues He wrote (with Bob Eagle) "Blues - A Regional Experience" Eric LeBlanc @ vcm.bc.ca obituary @ www.earthsoption.com

Eric LeBlanc source: Victoria Times Colonist; photographer: Adrian Lam

Jean-Pierre Leloir b. June 27, 1931 in Paris, France d. December 20, 2010 in Paris, France

photographer www.photo-leloir.net Jean-Pierre Leloir @ Wikipedia (fr) Jean-Pierre Leloir obituary by Pierre Perrone @ www.independent.co.uk

François-René Cristiani, Jean-Pierre Leloir in action, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré & Georges Brassens, January 6, 1969 in Paris, France ("Table Ronde BBF") source: sicavouschante.over-blog.com ("collection Leloir") Jean-Pierre Leloir 1989 source: www.independent.co.uk

Horst Lippmann b. 1927 in Eisenach, Germany d. 1997 in Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Horst Lippmann @ Wikipedia American Folk Blues Festival discography @ www.wirz.de Scout Records discography @ www.wirz.de L+R Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau source: front cover of L+R

John Avery & Alan Lomax

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Mel London b. April 9, 1932 in Mississippi d. May 16, 1975 (43) in Chicago, Illinois

songwriter, record producer, and record label owner (1957-1964: Chief Records and its subsidiaries Profile Records and Age Records; later: All-Points, Mel/Mel-Lon, Bright Star, and Starville Records) Mel London @ Wikipedia

Mel London (left) & Ricky Allen (right) source: http://sundayblues.org/archives/tag/mel-london

James Baxter Long, Sr. "J.B." Long b. December 25, 1903 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina d. February 25, 1975 in Burlington, North Carolina

J.B. Long @ Wikipedia

J.B. Long source: Blues Unlimited 108 (June/July 1974), p.15

Christopher 'Kip' Lornell b. February 13, 1953 in Denver, Colorado

@

Charles Wolfe & Kip Lornell 1992(?) source: The Life & Legend of Leadbelly (1992), blurb

Rainer E. Lotz b. 1937 in Hamburg, Germany

Rainer E. Lotz @ facebook.com

Rainer E. Lotz www.russian-records.com

Peter B. Lowry f/k/a Pete Lowry b. April 1, 1941 in Montclair, New Jersey

Peter B. Lowry @ Wikipedia Trix Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Pete Lowry & Tarheel Slim 1970s source: The Blues Collection # 84 ('East Coast Blues') (1996), p. 1006 photographer: Valerie Wilmer Pete Lowry & Tarheel Slim 1970s source: Blues Unlimited 123 (1977), p. 30 photographer: Valerie Wilmer

Herman Lubinsky b. August 30, 1896 in Bradford, Connecticut d. March 16, 1974 in Montclair, New Jersey

radio station owner and principal of Savoy Records and affiliated labels short Herman Lubinski bio @ www.rockabilly.nl Savoy Records @ Wikipedia

Herman Lubinsky source: www.fineprintheroes.com Herman Lubinsky source: www.uncamarvy.com

R R Macleod d. December 19, 2009 in N. Berwick, Scotland, UK

@

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Fritz Marschall

founder of "german BLUES circle" (GBC) / editor of "german BLUES circle info" (1976 - 2006)

Fritz Marschall source: www.lr-musikarchiv.de

Robert Burton 'Mack' McCormick b. August 3, 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania d. November 18, 2015 in Houston, Texas

musicologist and folklorist Mack McCormick Foundation @ www.mackmccormick.org Mack McCormick @ Wikipedia Mack McCormick obituary @ TexasMonthly

Mack McCormick source: http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/rip-mack-mccormick/ Mack McCormick, December 23, 2006 source: www.mackmccormick.org; photographer: John Tennison

Bob McGrath

producer of discographies

James McKune b. 1911 at Long Island City, Queens, New York murdered September 11, 1971 in a hotel room at the Broadway Central, on Manhattan's Lower East Side, East 4th St., New York City

legendary pioneer blues collector Natural Truth - Marybeth Hamilton celebrates the passion of a record collector

source: 78 Quarterly Vol 1, No 3 (1988), p. 54 (McKune article at pp. 54-62) (Ruth Berg being his sister 3 years his junior)

Lillian Shed McMurry b. December 30, 1921 in Purvis, Mississippi d. March 18, 1999 in Jackson, Mississippi

record producer, in 1950 formed Diamond Record Company, the Trumpet Records label and Globe Music publishing company Lillian McMurry @ Wikipedia

Lillian McMurry source: www.thisdayinrock.com/

Huey Meaux

record producer, label owner

Lester Franklin Melrose b. December 14, 1891 in Sumner, Illinois, relocated to Chicago around 1914 d. April 12, 1968 in Lake, Florida

record producer & talent scout for RCA Victor Records and its subsidiary Bluebird, Columbia, and Okeh Lester Melrose @ Wikipedia

top row: Ernest (Little Son Joe) Lawlars, Big Bill Broonzy, Lester Melrose Roosevelt Sykes, St. Louis Jimmy Oden; below: Washboard Sam, c. 1940s source: www.press.uchicago.edu ("Yannick and Margo Bruynoghe Collection") Lester Melrose & Tampa Red source: www.africanafrican.com

Fred 'Freddy' Mendelsohn b. May 16, 1917 d. April 28, 2000 in Palm Beach County, Florida

record producer, talent scout; co-founder of Regent Records, Herald Records and Regal Records president (partner of Herman Lubinsky) of Savoy Records Fred Mendelsohn @ Wikipedia Regent Records @ Wikipedia Herald Records @ Wikipedia Regal Records @ Wikipedia Savoy Records @ Wikipedia

Ralph Bass, James Cleveland & Freddy Mendelsohn, 1970s source: Blues Unlimited #119 (May/June 1976), p. 21; photographer: Norbert Hess

Eddie & Leo Mesner

Aladdin Records

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Anton J. Mikofsky

photographer @

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Andrew Cameron Miller

co-founder of Revival Records Revival Records @ Wikipedia Revival Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Joseph Denton "Jay D." Miller a/k/a J.D. Miller b. May 5, 1921 in Iota, Louisiana, but spent many childhood years in El Campo, Texas d. March 23, 1996 in Lafayette, Louisiana

J.D. "Jay" Miller @ Wikipedia

Jay D. Miller in front of his Modern Music Center in Crowley, LA, December 15, 1980 source: Blues Forum #7 (3. Quartal 1982), p. 13 photographer: Erik Lindahl/Jefferson Jay Miller & Johnnie Allen, Crowley, LA, August 30, 1984 source: Blues Forum #16 (4. Quartal 1984), p. 44; photographer: Norbert Hess

George Mitchell b. January 9, 1944 in Coral Gables, Florida and raised in Atlanta, Georgia

music historian, writer, record producer, musician and photographer George Mitchell @ Wikipedia George Mitchell bio @ www.libs.uga.edu George Mitchell @ flickr.com

