Players Flashcards
Roy Gaines
Texas. Blues. 50s-60s-70s. Af-Am. Mostly sideman. Ray Charles et al.
Bill Kirchen
Telecaster player from Ann Arbor. Most famous for Commander Cody. DC area resident since 1986.
Bennie Smith
St. Louis blues guitarist. Active 1950’s through 2000. Smith named Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown and Matt “Guitar” Murphy as his two greatest influences.
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Louisiana born
Blues, country, jazz, Cajun
Active 40’s - 2000
Influential fiddler as well
Matt “Guitar” Murphy
Born in Mississippi but moved to Chicago
Blues. Played with Howlin’ Wolf and The Blues Brothers.
Played a Cort (Korean) guitar
Wayne Bennett
Born Oklahoma
Blues, jazzy blues, jazz
Mainly known for work with Bobby Bland
Lonnie Johnson
Born 1899 New Orleans.
American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter.
blues historian Gérard Herzhaft: Johnson was “undeniably the creator of the guitar solo played note by note with a pick….”
Who was Sinatra’s long time guitarist. LA session player.
Al Viola
Bob Burford
Old school jazzer. Has a few albums but can’t find much other info.
Who recorded Midnight Blue?
Kenny Burrell
Kenny Burrell
White guy from Detroit. Jazzer. Lots of albums and session work.He has cited Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters. In the late 50’s occupied the former chair of Charlie Christian in Benny Goodman’s band.
Who played electric guitar on Alison Krause “Goodbye and So Long to You”?
According to the personnel list on Wiki, it was either Richard Bennett or Brent Mason, so I believe it was Brent.
Name players who have recorded the “Okie Dokie Stomp”
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
Sue Foley
Brian Setzer
Roy Gaines
Johnny Winter
Bennie Smith
Cornell Dupree
Who played guitar on Bobby Bland’s version of “Call it Stormy Monday”
Wayne Bennet
Who was Lonnie Johnson?
Alonzo. Born in New Orleans. Jazz guitar and first to widely use electric violin. Johnson’s early recordings are the first guitar recordings that display a single-note soloing style with string bending and vibrato.
