Junior Wells (born Amos Wells Blakemore Jr.; December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998) was an American singer, harmonica player, and recording artist. He is...
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Vanguard 1968 Buddy and the Juniors by Buddy Guy, Junior Mance & Junior Wells 1970 Blue Thumb 1969 Southside Blues Jam by Junior Wells 1970 Delmark 1969-70 Southside...
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Buddy Guy (section with Junior Wells)
Chess Records and began a musical partnership with blues harp virtuoso Junior Wells. Guy has won eight Grammy Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award, the...
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player Junior Wells played up the bawdy aspects of the song in several recordings, with blues historian Gerard Herzhaft only commenting "Junior Wells was...
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Hoodoo Man Blues (category Junior Wells albums)
debut album of blues vocalist and harmonica player Junior Wells, performing with the Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band, an early collaboration with guitarist...
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the Year by The Sacramento Bee. Wells committed to play college basketball at Division II Sonoma State University. Wells began his college basketball career...
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Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the "Shakespeare of science fiction", while Charles Fort called him a "wild talent".: 7 Wells rendered his works convincing...
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the original film who had died prior to its production, in addition to Junior Wells, who died one month before it was released. Elwood Blues is released...
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the Aces, a group that was already working steadily in Chicago backing Junior Wells. The Aces—the brothers David and Louis Myers on guitars and Fred Below...
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Lonnie Brooks, Junior Wells, Eddie Floyd and Wilson Pickett, there are songs by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Blues Traveler as well as an all-star...
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selected him in the first round of the 2020 MLB draft. Wells made his MLB debut in 2023. Wells grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada. His parents were athletes...
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series featuring blues legends Muddy Waters, Albert King, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Bobby Bland, Otis Rush, and Blind John Davis. Hannan has taught, lectured...
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who worked with Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Jimmy Reed, Otis Rush and Junior Wells. Born in Monticello, Mississippi, United States, Smith's early music...
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musician", he performed with blues artists such as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker and fronted his own bands. An early player of the...
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recordings such as Guy's Live at Legends, Junior Wells: Live at Buddy Guy's Legends, and Guy's live set with Junior Wells entitled Last Time Around - Live at...
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Chicago 1981 included the Stones performing with Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, and members of Muddy Waters' band. In 2003, the Checkerboard Lounge...
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Sammy Hagar (1976) Drinkin' TNT 'n' Smokin' Dynamite – Buddy Guy and Junior Wells (1982) Weber, Bruce (January 24, 2015). "Dallas Taylor, Drummer for Crosby...
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album starts with what was to become a signature song for Gallagher, Junior Wells' "Messin' With the Kid". The song "I Could've Had Religion" was Gallagher's...
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Messin' with the Kid (category Junior Wells songs)
accompaniment. According to Junior Wells, the title was inspired by his young daughter Gina. Mel London arrived early at Wells' home to pick him up for a...
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Johnson, Traditional, arranged by Chain) "Snatch It Back and Hold It" (Junior Wells) "Boogie" "Booze Is Bad News Blues" "Albert Gooses Gonna Turn the Blues...
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Chicago blues artists Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Elmore James, and Junior Wells as well as being the record producer and owner of Chief Records (and its...
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high-fidelity results. The most important blues artist to record for States was Junior Wells, making his debut as a leader; he cut sessions for the company in 1953...
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for the recording session) and is one of few studio recordings with Junior Wells. Also accompanying Muddy Waters are Jimmy Rogers on guitar, Fred Below...
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Alone & Acoustic (category Junior Wells albums)
Alone & Acoustic is an album by the blues musicians Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, released in 1991. It was recorded in 1981, in Paris, France, while the...
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Jimmy Dawkins, Big John Patton, Otis Rush, Horace Silver, Sonny Moorman, Junior Wells and Stevie Ray Vaughan on The Sky Is Crying (1991). It is included in...
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such as Ralph Tetrault, cited Oskar as an important influence. When Junior Wells died, he was buried with a tray of Lee Oskar harmonicas. Before the Rain...
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services investigator. Discovered singing by Junior Wells in 1996, he joined his touring band and worked as Wells' lead guitarist until the latter's death...
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with artists such as Willie “Big” Smith, Buddy Scott, Pinetop Perkins, Junior Wells, Dave Specter, James Cotton and Kim Wilson. In 1995, he joined with guitarist...
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The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 is set to be the 22nd edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, organised by the European Broadcasting Union...
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ISBN 0-87930-424-3. Koester, Bob (1998). Junior Wells: Blues Hit Big Town (CD reissue notes). Junior Wells. Delmark Records. OCLC 717118914. DD-640....
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