George Mitchell source: www.libs.uga.edu George Mitchell & George Daniel source: www.examiner.com; photographer: Fred Fussell

Kurt Mohr b. September 12, 1921 in Geneva, Switzerland d. November 4, 2007 (86) in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

Timeline for Kurt Mohr @ In A Mellow Tone obituary @ Soul Bag

Jimmy Rushing and Kurt Mohr, Paris, October 1957 source: http://rollcallblog.blogspot.de/2009_01_29_archive.html ("© Marc Biker, collection Imperial") Aretha Franklin, Ted White & Kurt Mohr, Paris, May 1968 source: http://www.otisredding.fr/rock&_folk.htm ("© Kurt Mohr, personel collection")

Peter Moody

Sunflower Records discography @ www.wirz.de

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George A. Moonoogian b. January 14, 1941 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts d. December 17, 2012 in Amesbury, Massachusetts

co-editor of "Whiskey, Women and . . ."

George Moonoogian as member of "The Serenders" (left) and a/k/a G.M. Hooker (courtesy Craig Ruskey and Ray Templeton)

Jacques Morgantini b. 1924 (?) in Pau, France living in Gan - 7, rue du Padoin F.64 (near Pau, France)

French historian of blues and jazz music co-founder of "Hot club de France" Jacques Morgantini @ www.discogs.com

Jacques Morgantini (standing), Hugues Panassié (seated left) and Mezz Mezzrow source: Les Génies du Blues, Volume 5.- Paris (Editions Atlas) 1993, p. 115 photographer: Jean-Pierre Leloir Jacques Morgantini, 2013 source: http://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/2013/02/12/conference-de-jacques-morgantini,1117501.php; photographer: "DR"

Marcelle Chailleux Morgantini b. April 7, 1925 in Sarthe, France d. September 23, 2007 (82) in Gan, France

feature "Marcelle Morgantini and MCM Records" @ Son Maxwell MCM Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Luc Nicolas-Morgantini, Muddy Waters Jr. (James Williams), Marcelle Morgantini, Bobby King and Didier Tricard, Chicago, October 1975 source: http://www.soulbag.presse.fr ("photo courtesy Didier Tricard") Marcelle Morgantini mixing at Ma Bea's 1975/76 source: www.unrulysun.net

Tony Mostrom b.

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Robert Mugge

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Simon Napier b. October 31, 1939 in Manchester, England d. December 1, 1990 (51) in Cooden (suburb of Bexhill-on Sea), England

co-founder and editor of 'Blues Unlimited' magazine

Blues Unlimited team, 1964 Neil Paterson, Simon Napier, John Broven, Graham Ackers, Rose & Mike Leadbitter, Anna & Dave Williams source: http://johnbroven.com/jjb/biography.html   Simon Napier & Karl Gert zur Heide at Blues Convention, London, 1969 source: Blues & Rhythm #259 (May 2011), p. 18; photographer: Charles Colquhoun Simon Napier in the Bexhill basement, 1972 source: Juke Blues #22 (Winter/Spring 1991), p. 22 ("courtesy Diana Napier") Neil Slaven, John Broven, Simon Napier & Alan Balfour at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott

Syd Nathan b. April 27, 1904 March 5, 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio d. March 5, 1968 in Miami Beach, Florida

Syd Nathan @ Wikipedia Syd Nathan biography @ rockhall.com

Syd Nathan source: wfmuichiban.blogspot.de   Syd Nathan and King Records @ youtube.com Syd Nathan & Hank Ballard source: Ace Records ad in Blues & Rhythm #273 (October 2012), p. 2 ("Courtesy King Records")

Richard Nevins b. 1943

co-founder (with Dan Collins) of Shanachie Entertainment shanachie.com Shanachie Records @ Wikipedia

Richard Nevins 1997 source: Yazoo Collector's Get-Together. NJ, summer '97 [see photo top left]

Giles Oakley

author "The Devil's Music"

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Eli Oberstein

Bluebird A&R man and owner of "Varsity" records @

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Jas Obrecht

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Martin van Olderen   →→→   Martin van Olderen

Paul Oliver b. May 25, 1927 in Nottingham, England d. August 15, 2017 in Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, England

Paul Oliver @ Wikipedia

Paul Oliver & Paul "Sailor" Vernon at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott Paul Oliver and Johnny Parth, Vienna, 1987 source: Blues & Rhythm 120 (1997), p. 10

Bengt Olsson b. May 27, 1949 in Helsingborg, Sweden d. January 19, 2008 in Malmö, Sweden

discography of Bengt Olsson recordings @ www.wirz.de

Bengt Olsson in front of his shop "Gray's" in Malmö, Sweden, c. 1998/99 photo courtesy of Scott Barretta

Amy van Singel / Jim O'Neal Amy van Singel (temporarily known as Amy O'Neal) a/k/a "Atomic Mama"   b. October 11, 1949 in Hinsdale, Illinois d. September 19, 2016 in Ellsworth, Maine Jim O'Neal   b. November 25, 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Jim O'Neal @ Bluesesoterica

Jim & Amy O'Neal 1983 source: eBay auction of CHICAGO SUN-Times photos taken by Jim Klepitch   back of photo on the left including a copy of the short article in the CHICAGO SUN, Febr. 27, 1983 Paul Garon, Jim O'Neal, Amy van Singel, Mark Camarrig, Scott Barretta at Living Blues Magazine Panel during Blues Symposium at Dominican University, 2010 source: Alex Thomas' facebook photo (brightness enhanced by Stefan Wirz)

Dr. Harry Oster b. April 12, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts d. January 19, 2001 in Iowa City, Iowa

Harry Oster @ Wikipedia discography of Harry Oster recordings @ www.wirz.de

Harry Oster source: Harry Oster: Living Country Blues.- Detroit (Folklore Associates), 1969, blurb Willie B. Thomas, Harry Oster, and Butch Cage 1960 source: David Gahr / Richard Shelton: The Face Of Folk Music.- New York 1968, p. 45 photographer: David Gahr

Ioannis Alexandres Veliotes, better known as Johnny Otis b. December 28, 1921 in Vallejo, California, grew up in Berkeley, California d. January 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California

musician, producer, songwriter, record label owner Johnny Otis @ Wikipedia

Johnny Otis, Shuggie Otis & Bobby Day photographer: Frank Scott

Tary Owens b. November 6, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio d. September 21, 2003 in Houston, Texas

Tary Owens page @ www.maryannprice.com Tary Owens short bio @ www.texasghetto.org "Tary Owens, Texas Folklorist and Musician - A Life Remembered" by Ruth K. Sullivan @ library.txstate.edu Catfish Records @ www.wirz.de

