Sunday, May 29, 1994

Arcade

Arcade
California, USA
Glam metal, hard rock

Arcade was a glam metal formed in 1992 by ex-Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy and Cinderella drummer Fred Coury, and featured ex-Sea Hags guitarist Frankie Wilsex, ex-Gypsy Rose guitarist Donny Syracuse, and ex-9.0 bassist Michael Andrews. Its originally proposed name was to be Taboo.


Arcade (1993)
A/2 (1994)

Thursday, May 26, 1994

Blue Murder

Blue Murder
UK
Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal

Blue Murder were an English hard rock band, founded by ex-Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang and Thin Lizzy guitarist John Sykes.


Blue Murder (1989)
Nothin' But Trouble (1993)
Screaming Blue Murder: Dedicated to Phill Lynott (1994) Live

Tuesday, May 17, 1994

Little Brother Montgomery

Little Brother Montgomery
Kentwood, Louisiana, United States
Jazz, Blues, Boogie-woogie

Eurreal Wilford "Little Brother" Montgomery (April 18, 1906 – September 6, 1985) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer.


Tasty Blues (1961)
Chicago: The Living Legends (1962)
Chicago Blues Session (1963) 1989 Rem., with Sunnyland Slim
Bajez Copper Station (1972)
At Home (1990) 1967-1982
Complete Recorded Works (1992) 1930-1936
Goodbye Mister Blues (1993) Little Brother Montgomery's State Street Swingers
Vocal Accompaniments & Early Post-War Recordings (1994) 1930-1954

appears on:
American Folk Blues Festival '66 (1966)

Sunday, May 08, 1994

Whistlin' Alex Moore

Whistlin' Alex Moore
Dallas, Texas, United States
Blues, Boogie-woogie

Whistlin' Alex Moore
(November 22, 1899 – January 20, 1989) was an American blues pianist, singer and whistler. He is best remembered for his recordings of "Across the Atlantic Ocean" and "Black Eyed Peas and Hog Jowls."


From North Dallas to the East Side (1994) 1947/1960/1969

Friday, May 06, 1994

Lucille Bogan

Lucille Bogan
aka: Bessie Jackson
Amory, Mississippi, United States
Delta blues, country blues

Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. The music critic Ernest Borneman stated that Bogan was one of "the big three of the blues", along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith. Many of Bogan's songs have been covered by later blues and jazz musicians, including Buddy Guy, B.B. King, and Sonny Boy Williamson.
Many of her songs were sexually explicit, and she was generally considered to have been a dirty blues musician.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1994) 1923-1930
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1994) 1930-1933
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1994) 1934-1935

Thursday, May 05, 1994

Peetie Wheatstraw

Peetie Wheatstraw
Either Ripley, Tennessee or Cotton Plant, Arkansas
St. Louis blues

William Bunch (December 21, 1902 – December 21, 1941), known as Peetie Wheatstraw, was an American musician, an influential figure among 1930s blues singers. The only known photograph of him shows him holding a National brand tricone resonator guitar, but he played the piano on most of his recordings.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1994) 1930-1932
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1994) 1934-1935
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1994) 1935-1936
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1994) 1936-1937
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1994) 1937-1938
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 6 (1994) 1938-1940
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 7 (1994) 1938-1940

Casey Bill Weldon

Casey Bill Weldon
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
Country blues

William "Casey Bill" Weldon (December 10, 1909 – ca\. 1970) was an American country blues musician.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1994) 1935-1936
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1994) 1936-1937
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1994) 1937-1938

Washboard Sam

Washboard Sam
Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, United States
Blues

Robert Clifford Brown (July 15, 1910 – November 6, 1966), known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues musician and singer.


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1993) 1935-1936
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1993) 1937-1938
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1993) 1938
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1993) 1939-1940
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1993) 1940-1941
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 6 (1994) 1941-1942
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 7 (1994) 1942-1949

Manic Eden

Manic Eden
USA
Hard rock

Manic Eden were a short-lived hard rock band consisting of former members of Whitesnake and Little Caesar.


Manic Eden (1994)

Sunday, May 01, 1994

Walter Roland

Walter Roland
Ralph, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
Blues, boogie-woogie, jazz

Walter Roland (possibly December 20, 1902 – October 12, 1972) was an American blues, boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, guitarist and singer, noted for his association with Lucille Bogan, Josh White and Sonny Scott. The music journalist Gérard Herzhaft stated that Roland was "a great piano player... as comfortable in boogie-woogies as in slow blues," adding that "Roland – with his manner of playing and his singing – was direct and rural."


Complete Recorded Works, vol. 1 (1994) 1933
Complete Recorded Works, vol. 2 (1994) 1934-1935