SUN RA, bandleader, musician, poet, visionary May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993
Sun Ra, also Le Sony'r Ra, was born Herman Poole Blount, was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. According to sources,...
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Jimi Hendrix, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970
Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, Jimi Hendrix is still regarded as probably the greatest -- and definitely...
The grande dame of rock: Rosetta Thorpe, March 20, 1915 – October 9, 1973
As someone who had mastered the guitar by age six, Sister Rosetta Tharpe once claimed: “No man can play like...