Tary Owens & Grey Ghost source: www.austinchronicle.com; photographer: Martha Grenon Tary Owens source: www.maryannprice.com

Harry Herbert Pace b. January 6, 1884 in Covington, Georgia d. 1943 in Chicago, IL; Illinois

Harry Pace @ Wikipedia Black Swan Records founder Harry Pace, an original @ www.aaregistry.org The Rise and Fall of Black Swan Records by Jitu K. Weusi @ www.redhotjazz.com

Harry H. Pace source: harryherbertpace.blogspot.de some cleaning up of original photo by Stefan Wirz

Stevenson Palfi

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Robert Franklin Palmer Jr. b. June 19, 1945 in Little Rock, Arkansas d. November 20, 1997 at the Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla, New York

writer, musicologist, clarinetist, saxophonist, and blues producer Robert Palmer @ Wikipedia

Robert Palmer source: Robert Palmer: Deep Blues.- New York (The Viking Press), 1981, blurb

Hugues Panassié b. February 27, 1912 in Paris, France d. December 8, 1974 in Montauban, France

French jazz critic and record producer co-founder of "Hot club de France" Hugues Panassié @ Wikipedia Hugues Panassié tribute @ Youtube

Hugues Panassié & Tiny Grimes, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 source: Wikipedia; photographer: William P. Gottlieb

Johnny Parth b. December 12, 1923 in Vienna, Austria

Johnny Parth @ Wikipedia Roots Records discography @ www.wirz.de Paltram Records discography @ www.wirz.de Truth Records discography @ www.wirz.de HK Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Paul Oliver and Johnny Parth, Vienna, 1987 source: Blues & Rhythm 120 (1997), p. 10

George Paulus b. April 23, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois d. November 15, 2014 in Downers Grove, Illinois

record producer, founder and owner of Barrelhouse Records, St. George Records, African Folk Society, Delta Swing, Floatin' Bridge & Negro Rhythm Records www.stgeorgerecords.com George Paulus @ Wikipedia Barrelhouse Records @ www.wirz.de Negro Rhythm Records @ www.wirz.de St. George Records @ www.wirz.de

George Paulus & Wanda Feathers (Charlie Feather's daughter) source: www.hankwilliamslistings.com

Sonny Payne

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Dave Peabody b. April 20, 1948 in Southall, Middlesex, London, England

Dave Peabody @ Wikipedia Dave Peabody discography @ www.wirz.de

John Cowley, Nancy Scott & Dave Peabody (standing) at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott

Ralph Peer b. Mai 22, 1892 in Independence, Missouri d. January 19, 1960 in Hollywood, California

American talent scout, recording engineer and record producer in the field of music in the 1920s and 1930s Ralph Peer @ Wikipedia

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Dave Penny

@

Dave Penny, 1980s source: Blues & Rhythm #26 (Jan./Febr. 1987), p. 18 photographer's name not given

Jacques Périn b. 1947 in Neuilly-sur-Seine

founder (1965) of R&B Appreciation Society; founder (1968) and editor (1968-2007) of "Soul Bag" magazine membre du collège électoral de l'Académie du Jazz Soul Bag @ Wikipedia (fr) www.soulbag.presse.fr

Jacques Périn 1980s source: Soul Bag #100 (septembre/octobre 1984), p. 7 Jacques Périn & Sharrie Williams, January 18, 2012 source: blogdechoc.over-blog.com

J. Nicholas 'Nick' Perls b. April 4, 1942 in New York City d. July 22, 1987 (45) in New York City

Nick Perls @ Wikipedia Nick Perls appreciation page @ www.wirz.de Yazoo Records discography @ www.wirz.de Blue Goose Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Nick Perls, Dick Waterman, Son House, Phil Spiro June 23, 1964 (Son House "rediscovery") source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York 1979, p. 194 photographer: Mrs. House using Dick Waterman's camera   Nick Perls presenting a cheque to Sam Chatmon source: Juke Blues No. 10 (Autumn 1987), p. 3, Editorial announcing Nick Perls's death on 22 July 1987 ("courtesy Bob Groom) Mike Cooper & Nick Perls at Blues Convention, London, 1969 source: Blues & Rhythm #259 (May 2011), p. 18; photographer: Charles Colquhoun Unknown (in whiteface) [this is not Larry Johnson!] & Nick Perls (in blackface) source: Front cover of Yazoo LP 1024

Sam Phillips

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Leroy Jodie Pierson b. October 22, 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri

founder and owner of Boogie Disease Records , co-founder and co-owner of Nighthawk Records Boogie Disease Records @ www.wirz.de Nighthawks Records @ www.wirz.de

Leroy Jodie Pierson 1988(?) source: front cover of Nighthawk LP 202 (1988) Leroy Jodie Pierson 2011 source: youtube.com

Sylvia Pitcher

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Marc PoKempner b. January 14, 1948 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Chicago based independent photojournalist www.pokempner.net

Marc PoKempner & Ray Flerlage, Chicago, September 3, 2000 source: Block #115 (herfst 2000), p. 40; photographer: Rien Wisse

Colin Pomeroy West Kensington

founder of Jazz Collector label @

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Tom Pomposello

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Dr. André J. M. Prévos b. 1948 in Rochefort-sur-Mer, France d. March 14, 2002 in Scranton, Pennsylvania (54)

Professor of foreign languages at Pennsylvania State University-Worthington Scranton writer, contributor of "Soul Bag" magazine

André M. Prévos source: www.soulbag.presse.fr

William Russell 'Bill' Quinn b. January 8, 1904 in Amesbury, Massachusetts d. January 4, 1976 in Pasadena, Texas

founder and owner of Gold Star Records Gold Star Records @ Wikipedia

Bill Quinn source: Blues Unlimited #144 (Spring 1983), p. 26; photographer's name not given

Frederic Ramsey Jr. b. January 29, 1915 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

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Fred Ramsey, Jr. and Percy Humphrey source: www.jerryjazzmusician.com

Fritz Rau b. 1930 in Pforzheim, Germany

Fritz Rau @ Wikipedia American Folk Blues Festival discography @ www.wirz.de Scout Records discography @ www.wirz.de L+R Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Horst Lippmann & Fritz Rau source: front cover of L+R

Mike Raven (real name: Austin Churton Fairman) b. November 15, 1924 in London, England d. April 24, 1997 (72) at Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England

Mike Raven @ Wikipedia obituary @ The Independent

Mike Raven "The Mike Raven Blues Show"   XTRA 1047 (1966) Mike Raven "The Mike Raven Blues Show"   Transatlantic TRA SAM 5 (1969)

Rosetta Reitz b. September 28, 1924 in Utica, New York d. November 1, 2008 in Manhattan, New York

feminist and jazz historian, founder and owner of Rosetta Records Rosetta Reitz @ Wikipedia Rosetta Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Rosetta Reitz source: jwa.org/node/1320; photographer: Jill Lynne

