October Blues Birthdays

October Blues Birthdays

1- George “Wild Child” Butler (1936), Donny Hathaway (1945), Cub Koda (1948)
3-Albert Collins (1932), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Chubby Checker (1941), Billy     Branch (1951)
5-Roy Book Binder (1941)
6-Aaron “Little Sonny” Willis (1932), Sammy Price (1908)
9-O.V. Wright (1939)
10-Ivory Joe Hunter (1914), Harry “Sweets” Edison (1915)
11-Thelonius Monk (1917), Art Blakey (1919)
12-Nappy Brown (1929), Sam Moore (1935)
13-Art Tatum (1910), Shirley Caesar (1938)
14-Jimmy Liggins (1924), Son Thomas (1924), Kenny Neal (1957)
15-Victoria Spivey (1906), Robert Ward (1938)
16-Sugarpie Desanto(1935), Big Joe Williams (1903)
18-Chuck Berry
19-William “Piano Red” Perryman (1911)
20-Jelly Roll Morton (1885)
21-Dizzy Gillespie (1917), Elvin Bishop (1942), Doctor Ross (1925)
23-Rufus “Speckled Red” Perryman (1892), Boozoo Chavis (1930)
24-Sonny Terry (1911), Willie Mabon (1925), Jimmy Dawkins (1936)
26-Mahalia Jackson (1911), Detroit Junior (1931), Bootsy Collins (1951)
27-Henry Townsend (1909), Benny Turner (1939)
30-Tommy Ridgely (1925)
31-Ethel Waters (1896), Illinois Jacquet (1922)

David Keltner
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