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Hace 2 días · He also spent time poring through his father’s record collection, which included jazz and blues 78s by the likes of Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, and Brownie McGhee.
Hace 4 días · Happy Traum passes. Lifelong musician and educator Happy Traum died on July 17 in Manhattan, NY, following surgery and rehab for pancreatic cancer. He was 86 years of age. Born Harry Peter Traum on May 9, 1938, in New York City, Happy, as he came to be known, had two prominent arcs to his notable career. First, as a fingerstyle guitarist and ...
Hace 4 días · “Damn,” I remember thinking, “he’s 84 years old and he sounds better than ever!” Not just the familiar, rhythmic fingerstyle guitar that he learned from Brownie McGhee and fused with the effervescence of John Hurt. Not just the tuneful, rousing interplay of voices and timbres from a pantheon of roots music virtuosos.
Hace 4 días · After graduating in 1956, he enrolled in New York University. By then he was already honing his musical chops under the tutelage of the blues musician Brownie McGhee. He received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1960 and became a regular at local folk clubs and at the storied Sunday folk jams in Washington Square Park.
Hace 1 día · Born near Manchester, England in 1933, Mayall grew up learning guitar, piano, and harmonica. He was influenced by his father’s record collection, which included jazz and blues by Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, and Brownie McGhee. After studying graphic design and serving in Korea, Mayall worked in advertising before committing to music.
Hace 2 días · After graduating in 1956, he enrolled at New York University. By then, he was already honing his musical chops under the tutelage of blues musician Brownie mcghee. He received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1960. He joined the folk group the New world Singers, who counted Dylan, still a rising young folky from minnesota, as a friend and a fan.
Hace 2 días · Mayall comenzó en la música durante su adolescencia, inspirándose en influyentes guitarristas de blues como Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy y Lead Belly y pianistas del género boogie-woogie, como Albert Ammons y Meade Lux Lewis. A los 14 años se matriculó en la Manchester’s Junior School of Art, donde estudió piano.