Robert 'Bob' Riesman b. October 31, 1954 in Illinois

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Tano Ro

record producer, booking and management agent, photographer www.feelingoodproductions.com www.myspace.com/boogietano

Nico Vallone, Tano Ro, Gary Smith & Andy Just source: www.myspace.com

Don Deadric Robey b. November 1, 1903 in the Fifth Ward of Houston, Texas d. June 16, 1975 of a heart attack at St. Luke's Hospital in Houston, Texas

record label executive, songwriter and record producer; aka "Deadric Malone" Don Robey @ Wikipedia credits @ www.allmusic.com

Don Robey, eating his hat source: Billboard 9. Nov. 1963, pp. 11, 20

Bobby Robinson b. April 16, 1917 in Union, South Carolina d. January 7, 2011 (93) in Harlem, New York City

record shop owner, songwriter, and producer Bobby Robinson @ Wikipedia Bobby Robinson @ discogs.com

Bobby Robinson inside his store, 1976 source: Juke Blues 15 (Spring 1989), p. 11; photographer: Val Wilmer

Gerrit Robs a/k/a Gerard Robs

Black Magic Records @ home.tiscali.nl/blackmagicrecords.nl

Don Zijlstra, Gerrit Robs & Jerry McCain at Blues Estafette '90, Utrecht, November 1990 source: Block #77 (jan/feb/mrt 1991), p. 14; photographer: Rien Wisse

Arthur "Art" Rosenbaum b. December 6, 1938 in Ogdensberg, New York, grown up in Indianapolis, Indiana

Art Rosenbaum @ artrosenbaum.org A Conversation with Art Rosenbaum by Fred C. Fussell @ georgiamusicmag.com THE WORLD AT LARGE - The Art Rosenbaum Mural at The University of Georgia Center for Humanities and Arts source: http://artrosenbaum.org/reviews/worldatlarge.pdf

Art Rosenbaum recording Ronister Johnson Sapelo Island, 1976 source: front cover of "Art Of Field Recording Sampler" Dust-to-Digital DTD-06 (2006) Art Rosenbaum plays six string banjo in front of one of his paintings, 2005 source: www.downhomeradioshow.com photographer: Fred C. Fussell

Gene Rosenthal b. January 16, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri

founder and owner of Adelphi Records www.adelphirecords.com Adelphi Records discography @ www.wirz.de

John Townley, Peter Stampfel & Gene Rosenthal in Soho, NYC, 2010 source: www.astrococktail.com; photographer: Susan Townley

Anthony Rotante

editor of "Blues Research"

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Fred Rothwell

author of "Long Distance Information - Chuck Berry's Recorded Legacy.- Music Mentor Books 2001 co-author (with Phil Wight) of "The Complete Muddy Waters Discography".- Blues & Rhythm Publication 1992 "Blues & Rhythm" contributor

Phil Wight & Fred Rothwell (courtesy Phil Wight)

Bill Rowe b. September 13, 1947 in Portsmouth, England d. December 9, 1997 (50) in Portsmouth, England

Introduction to Otis Spann - the discography, compiled by Bill Rowe @ ourblues.wordpress.com

Larry Johnson, Bill Rowe & Alan Balfour, October 1, 1989 at The Onslow, Southampton source: http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=1753.30

Mike Rowe

The Post War Blues @ Wikipedia The Post War Blues discography @ www.wirz.de

Jim O'Neal, Neil Slaven, Bob Hall, Bill Greensmith, Mike Rowe at 3rd Annual Blues Today Symposium, Oxford Mississippi, February 26, 2005 photographer: Bob Riesman

Arthur N. 'Art' Rupe b. Arthur Goldberg, September 5, 1917 in the Pittsburgh suburb of Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Art Rupe @ Wikipedia Specialty Records @ Wikipedia The Specialty Records Story @ www.bsnpubs.com

Art Rupe source: rockhall.com Art Rupe Interview on Little Richard @ youtube.com

Michel Ruppli

discogropher @

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Craig Ruskey "Blues Writer"

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Tony Russell b. August 15, 1946 in London, England

music historian and author who has written on country music, blues, jazz, and other forms of popular music Tony Russell @ facebook.com

Tony Russell source: www.facebook.com/tony.russell.9400

Brian Rust b. March 19, 1922 in Golders Green, London, England d. January 5, 2011 in Swanage, England

Brian Rust @ Wikipedia Brian Rust - Jazz Discographer in conversation with Nick Dellow @ www.vjm.biz

Brian Rust & Sylvester Ahola source: www.vjm.biz Brian Rust source: www.vjm.biz

Howard W. Rye b. October 27, 1947 in Herne Bay, Kent, UK ("east of the River Medway and never to be confused with Kentish Men born west of the River Medway")

independent scholar of Jazz and Blues co-editor of Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997

Howard Rye photographer: Kurt Hriczucsah

Robert Sacré b. August 5, 1940 in Charleroi, Belgium

Robert Sacré @ www.bluesworld.com

David Evans, Jim O'Neal, Robert Sacré, Dick Shurman, John Broven & Mike Rowe at "Liège International Meeting 1984 - Hommage à Charley Patton", September 1984 source: Blues Unlimited #146 (Autumn/Winter 1984), p. 53 photographer: Cilla Huggins Lurrie Bell, Robert Sacré & Dick Shurman source: Robert Sacre's Facebook page

Robert Santelli

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Arthur Edward "Uncle Art" Satherly a/k/a "Mr. Country Music" b. October 19, 1889 in Windmill Hill, Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire, England d. February 10, 1986 in Fountain Valley, Orange, California

record producer and A&R man Art Satherly @ Wikipedia Arthur Satherly @ www.recordingpioneers.com

Arthur Satherly source: 78 Quarterly #7 (1992), p. 26 ("courtesy of Stephen Calt")

Dave Sax

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Herbert & Edwin Schiele

Herwin Records @

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Siegfried Schmidt-Joos

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Robert Eric Schoenfeld d. October 23, 2006

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Frank Scott b. September 28, 1942 in London, England

founder and owner of "Roots & Rhythm" record store (1974), later (1978) mail order operation www.rootsandrhythm.com

Frank Scott 1968 (photo courtesy Frank Scott) Frank Scott source: www.facebook.com

Bob Shad b. February 12, 1920 in New York City as Abraham Shadrinky d. March 13, 1985 in Los Angeles

record producer and record label owner Bob Shad @ Wikipedia

Bob Shad, 1954 source: Blues Unlimited #144 (Spring 1983), p. 27; photographer's name not given

Arnold Shaw d. September 26, 1989 in Las Vegas

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Peter Shertser

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Eddie Shuler b. March 27, 1913 in Wrightsboro, Texas, moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana in 1942 d. July 23, 2005 (92) at his son's home in Atlanta, Georgia

