HEY LOCO FANS - Here's something you probably didn't know about the Chicago blues pianist Henry Gray. He was the son of a church deacon and began playing piano at the age of eight. #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Blues Piano #BoogieWoogie

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy birthday to L. C. 'Good Rockin' Robinson! This blues singer, was both a guitar and fiddle player. He learned to play guitar at nine years of age, #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Guitar #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #GoodRockinRobinson

HEY LOCO FANS - Here's your blues quote for today:

'I got the blues so bad,
It hurt my tongue to talk.
I would follow my baby,
but it hurt my feet to walk.'

'Seminole Blues'
Tampa Red

#Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Quotes #Blues Quotes

HEY LOCO FANS - On this day in 1952, blues harmonica virtuoso Little Walter recorded 'Juke' and was released by Checker Records the same year. #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Blues Harmonica #Harmonica #Blues Harp

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy B-Day to Kansas Joe McCoy, born in the delta, married 'Memphis Minnie', the pair then moved to Chicago, recorded together, and helped start the Chicago Blues scene. #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Guitar #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #ChicagoBlues #DeltaBlues

HEY LOCO FANS – Happy Bday to blues saxophonist A.C. Reed who was born on this day in 1926. He’s most closely associated with the Chicago blues scene from the 1940s into the 2000s. #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Blues Sax #Blues Saxophone

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy birthday to Blind Willie McTell!. A Piedmont blues singer and guitarist, he played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique. #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Musician #Blues Guitar #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #BlindWillieMcTell

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy B-Day to Robert Johnson! His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 has influenced later generations of musicians. #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Musician #Blues Guitar #Blues History #DeltaBlues #RobertJohnson #BigTrainBlues

HEY LOCO FANS – Time to wish Piedmont blues singer and guitarist Admirl Amos Easton a big happy birthday, although you probably know him as Bumble Bee Slim. #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Blues Guitar #SlideGuitar

HEY LOCO FANS - Time for a Mississippi Ghost story. This one is about the Delta bluesman Kid Bailey. We don't know his date of birth and its believed he died sometime after 1960. #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Songs #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Delta #Delta Blues #MississippiDelta

HEY LOCO FANS - Happy B-Day to blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Joe Bonnamassa, born on this day in 1977 #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Blues Guitar #SlideGuitar #LesPaul #Fender

HEY LOCO FANS - Charlie Spand was a blues and boogie-woogie pianist and singer, noted for his barrelhouse style. He was probably born on May 8, 1893 #CharlieSpand #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Songs #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Delta #Delta Blues #Piano #Blues Piano #BarrelhousePiano

HEY LOCO FANS - In the early morning hours of May 7, 1965, a bleary-eyed Keith Richards awoke, grabbed a tape recorder and laid down the opening riff of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” #RollingStones #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Guitar #BigTrainBlues #Blues History

HEY LOCO FANS – Here’s a little levity to set your weekend off right!

Enjoy!

#Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #DeltaBlues #Blues Cartoon #MusicCartoon #Cartoon

HEY LOCO FANS – Happy birthday to blues singer and songwriter Lillian Glinn who was born this day back in 1902 in Hillsboro, Texas, and later moved to Dallas when she was in her twenties. #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Songs #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Blues Singer #LillianGlinn

HEY LOCO FANS – The blues standard 'Good Morning, School Girl' was recorded by Chicago blues vocalist and harmonica pioneer John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson on this day in 1937 #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Blues Harmonica #Harmonica

HEY LOCO FANS - The first Rolling Stones recording session was held in London, where they record their first single: a cover of Chuck Berry's 'Come On.' #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Guitar #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #RollingStones

HEY LOCO FANS – Time to wish Chicago blues drummer and vocalist Kansas City Red a big happy birthday. He played a major role in the development of urban blues. #Blues #Blues Music #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Chicago Blues #Chicago #Drummer #Drums

HEY LOCO FANS – Happy birthday to blues guitarist Theodore 'Ted' Bogan born on May 10, 1909 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. His career spanned over 50 years #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Songs #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Texas Blues #Texas #Blues Singer #TedBogan

HEY LOCO FANS – )n this day in 1967 'Are You Experienced' by the Jimi Hendrix Experience was released in the UK. It spent 33 weeks on the UK charts #Blues #Blues Music #Blues Songs #BigTrainBlues #Blues History #Blues Guitar #Strat #Strat ocaster #JimiHendrix #AreYouExperienced