Goldband Records @ Wikipedia The Story of Goldband Records by Steve Green @ www.purecajun.com Goldband Records: The Early Years @ wired-for-sound.blogspot.de @ www.talentondisplay.com

Eddie Shuler in his Goldband Recording Studio, Lake Charles, Louisiana, May 11, 1981 source: Blues Forum #7 (3. Quartal 1982), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess

Tim Schuller b. d. February 29, 2012

Dallas-based journalist, blues and jazz historian; contributor to Living Blues, Blues Access, The Met, Southwest Blues, Buddy Magazine; music editor of the Dallas Observer in the 80's @

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Richard L. 'Dick' Shurman b. May 23, 1950 in Los Alamos, New Mexico

Dick Shurman @ Wikipedia Dick Shurman - An Interview with an Iconic Blues Man by Terry 'Gatorman' Lape @ www.illinoisblues.com

Ronnie Baker Brooks, Koko Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Magic Slim, Richard Shurman, Roger Naber source: www.illinoisblues.com

Jim Simpson b. 1938 in Westminster

Big Bear Music Group @ www.bigbearmusic.com From Black Sabbath to jazz - Jim Simpson's made his musical mark @ the Birmingham Post Big Bear Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Jim Simpson, Big Bear Music Group source: www.flickr.com

Amy van Singel   →→→   Amy van Singel / Jim O'Neal

Neil Slaven b. August 6, 1944 in Caterham, England

"Mike Vernon and Neil Slaven making drummer Keef Hartley an offer which he simply can't refuse!", c. 1970 source: Bob Brunning: BLUES - The British Connection.- Poole (Blandford Press), 1986, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 96 & 79 ("Mike Vernon" / David Wedgbury, Decca Press Dept.) Neil "A larger one please" Slaven, 1980s source: Blues & Rhythm #26 (Jan./Febr. 1987), p. 19 photographer's name not given   Neil Slaven, John Broven, Simon Napier & Alan Balfour at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott Jim O'Neal, Neil Slaven, Bob Hall, Bill Greensmith, Mike Rowe at 3rd Annual Blues Today Symposium, Oxford Mississippi, February 26, 2005 photographer: Bob Riesman

Joel Slotnikoff b. October 16, 1945 in New York, NY

produced 1990 St. Louis Blues Festival, managed and produced two Big Bad Smitty CDs. Cover photos for Adelphi Records. Dealer in rare records for 20 years Joel Slotnikoff's website Joel Slotnikoff @ discogs.com

Joel Slotnikoff source: Joel Slotnikoff at myspace.com

Al Smith b. November 23, 1923 in Bolivar County, Mississippi d. February 7, 1974 in Chicago, Illinois

Al Smith discography - part one @ hubcap.clemson.edu Al Smith discography - part two @ hubcap.clemson.edu Blues On Blues discography @ www.wirz.de Bluesway discography @ www.wirz.de

Al Smith source: Blues Unlimited 118 (1976), p. 13; photographer: Norbert Hess

Brian Smith

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Chris Smith b. July 6, 1949

founder and owner of Policy Wheel Records; editor of 'Blues Link' magazine, "Blues & Rhythm" contributor liner notes writer; co-editor of "The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings" Policy Wheel Records @ www.wirz.de 'Blues Link' magazine @ www.wirz.de

Chris Smith & Phil Wight, 2005 (courtesy Phil Wight) Chris Smith 2012 source: www.facebook.com

Harry Smith

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Maynard Solomon co-founder of Vanguard Records, music producer, later musicologist b. January 5, 1930 in New York

Maynard Solomon @ Wikipedia Vanguard Records @ Wikipedia

Jac Holzman, Theo Bikel, Pete & Toshi Seeger, Harold Leventhal, Fred Hellerman, Maynard Solomon, 1965 source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down. The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York (Anchor Books) 1979, p. 264; photographer: David Gahr

Henry Columbus 'H.C.' Speir b. October 6, 1895 in Prospect, Mississippi d. April 22, 1972 (76) in Jackson, Mississippi

Owner of a music store in downtown Jackson, Mississippi "talent scout" for OKeh, Victor, Gennett, Columbia, Vocalion, Decca and Paramount H.C. Speir @ Wikipedia Godfather Of Delta Blues @ www.bluesworld.com

H.C. Speir, 1960s source: Gayle Dean Wardlow: Chasin' That Devil Music.- San Francisco (Backbeat Music) 1998, p. 132; photographer: Gayle Dean Wardlow H.C. Speir, 1960s source: David Evans: Tommy Johnson London (Studio Vista), 1971, p. 44; photographer: Marina Bokelman

Evelyn Hruby-Sperker f/k/a Evelyn Parth b. July 31, 1941 in Vienna, Austria d. May 12, 2016

Evelyn Hruby-Sperker @ www.kunst-lukasgilde.at Roots Records discography @ www.wirz.de Paltram Records discography @ www.wirz.de Truth Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Stephanie Wiesand, Lightnin' Hopkins, Evelyn Parth Munich, Germany, 1964 source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179; photographer: Chris Strachwitz Evelyn Hruby-Sperker source: www.kunst-lukasgilde.at

Philip 'Phil' Spiro b. June 28, 1940 in New York City moved to Silicon Valley in 1989, later moved to University of California, Berkeley (retired since 2000) recently (2013) lives in Mountain View, south of San Francisco, California

contributor of "The Broadside of Boston" early member of Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson's band "Snake Man" along with Nick Perls and Dick Waterman "rediscovered" Son House in 1964 Dick Waterman about finding Son House in 1964 @ www.sundayblues.org (Newsweek July 13, 1964) Phil Spiro interviewing Mississippi John Hurt & Skip James on WTBS-FM (Cambridge, MA) c. October 1964 @ Youtube "Viola Blues for Al Wilson and Phil Spiro" by Alan Sondheim @ www.furtherfield.org

Nick Perls, Dick Waterman, Son House, Phil Spiro June 23, 1964 (Son House "rediscovery") source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York 1979, p. 194 photographer: Mrs. House using Dick Waterman's camera

Richard K. 'Dick' Spottswood b. April 17, 1937 in Maryland

musicologist, author, record pruducer and radio host Richard K. Spottswood @ Wikipedia Melodeon Records discography @ www.wirz.de Piedmont Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Dick Spottswood with Mississippi John Hurt Front cover of Steve Cushing's book "Pioneers of the Blues Revival"

Robert Springer b. 1946

Professor (émérite) of English at the University of Metz in Longeville les Metz, France contributor to Blues Unlimited, Jefferson, Living Blues author of "Authentic Blues: Its History and Its Themes" (1996) editor of "Nobody Knows Where the Blues Came From" (2006)

Robert Springer mid 1990s www.poslarchive.com

Anthony Francis Tony Standish b. December 7, 1931 in Richmond (inner suburb of Melbourne), Victoria, Australia d. December 17, 2016 in Australia

producer, record label owner (Heritage Records), writer, photographer, book shop proprietor Heritage Records @ wirz.de obituary @ www.theage.com.au

Tony Standish R.I.P. (December 7, 1931 - December 17, 2016) source: Tony Standish's facebook page

John Stedman b. 1954 in Kent, UK

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John Steiner b. July 21,1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin d. June 3, 2000 (91) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

John Steiner article by Bob Koester @ www.delmark.com SD Records discography @ hubcap.clemson.edu

John Steiner source: 78 Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 7 (1992), p. 30

Michael Mike Addison Stewart b. September 18, 1943 in North Carolina d. October 11, 2007 (64) in Mill Spring, North Carolina

obituary by Tony Russell @ The Guardian Backwards Sam Firk discography @ wirz.de

Michael Stewart a/k/a "Backwards Sam Firk" source: http://static.rateyourmusic.com/lk/f/a/c51b6 48b6b51a6980944a493a5f6016f/2858995.jpg Memphis Piano Red and Michael Stewart visit Sleepy John Estes & family at home in Brownsville, Tennessee source: http://www.adelphirecords.com/video/YankSleepy.html

Derrick Stewart-Baxter b. August 24, 1911 in the UK d. November 17, 1992 (81) in Brighton, England

"In Christmas mood, collectors and artist meet. Derrick Stewart-Baxter, Ernest Borneman, Chicago Bill (Broonzy) and Albert McCarthy." source: Bob Groom: The Blues Revival.- London (Studio Vista) 1971, p. 90 (The photo appeared on p. 19 of the Melody Maker on December 15, 1951)

Henry Stone - producer, label owner

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Chris Strachwitz b. July 1, 1931 in Gross Reichenau, Lower Silesia (then within Germany and now known as Bogaczów, Poland)

Chris Strachwitz @ Wikipedia www.arhoolie.com Arhoolie Records discography @ www.wirz.de Chris Strachwitz, Arhoolie Records, and Traditional Blues Field Recordings by Matthew Block @ www.delmark.com

Bez Turner, Cilla Huggins & Chris Strachwitz at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott Chris Strachwitz source: http://blog.nz-online.de/peltner/category/country-western/

Lee Tanner b. 1931 in New York City

short Lee Tanner bio @ lucieawards.com Images of the Blues (1998) @ jazztimes.com

Lee Tanner & Lee Hildebrand, late 1990s source: Block #110 (somer 1998), p. 29; photographer: Chris Duffey Lee Tanner, 2010 source: lucieawards.com

John Tefteller b. December 26, 1958 in La Mirada, California

www.tefteller.com

John Tefteller source: sundayblues.org

Ray Templeton b. September 24, 1953 in Bellshill, Scotland

contributor, member of the editorial committee of 'Blues & Rhythm' magazine

Ray Templeton, 1980s source: Blues & Rhythm #26 (Jan./Febr. 1987), p. 19 photographer's name not given

Studs Terkel d. October 31, 2008 (96) in Chicago, Illinois

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Nicolas Teurnier

editor of "Soul Bag" magazine (since 2007) Soul Bag @ Wikipedia (fr) www.soulbag.presse.fr

Nicolas Teurnier & Jacques Périn, 2012 source: www.franceblues.com

Bob Thiele b. July 27, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York City d. January 30, 1996 in New York City

record producer Bob Thiele @ Wikipedia

Bob Thiele 1969(?) source: Front cover of Bob Thiele Emergency: Head Start.- Flying Dutchman LP 10104 (1969)

Robert 'Bob' Tilling b. September 29, 1944 in Bristol, England d. January 25, 2011 in Jersey

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Keith Tillman

English bassist, founding member of The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. He subsequently joined John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. In the 1980s he played with Mainsqueeze. Founder and owner of Python Records. Python Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Bo Diddley and Mainsqueeze, London, March 1984 left to right: Bo Diddley, Leonard 'Stretch' Stretching, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Keith Tillman, Dave 'Munch' Moore source: Blues Unlimited 148/149 (Winter 1987), p. 52; photographer: George White

Jeff Todd Titon b. December 8, 1943 in Jersey City, New Jersey

Emeritus Professor of Ethnomusicology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Jeff Todd Titon @ Wikipedia Jeff Todd Titon @ Brown University Jeff Todd Titon @ American Folklore Society

Jeff Todd Titon source: http://www.afsnet.org/?page=JeffToddTiton

Serge Tonneau

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Ray Topping

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Perrine & Didier Tricard

Isabel Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Luc Nicolas-Morgantini, Muddy Waters Jr., Marcelle Morgantini, Bobby King and Didier Tricard, Chicago, October 1975 source: http://www.soulbag.presse.fr ("photo courtesy Didier Tricard")

Bez Turner

Bez Turner @ www.discogs.com

Bez Turner, Cilla Huggins & Chris Strachwitz at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott

(Prof. Dr.) Jean-Pierre Urbain b. January 20, 1963 in Verviers, Belgium d. October 1, 2016 (53) in Liège, Belgium

blues writer; ABS, Arvern Blues Society Jean-Pierre Urbain à la Galerie Ouverture @ www.ouvertures.be

Jean-Pierre Urbain source: http://www.umexpert.nl/expert/jean-pierre-urbain-2/

Rudy van Gelder b. November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey d. August 25, 2016 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

recording engineer Rudy van Gelder @ Wikipedia

Rudy van Gelder source: http://www.jazzwax.com/2012/02/interview-rudy-van-gelder-part-2.html

Martin van Olderen b. January 3, 1931 d. January 26, 2002 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Oldie Blues Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Martin van Olderen at Amsterdam Blues Festival, March 15, 1997 source: Block 102 (april/mei/juni 1997), p. 37; photographer: Rien Wisse

Guido van Rijn b. April 11, 1950 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

co-founder (1970) of the Netherlands Blues and Boogie Organisation MC at some of the annual Utrecht Blues Estafettes; contributor of magazines like "Blues Unlimited" and "Blues & Rhythm" record producer; founder and owner of Agram Blues Records Guido van Rijn @ www.bluesworld.com

Guido van Rijn, 1970s source: Bob Corritore's André Hobus Blues Photo Library Part 1, Page 3 [cropped] photographer: André Hobus

Amy van Singel   →→→   Amy van Singel / Jim O'Neal

Billy Vera

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Michael William Hugh 'Mike' Vernon b. November 20, 1944 in Harlow, Middlesex, England

Mike Vernon @ Wikipedia Mike Vernon @ www.fleetwoodmac.net Mike Vernon: Producing British Blues @ www.soundonsound.com Blue Horizon Records @ Wikipedia

Mike Vernon source: Melody Maker August 2, 1969, p. 12 "Mike Vernon and Neil Slaven making drummer Keef Hartley an offer which he simply can't refuse!", c. 1970 source: Bob Brunning: BLUES - The British Connection.- Poole (Blandford Press), 1986, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 96 & 79 ("Mike Vernon" / David Wedgbury, Decca Press Dept.)

brothers Richard & Mike Vernon, c. 2010 source: www.soundonsound.com

Paul "Sailor" Vernon b. July 5, 1949 in London, England

← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← ← Sailor's Delight (1978 - 1984) ed. by Paul 'Sailor' Vernon Last Swill and Testament The Hilarious, Unexpurgated Memoirs of Paul 'Sailor' Vernon Blues Fanatic, Rare Record Dealer, Ligger, Erstwhile Bon Viveur and Friend to the Stars ISBN-13: 978-0-9547068-4-5; paperback, 228 pages, illustrated, 2008 @ musicmentor0.tripod.com → → → → → → → → → → →

Paul Oliver & Paul "Sailor" Vernon at a venue for Chris Strachwitz' visit on Saturday, September 6, 1986 at the "Break For The Border", Charing Cross Road, London, booked for 7pm source: Frank Scott archive; photographer: Frank Scott Paul Vernon, one of the Lancaster Players 2009 source: http://lancasterplayers.org/onstage2.htm

Richard Vernon b. December 19, 1946 in Harrow, UK

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Richard Vernon & his brother Mike Vernon, c. 2010 source: www.soundonsound.com

Robert 'Bob' Vanderschueren   →→→   Marc de Jonghe / Robert Vanderschueren

Johnny Vincent b. Oktober 3, 1925 in Laurel, Mississippi d. Februar 4, 2000 in Jackson, Mississippi

Ace Records @ Wikipedia (de)

Johnny Vincent source: Blues & Rhythm # 40 (November 1980), p. 5; photographer: Paul Harris

Rolf Max von Arx b. March 19, 1931 d. August 6, 2008

Whoopee Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Walter Lüssi, Rolf von Arx & Arx' wife, 2006 source: www.fridolin.ch

Joe Von Battle b. 1915 in Macon, Georgia d. 1973 in Detroit, Michigan

owner of the legendary Joe's Record Shop, at 3530 Hastings Street Detroit pre-Motown record producer founder / owner of J.V.B. Records and its subsidiaries Battle, Gone, Viceroy, and Von Records Joe Von Battle - Requiem for a Record Shop Man by Marsha Battle Philpot

Joe Von Battle source: http://marshamusic.wordpress.com/page-joe-von-battle-requiem-for-a-record-shop-man/ Eddie Kirkland, Aaron 'Little Sonny' Willis & Emmit Slay in front of Joe Von Battle's Record Shop on 12th Street, Detroit, 1960 (Joe Von Battle standing in the doorway!) source: Joachim E. Berendt & William Claxton: Jazz Life - Auf den Spuren des Jazz.- Offenburg (Burda Druck und Verlag GmbH) 1961, p. 190; photographer: William Claxton

Max E. Vreede b. March 17, 1927 in The Netherlands d. October 3, 1991 in Hague, The Netherlands

Dutch collector and discographer wrote the first important discography about the Paramount "Race" series

Max Vreede in the late 1950s, visiting 78 dealer Jake Schneider in New York courtesy Hans Eekhoff Max Vreede photographer: Hans Eekhoff

Elijah Wald

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Gayle Dean Wardlow b. August 31, 1940 in Freer, Texas

Gayle Dean Wardlow @ Wikipedia Gayle Dean Wardlow @ www.bluesworld.com Gayle Dean Wardlow Research Interviews @ thedeltablues

Gayle Dean Wardlow source: http://www.tdblues.com/?p=1125 Hawkeye Herman & Gayle Dean Wardlow at the Paramount Blues Festival, Grafton, WI, September 23, 2006 source: http://blindman.15.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=27001 (Hawkeye Herman)

Dick Waterman b. July 14, 1935 in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Dick Waterman @ Wikipedia Dick Waterman Music Photography @ www.dickwaterman.com

Nick Perls, Dick Waterman, Son House, Phil Spiro June 23, 1964 (Son House "rediscovery") source: Eric von Schmidt & Jim Rooney: Baby, let me follow you down The illustrated story of the Cambridge folk years.- New York 1979, p. 194 photographer: Mrs. House using Dick Waterman's camera Dick Waterman March 2012 at the University of Mississippi's Overby Center source: laborsouth.blogspot.de/

Tony Watson b. October 29, 1946 in Leeds, England

contributor, member of the editorial committee of 'Blues & Rhythm' magazine

Tony Watson, 1980s source: Blues & Rhythm #26 (Jan./Febr. 1987), p. 18 photographer's name not given Tony Watson, 20??

Dietrich Wawzyn b.

review of "On The Road Again 1963" @ www.nodepression.com "Wawzyn originally produced three feature-length documentaries for German television on blues, gospel, and "hillbilly music" from the footage he and Strachwitz had gathered, but unfortunately all three of the films have been lost. As a result, this DVD never really feels like a complete linear documentary, but rather a collection of scenes. Still, these are scenes any fan of American roots music will love seeing."

Dietrich Wawzyn and his wife, Anna Marie, filming in the Third Ward, Houston, Texas, 1963 source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179; photographer: Chris Strachwitz Dietrich Wawzyn - On The Road Again 1963 Down Home Blues, Jazz, Gospel and More Filmed on Location 1963 source: bagger.tumblr.com

Bob Weinstock

owner of Prestige Records @

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Richard Weize b. August 4, 1945 in Bad Gandersheim, Germany

founder (1975) and owner of Bear Family Records www.bear-family.de Richard Weize @ Wikipedia (de) Bear Family Records @ Wikipedia (en)

Richard Weize 2010 source: www.wdr5.de; photographer: Veronika Bock (?) Richard Weize with a "booklet" to one of his CD boxes source: www.weser-kurier.de; photographer: Peter von Döllen

Peter John 'Pete' Welding b. November 15, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania d. November 17, 1995 (60) at his home in Rancho Cucamonga (Alta Loma), California

record producer; editor of 'Down Beat' magazine; contributor of "Blues Unlimited' & 'Living Blues' magazines founder and owner of Testament Records Pete Welding @ Wikipedia Testament Records @ Wikipedia

Pete Welding magazine feature source: www.vintageadbrowser.com

Jerry Wexler b. January 10, 1917 in The Bronx, New York City d. August 15, 2008 in Sarasota, Florida

music journalist; record producer for Atlantic Records Jerry Wexler @ Wikipedia Atlantic Records @ Wikipedia

Ahmet Ertegun, Big Joe Turner & Jerry Wexler source: Blues & Rhythm #27 (March 1987), p. 27; photographer: Dan Nooger

Pete Whelan

record collector; co-founder (1960, with Bill Givens) of "Origin Jazz Library" label editor (starting 1967) of "78 Quarterly" Pete Whelan interview @ www.bluesworld.com originjazz.com Origin Jazz Library discography @ www.wirz.de

Pete Whelan source: www.bluesworld.com

Stephanie Wiesand b. 1912 in Germany d. c. 2012 (at 100) in Germany

credits (as actress) @ www.imdb.de credits (as photographer) @ www.discogs.com ← ←   1963/64 Stephanie Wiesand photographs on front covers of 'Blues Forum'   → →

Stephanie Wiesand, Lightnin' Hopkins, Evelyn Parth, Munich, Germany, 1964 source: Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010, unpaginated photo pages between pp. 178 & 179; photographer: Chris Strachwitz

Phil Wight

Phil's Spot contributor, member of the editorial committee of 'Blues & Rhythm' magazine

Byron Foulger, Henry Qualls & Phil Wight at the Utrecht Blues Estafette, 1994 source: www.flickr.com ("Never Slim"); photographer: Mike Rainsford Phil Wight, September 2012 (courtesy Phil Wight; photographer: Avril Wight)

Francis Wilford-Smith a/k/a "Smilby" b. March 12, 1927 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England "His romancing of fellow student Pamela Kilby (whom he married in 1949) earned them the collective nickname 'Smilby', a pen-name he would later use on his cartoons." (Bear Alley obit) d. December 4, 2009 (82) in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England

Francis Wilford-Smith @ Wikipedia obituary by Mark Bryant @ The Independent obituary by Michael Gray @ handmemytravelinshoes.blogspot.de obituary by "Enoch Bolles" @ enochbolles.blogspot.de obituary @ Bear Alley Magpie Records (4400 series) @ www.wirz.de

Francis Wilford-Smith source: enochbolles.blogspot.de ("© Pamela Smith") "Smilby" Punch front cover September 30, 1959 source: punch-cartoons.blogspot.de

[Jay] Mayo ("Ink") Williams b. September 25, 1894 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, grew up in Monmouth, Illinois d. January 2, 1980 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois (85)

talent scout and supervisor of recording sessions, record producer in 1927, he left Paramount and started The Chicago Record Company ("Black Patti" label) later moved to Brunswick Records and its subsidiary label Vocalion in 1934 hired as head of the "race records" department at Decca after leaving Decca in 1945 worked freelance and ran several small, independent labels (Harlem, Chicago, Southern, Ebony) Mayo Williams @ www.paramountshome.org Ebony, Chicago, Southern, and Harlem: The Mayo Williams Indies @ hubcap.clemson.edu

Mayo Williams 1920s source: hubcap.clemson.edu Mayo Williams 1970 source: 78 Quarterly #7 (1992), p. 27 ("courtesy of Stephen Calt")

Valerie Sybil "Val" Wilmer b. December 7, 1941 in Harrogate, England

photographer, jazz historian and writer Valerie Wilmer @ Wikipedia

Baby Tate & Valerie Wilmer Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1972 source: Photographs by Valerie Wilmer: The Face of Black Music New York (Da Capo) 1976, back cover; photographer: Terry Quaye Valerie Wilmer source: http://www.thejazzbaroness.co.uk/images/20.jpg

Alan 'Blind Owl' Wilson b. July 4, 1943 d.

@ www.alanwilsoncannedheat.com Alan Wilson @ Wikipedia

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Thomas Blanchard 'Tom' Wilson b. March 25, 1931 in Helena, Montana, grew up in Waco, Texas d. September 6, 1978 in Los Angeles, California

record producer Tom Wilson @ Wikipedia

Tom Wilson & Bob Dylan, 1965 source: en.wikipedia.org

Steve Wisner

record producer; founder of Mr. Blues Records Mr. Blues Records discography @ www.wirz.de

Steve Wisner & Big Guitar Red, 1975 source: back cover of Bedrock BEDLP15; photographer: Jim O'Neal

Rien & Marion Wisse

editors of Block - Tijdschrift voor blues Block - Tijdschrift voor Blues @

Mike Welch, Marion Wisse, Chris Vachon source: Block - Tijdschrift voor Blues 98 (april/mei/juni 1996), p. 31; photographer: Rien Wisse Rien Wisse & Hubert Sumlin at B.L.U.E.S. source: Block - Tijdschrift voor Blues 69 (jan/feb/mrt 1989), p. 26; photographer: Marion Wisse

Ernest C. Withers b. 1922 d. 2007

photographer Ernest C. Withers Photography Collection @ nmaahc.si.edu

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John W. (Wesley) Work III b. July 15, 1901 in Tullahoma, Tennessee d. May 17, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee

composer, educator, choral director, musicologist and scholar of African-American folklore and music John W. Work III @ Wikipedia John W. Work III @ www.blackpast.org

John W. Work source: www.blackpast.org/aah/work-john-wesley-iii-1901-1967 (Courtesy of the Library of Congress) John W. Work source: Black World Vol. XXIII, No. 9 (July 1974), p. 37 photographer: Marion Pálfi

Ernest Lafayette Ernie Young b. December 2, 1892 in Pulaski, Tennessee d. June 8, 1977 in Nashville, Tennessee

Excello Records @ Wikipedia Excello singles discography @ www.soulfulkindamusic.net Excello albums discography @ www.bsnpubs.com

Ted Adams (of Ernie's Record Mart), Ted Jarrett & Ernie Young source: Cashbox of December 10, 1955, reproduced in Block 108 (Winter 1998), p. 15

Dr. Joseph Jerome 'Jerry' Zolten b. in McKeesport, Pennsylvania (graduated in 1963)

writer, advocator for, and producer of American roots music Jerry Zolten @ Wikipedia Jerry Zolten @ facebook

... playing with Bo Diddley (1980s) ... fighting with Robert Crumb (2006) ... with Dixie Hummingbirds & Fairfield Four (1990s) photos courtesy Jerry Zolten

Karl Gert zur Heide

ragtime and blues researcher; magazine contributor author of "Deep South Piano - The Story of Little Brother Montgomery"

Simon Napier & Karl Gert zur Heide at Blues Convention, London, 1969 source: Blues & Rhythm #259 (May 2011), p. 18; photographer: Charles Colquhoun Karl Gert zur Heide 2005 source: archiv2.berlinerfestspiele.de photographer: Monika zur Heide

Will be expanded frequently !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Bob Riesman, Chris Smith, Frank Scott, Alan Balfour, Ray Templeton, Rolf Stensletten, Michael Collins, Dave Moore, Phil Wight, Robert Sacré, Lex Jansen, Kurt Hriczucsah, Bob Eagle, Eric Simkin, Alex van der Tuuk, Gary Wheelock, Scott Dirks, Pat Conte, Hubert Stowitschek, Jim Clay, Klaus Kilian and Axel Küstner for additional info / scans / photo files